Inspired by Design, a blog by Tom Lewek.

It’s always a treat when my favorite foundry releases a new type family. Last week, Hoefler & Frere-Jones introduced Ideal Sans, “a handmade typeface for a machine-made age.”

“Setting aside the easy pursuit of digital perfection, Ideal Sans favors handmade forms that help it achieve different goals: warmth, craftsmanship, and humanity.”

I have watched the documentary Helvetica by Gary Hustwit a couple times now, mostly because it reminds me that there are others around the world as passionate about these things as I am. 

Great, easy to understand explanation of the difference between a typeface and a font by Jon Tangerine and the evolution of the term font.

“So these days, even people who understand clearly what the word “font” means have been known to use it to just describe a variant like Georgia Italic, or Helvetica Bold Condensed Oblique without reference to a particular size. That seems like a fairly logical evolution of the term to me.”

Amazingly talented graphic designer Jason Santa Maria shares his top fonts in FontShop’s Designer Spotlight Series.