Typography: September 2009 Archives

Think You Know Fonts? How About Cheese?

Telling the difference between the two is tougher than you might think, even for a font nerdy crowd such as ours!

Make sure you have five free minutes before checking out this site and testing your knowledge: Cheese or Font

Futura and Verdana Battle It Out at IKEA

idsgn reports that IKEA has ditched their longtime custom Futura-based typeface for one of the web-standards, Verdana. Not surprisingly, strong opinions are being expressed, memorials for older IKEA catalogues are being posted, and petitions have been started. What do you think? A nice refresh, or so bad they might as well have chosen Comic Sans?