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Have an Eye for Fonts? Microsoft Needs You

Company retiring Calibri as default font in Microsoft Office, wants public's help in picking new one

(Newser) - "We need to talk." So begins Microsoft's breakup letter to Calibri, which has served as the company's default font since 2007. Now Microsoft is introducing five new original fonts, and one of them will end up taking Calibri's place as the default font in Microsoft...

Goldman Sachs Has New Font, With a Weird Catch

License says you can't criticize company using the new Goldman Sans typeface

(Newser) - Much as the first rule of Fight Club is not to talk about Fight Club, the first rule of using the new Goldman Sachs font is ... not to talk about Goldman Sachs disparagingly using the Goldman Sachs font. Per the Verge , the new "Goldman Sans" typeface can be used...

Alleged Fraudster Made a Really Poor Font Choice

Fonts released in 2017 used in documents with older dates

(Newser) - If Cambria and Calibri sound to you like a crime-fighting duo, you're not entirely off. Actually Microsoft fonts, they're responsible for exposing an alleged fraud scheme in Canada, where Gerald McGoey's company, Look Communications, went bankrupt at the end of 2017. Ordered to repay $5.6 million...

Study Shows How Many Spaces Should Be Used After a Period

It's 2

(Newser) - A heated debate on the merits of more or less sentence spacing may have been put to rest. A study has found that two spaces are better than one between sentences, the Washington Post reports. The study, from researchers at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, sought to settle the...

Pakistani PM's Daughter Could Be Brought Down by a Font

Microsoft Calibri at center of corruption scandal

(Newser) - The biggest political scandal going in Pakistan is now centered on, of all things, a font. Pakistan's supreme court is investigating Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister's daughter, for corruption stemming from documents found in the 2016 Panama Papers, the Guardian reports. According to the BBC , the documents...

What to Get City That Has Everything? Its Own Font

And Dubai wasn't waiting for mere mortals to design it, either

(Newser) - Apparently not content with having the world's tallest building, an indoor ski slope, and countless other baubles, Dubai now boasts one more, reports the AP : its own typographic font. The forward-looking Mideast business hub unveiled the new font designed with Microsoft's help on Sunday. The government communication office...

Hillary Logo Spawns 'Hillvetica' Font

Could 'Comic Rands' be next?

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's campaign logo has its share of critics , but one graphic designer was inspired enough to create a whole font based on the "H" design. "Now you too can announce," tweeted Rick Wolff as he unveiled the font he calls "Hillary Bold" or "...

Expert: No, US Won't Save Money by Switching Fonts

Teen's math all wrong, writes Fast Company columnist

(Newser) - Looks like a teen's groundbreaking idea might have been too good to be true: Switching its chosen font to Garamond won't actually save the government hundreds of millions of dollars, writes John Brownlee at Fast Company . Suvir Mirchandani, 14, made headlines by arguing that Garamond uses less ink...

Sarah Palin Using President Obama's Favored Gotham Font

 Palin Nabs Obama's ... Font 
Jun 3, 2011 11:11 AM CDT

Palin Nabs Obama's ... Font

Gotham typeface helped him win in 2008: experts

(Newser) - Sarah Palin seems to be in firm agreement with President Obama on at least one issue: effective campaign fonts. On her website , the former Alaska governor has taken to using the Gotham font that experts say helped propel Obama to victory in 2008, the Daily Telegraph reports. “I think...

Face It: Font Inspires a Certain Type of Backlash

(Newser) - Comic Sans is a lighthearted font, easy to read and very popular. Too popular, if you believe its legions of detractors. Like many other comics-related entities, it even has a sworn enemy—the 10-year-old Ban Comic Sans movement, which compares misuse of the typeface "to showing up for a...

Green Font Cuts Ink Costs
 Green Font Cuts Ink Costs 
Dec 23, 2008 3:00 PM CST

Green Font Cuts Ink Costs

'Ecofont' has holes in the letters to save ink

(Newser) - A new font designed to cut printing costs saves ink by not completely filling in the letters, the AP reports. The “Ecofont,” designed by Dutch firm Spranq, has small holes in the middle of the letters that cut ink usage by 15%. The font is free on Spranq’...

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