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  Learn the basics of typography with 'Type Fun01'

  By Amar Toor on February 2, 2013 10:51 am + 11 comments

  Type Fun01 is a new site designed to introduce the basics of typography in a "fun and engaging" way. Continue reading…

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  Study reveals fonts used by car manufacturers can influence distracted driving

  By Chris Welch on September 26, 2012 07:18 pm + 33 comments

  Researchers at MIT's Age Lab have discovered that the fonts car manufacturers choose for use with Continue reading…

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  Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source font family

  By Vlad Savov on August 3, 2012 04:45 am + 16 comments

  Over on the Adobe Type Team Blog, Paul Hunt has penned an introduction to Source Sans Pro, a new Continue reading…

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  CERN scientists inexplicably present Higgs boson findings in Comic Sans

  By Sam Byford on July 4, 2012 04:56 am + 252 comments

  For many of us, the most shocking revelation to come out of CERN's Higgs boson announcement today Continue reading…

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  Amazon releases software update for $79 Kindle with improved reading font, other additions

  By Chris Welch on June 4, 2012 04:12 pm + 13 comments

  Amazon has released a software update for its base-model $79 Kindle that includes an improved Continue reading…

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  'Frustro' typeface applies the Penrose impossible triangle concept to words

  By Chris Welch on March 23, 2012 04:48 pm + 15 comments

  In case you weren't aware, our logo here at The Verge is partly influenced by the Penrose triangle, Continue reading…

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  'Scrabble Typography Limited Edition': the fonts of all knowledge

  By Sam Byford on March 22, 2012 06:31 am + 14 comments

  Who doesn't have a board game and typography enthusiast in their life? For them, here's the Scrabble Continue reading…

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  Dissecting Roboto, Android 4.0's font

  By Adi Robertson on January 2, 2012 08:47 pm + 80 comments

  Few people are more vocal and particular than font enthusiasts, and Roboto, the new typeface for Ice Continue reading…

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  You're reading bad fonts online, says leading typeface designer

  By Sam Byford on November 23, 2011 02:31 am + 26 comments

  The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has uploaded a fascinating video of typeface designer Continue reading…

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  Default system fonts put through the wringer — which one comes out on top?

  By Jamie Keene on October 30, 2011 01:19 pm + 7 comments

  Graphics workshop designbyIZO has taken a good hard look at the typefaces used in some of the most Continue reading…