Simon Garfield's Just My Type, published in England by the same people who brought us Eats, Shoots & Leaves, hopes to do for type fonts what Lynne Truss' surprise best-seller did for commas.

In many cases, updates will cause all fonts to be turned on. This can also happen when caches are cleaned with one of the various Mac OS X maintenance utilities or the user boots into safe mode.

An example US-style check with the MICR line along the bottom—printed with the E-13B font. Credit: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia With MICR, checks could be pre-printed with a bank’s ...

Google also makes the licenses clear, which isn't always the case elsewhere. For paid fonts, check out Creative Market. There are several community-generated packs that you can usually pick up for ...

Brands spend millions every year to design and tweak logos. Almost every big brand uses a custom font, unlike many small businesses, who usually settle for the regular, easily available ones.

Others are dedicated to designing a simple Arabic font that can be read at quick glance. Check out some cool Arabic fonts in this slideshow on The Daily Star. Both traditional and modern fonts are ...