A serif is a delicate little point (aka flare or terminating flourish) at the end of a letter stroke. In the image above, ...

In the early days of digital screens, sans serif fonts were preferred to serif, as they improved legibility. The first digital typeface – Digi Grotesk – was designed by Rudolf Hell in 1968.

As Eliza Brooke points out in The Goods, Chobani’s 2017 rebranding, which earned it a lot of press, saw its logo change from a sans serif font that its creative executive director called “very ...

When Comic Sans was included in Windows 95, the world was starved for a relaxed, whimsical font, making the bubbly sans serif type face just the ticket. Or at least designer Vincent Connare ...

Tough but charming, HVD Comic Serif makes Comic Sans look like a wimpy Silver Age bad guy. It's well-designed, and will work in any context for which it's appropriate.

However, his use of Comic Sans as the font for the letter can't be condoned. As a graphic designer, I wouldn't use this typeface unless a client is holding a gun to my head.

It's Typography Week, and we're delving into the the history of sans serif, one of the most iconic typefaces in use today. Literally translating to ‘without serif’, this typeface can be mapped to ...