The labels for Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps are a thing of wonder. The dense mass of esoteric text has symbolized the brand of earth-friendly soaps for decades, expounding ideas about the “Moral A...
On a recent trip to Copenhagen, I was pleasantly surprised with the overall high quality of the typography in the city. One thing that particularly caught my eye were the banners at the Royal Danish ...
This is Billy, the first product in Philips’ Cucina line of household appliances from the late ’90s. I’ve had this water kettle since it was released and it may be the last of its kind in existence. ...
Do you know what an LTypI is? If you are a type nerd, then the answer is probably yes. Coined by Ivo Gabrowitsch and Stephen Coles, the term denotes and ridicules those typographic finds where the te...
Each year, the Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany issues approximately 50 stamps. One of the graphic artists who was commissioned for their design is Henning Wagenbreth, a Berlin-based illustrato...
The graphic artifacts of the Art Deco era, from WPA posters to the ephemera of 1939 World’s Fair, have long been a source of personal inspiration. Despite countless riffs and rip-offs by designers ov...
Though awareness of webfonts is finally mainstream, their use — especially among larger magazines and newspapers — is still at a slow trickle. I think we’ll see the spigot opening much wider in...
The Standard edition of the 2011 Norwegian Bible. The cover is a glass painting by Norwegian artist Tor Lindrupsen. Click to enlarge. The new Norwegian Bible translation is by no means a rush job. Th...
Software developers with a respect for fine craftsmanship — in code and typography. (Click the title to see the full post at FontsInUse.com.)
A smart typeface choice helps this UX firm feel approachable despite its list of megacorp clients. (Click the title to see the full post at FontsInUse.com.)
Fortune, May 23, 2001 cover featuring an illustration by Carl DeTorres. Two-time National Magazine Award winner John Korpics has a lengthy editorial design resume that includes Premiere, GQ, Entertai...
For most of the web’s history it was quite rare to find site designs that were defined almost entirely by their typography. Sites like Coudal.com — distinguished by its elegant use of core fonts Time...
Readmill is an e-book reader with “social features”. (The app is in invite-only beta, but the developers have offered Fonts In Use readers a batch of invites.) Sharing the books you’re reading, espec...
Most museums or non-profit institutions have some sort of wall for recognizing big donors. Most visitors briskly pass by the wall on their way to the real art. Things are different at the Arts Counci...
Photo via Lovely Package. Click to enlarge. In our discussion of The Chop Shop identity back in January, Nick Sherman called out the “Hip Traditional” trend. Sam Potts’ work for the Brooklyn Superher...
Photo by Claes Källarsson. With our appetite for European supermarkets still lingering, here’s a lighter morsel for your Friday. As a temporary Stockholm resident I was often impressed with the food ...
A few days ago, Apple announced that the next version of the iPhone operating system would enable the hardware volume-up button to be used as a camera trigger, making it much easier to snap quick pic...
When was the last time you got psyched by a supermarket visit? Type-wise? For me, it was on a recent field trip to my hometown. The small city of Fulda, right in the middle of Germany, is the headqua...
The Camera+ iPhone app uses Bree for all UI typography. Click to enlarge. The iPhone app I use more than any other — beyond the pre-installed software from Apple — is Camera+. Its shooting modes and ...
Earlier this year, The Criterion Collection released “America Lost and Found, The BBS Story”, a box set of seven classic American films from the late 1960s to early ’70s. The set, and each film, got ...
A Wendy's web ad.“Wendy’s Asiago Ranch Chicken Club”, read the banner ad on ESPN.com. It was set in tightly stacked, all-caps Verlag. Asiago — cheese from the Veneto region of ...
Form, Issue 1 Satura Parts and Berling Nova Sans Bold Form magazine is the result of a merger between the two titles Form, a Swedish magazine focused on design (everything from industrial design to h...
“The Norwegian Short Film Festival started in 1978 as a young and radical counterculture to the Norwegian film industry and a monopolistic Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). Today, 33 years la...
AnOther Magazine Issue 15 and Another Man Issue 9. Click to enlarge. Now celebrating its tenth anniversary, AnOther Magazine is known for the unusual type that accompanies its atypical design. Co-fou...
IBM turns 100 this year. Along with publicity magnets like Watson, the company has produced a series of creative projects celebrating their history. A lot of this stuff — produced with the help of th...
When Watson appeared on Jeopardy! on February 14, 2011, it did more than make history as the first machine to compete on the game show. It also demonstrated the strength of a typographic identity. Th...
“TypoMag” is an idea after our own heart. It’s the first in a series of books devoted to the use of type in specific design environments. Splitting her time between editorial and typeface design, Lau...
As an educational corporation willing to invest in beautiful things to promote their language courses around the world, EF (Education First) is a typographer’s dream client. Albin Homqvist was the lu...
21 Industries 12 Formats 61 Typefaces 30 Foundries Since the launch of Fonts In Use in December 2010, our little labor of love has grown steadily from a hopeful idea to a full-fledged blog with a fol...
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