Caslon is what’s referred to as a “Transitional Serif” because it helped the shift from calligraphic designs to more constructed styles. Originally designed in the UK by William Caslon, this typeface is very common, as many printers and designers treat …
What makes Garamond so good?
Garamond is the name for any typeface based on the work of Claude Garamond, a 16-th century French punch-cutter. Basically, he was extremely influential in creating moveable type of “Roman” faces, the kinds we use. Before Garamond, most type was …
How to pick the best font.
Picking the right font for a project is honestly difficult. Where do you even start? You have dozens or hundreds of fonts installed on your computer… And scrolling through them feels like a never-ending task that usually leads nowhere. So …
Tip #22: Know the difference between Helvetica and Arial
Helvetica comes on Macs and Arial comes on PCs, but that’s not the end of what divides them. Arial was acutally designed in-house at Microsoft to have the same spacing as Helvetica; basically, this means that if you took a …
Tip #20: It’s all about color and type
Every mobile platform has its own style guide with preferred ways to create common user interface elements, so how do you stand out? The two main ways: Color and type. A millions apps and websites use blue and green and …
