Noort is a bilingual type family that "respects cultural differences"
Chilean designer Juan Bruce has developed an expressive typographic family that supports both the Latin and the Bengali alphabet. More
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Julius Raymund Advincula makes "provocative" typeface from cleverly positioned body parts
Filipino graphic designer Julius Raymund Advincula sat half-naked in front of a mirror looking for letters and numbers in the folds of his skin and limbs to make up this Body Type typeface. More
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Smörgåsbord designs first digital typeface family for the Welsh language
Cardiff and Amsterdam-based design studio Smörgåsbord has developed Cymru Wales, a "nation-defining" font family that gives an accurate, digital expression to the Cymraeg language for the first time. More
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Durex rebrands with flat logo and "sex positive" campaign
Creative agency Havas has designed a new brand identity for British condom manufacturer Durex, which features a flattened logo written in One Night Sans typeface in a bid to challenge "repressive" sexual norms. More
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Minimalist McDonald's adverts feature ingredients lists but no brand name
Advertising agency Leo Burnett has designed minimalist posters for McDonald's with just lists of ingredients in the Helvetica font and no mention of the fast food chain's name. More
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Adidas and Fabio Novembre reinvent the classic varsity jacket
Adidas has partnered with designer Fabio Novembre to create patches for its VRCT jacket — a customisable and adaptive take on the American college classic. More
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Heimat creates typeface using street art from the Berlin Wall
Creative agency Heimat Berlin used images of lettering graffitied onto the Berlin Wall to create this typeface commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the barrier separating East and West Berlin. More
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Facebook rebrands to "create visual distinction" between company and social app
Facebook has launched a new branding for its subsidiary companies, which comprises an all-capital typeface that changes colour depending on the service offered. More
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Oli Grotesk is a modern typeface that can be used to write traditional Indian scripts
Indian graphic designer Shiva Nallaperumal has developed a versatile neo-grotesque typeface family that includes nine Indic scripts alongside Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian and Latin versions. More
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Summa designs new visual identity for Spanish postal service Correos
Spanish branding agency Summa has subtly rebranded Correos, the Spanish national postal service, with a simplified logo for the digital age and a new typeface. More
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Alibaba offers bespoke typeface to businesses looking to rebrand
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has released a new custom typeface that its partners, sellers and consumers can use free of charge to establish their own brand identities. More
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Monotype redesigns Helvetica font for digital age
Typeface company Monotype has overhauled the Helvetica font over 60 years after it was first created to give it a fresh new look for the 21st century. More
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Optician Sans is a font that completes the eye test chart alphabet
Creative agency Anti has produced a custom font called Optician Sans by adding to the ten letters used in historic optotype eye test charts. More
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Sans Forgetica is a font that aids memory
Researchers at Melbourne's RMIT University Behavioural Business Lab have combined design and psychology principles to create a typeface that helps students to remember what they have read. More
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Barcelona simplifies crest to promote the team in "the world of digital media"
Brand consultancy Summa has subtly re-designed FC Barcelona's badge, and created a new personalised typeface and visual system for the football club. More
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10 noteworthy fonts and typefaces featured on Dezeen
With companies rebranding at a rapid rate to stay ahead of the competition, designers are constantly devising new fonts and typefaces, we're looking back at 10 standout examples featured on Dezeen. More
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Brand New Roman is a typeface made from brand logos
Digital studio Hello Velocity has created a typeface using the trademarks of popular brands including Netflix, Amazon and Facebook. More
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Erik Spiekermann enlists students to create digital fonts from unfinished Bauhaus designs
Adobe is releasing five fonts based on designs by prolific Bauhaus figures, which have been revived by German typographer Erik Spiekermann and a group of students. More
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Musician-inspired fonts website forced to close after going viral
SongwriterFonts, a website that offered free-to-use typefaces based on the handwriting of famous musicians, has been closed down following legal issues over intellectual-property rights. More
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Kurt Cobain, David Bowie and John Lennon's handwriting feature in new typeface series
French graphic designers Julien Sens and Nicolas Damiens have transformed the handwriting of musicians David Bowie, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg into free-to-use typefaces. More
