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Pangram PangramThe Geometry of the Oo The ‘O’ is a simple letter, a simple form. More
Pangram PangramSeeing in Colour As graphic or type designers, we often spend so much time designing purely in monochrome. More
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Pangram PangramWhy's type measured in points? Why us designers are privy to a measurement system that no other industry is… the POINT. More
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Pangram PangramOptical vs. Mathematical Alignment While software can place objects with mathematical precision, our eyes don’t always agree with the result. More
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Pangram PangramTypewriters and the birth of digital letterspacing The origins of monospace typefaces are mechanical through and through. More
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Pangram PangramReadable vs Accessible What actually makes a font readable and accessible? (And what’s the difference between the two?) More
Pangram PangramTop 5 Off Type Fonts Designers Love in 2026 Over the past few years, Off Type has quietly carved out a space of its own in contemporary type design. More
Pangram PangramWhat are hidden characters? When you tap Cmd + Option + I in Adobe InDesign, a wonderful world is revealed to you, and your page suddenly fills with blue symbols, dots, arrows and paragraph marks.…
Pangram PangramTop 5 Serif fonts designers love in 2026 Serif fonts. You continue to use them for branding, editorial design, and digital experiences. More
Pangram PangramHow to design arrows An in-depth conversation with PP best and brightest type designers on how to nail the design of typography’s more identifiable (but easily ill-designed) glyph.…
Pangram PangramTop 5 Sans fonts designers love in 2026 Sans fonts. You use them for modern branding, editorial design, and digital experiences. More
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Pangram PangramThe first fonts on the internet In the 1990s when the internet started to take shape, there wasn’t much in the way of typographic choice. More
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Pangram PangramThe History of the dollar sign The oh-too familiar “$” symbol has, it’s fair to say, become the western global symbol of money. More
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Pangram PangramWhat’s Oldstyle? And where is it now? Oldstyle, which unsurprisingly wasn’t referred to as such at the time, emerged in the late 15th and 16th centuries as the first successful attempts to translate handwritten forms into easily…
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Pangram PangramHow to Pair Fonts? Even if all our font pages have a suggestion with which other font to pair it, here's a little guide on how to pair them with your own flair. More
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Pangram PangramWhat is a long s? And is it neceſsary? This – ſ – isn’t an f. Look again. It’s actually a ‘long s’, and it has an intriguing backstory. More
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Pangram PangramThe History of A-Series Paper Sizes A4 is everywhere, and, we’re guessing, it will have been the standard paper size you would have been familiar with your entire life. More
Pangram PangramDashes—how to use them ChatGPT uses a lot of em dashes. Here’s when to actually use them More
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Pangram PangramThe invention of the lowercase For most of antiquity, writing was an all-caps affair. Roman inscriptions were carved in majuscule letters. More
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