font Archives

Designing a Custom Typeface | Part 2

By Anna Richard | April 12, 2018

(Missed the first part of the custom typeface series? Check here!) In the months since my last blog, I’ve made a lot of progress on designRoom’s new typeface. First, we chose a concrete direction. After a more in-depth look at the way we use fonts, we decided we wanted a more personalized replacement for the…

What the Font!?

By Chad Gordon | August 29, 2014

I’m warning you up front. That this is a curmudgeonly blog about design language. First, when speaking out loud of a photograph, it is a “picture.” Not a “pitcher.” Now that that’s out of the way, let’s discuss Font vs Typeface. Like when people say “font” when they really mean “typeface”. Or vice- versa. Whatever.…