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Typefaces, letterforms and fonts

  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 13 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Jennifer Hahn | 18 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 18 February 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 12 February 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 29 December 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Alyn Griffiths | 19 November 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Kristine Klein | 6 November 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Alyn Griffiths | 29 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Augusta Pownall | 7 June 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 1 May 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    David Braha | 20 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Augusta Pownall | 19 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Augusta Pownall | 11 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Augusta Pownall | 3 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Danil Boparai | 8 September 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 6 September 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 14 June 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Ali Morris | 1 May 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 10 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Ericsson's "three sausages" logo refined for digital users

    Swedish technology company Ericsson has adjusted its iconic logo of three parallel lines to 18.435 degrees so it renders better on computer and mobile screens. More

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 28 February 2018 | Leave a comment
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