Articles by: Ilene Strizver

There may not be a designer on the planet who hasn’t heard of Comic Sans. In fact, there may not be any computer-using non-designers who aren’t familiar with — and don’t have an opinion about — Comic Sans.

Figures, also referred to as numerals or numbers, are a frequently-appearing element in typesetting. Not only are they used for addresses, phone numbers, dates and times, but also to indicate prices, quantities, measurements, and more.

Hyphenation is a common occurrence in typography, especially in narrow columns of type. This “necessary evil” is used to create better looking, tighter rags in non-aligned margins, as well as to help achieve more even spacing in justified text.

[caption id="attachment_13672" align="alignnone" width="620"] The ITC Stone family contains a Sans, Serif, Informal, Humanist, as well as a Sans Condensed. [/caption] A type super family is a family of typestyles that are united in some way, usually sharing the same basic foundation and structure, but with different finishing details.

Bodoni is Bodoni is Bodoni – right? Not necessarily.