Pentagram brings Mastercard into the digital age with pared-back logo redesign
Design agency Pentagram has created a new logo and visual identity for Mastercard, the credit card company's first branding redesign in 20 years. More
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Fiona O'Leary designs pocket-sized font detector
Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Fiona O'Leary has designed a prototype gadget that can identify the font used in any book or magazine (+ movie). More
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Monotype overhauls London Underground's 100-year-old Johnston typeface
International font company Monotype has brought the London Tube's 100-year-old typeface into the 21st century, adding the hashtag, at sign and lighter weights more suitable for digital use (+ slideshow). More
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Sebastian Wrong's Font Clock "wakes people up with a real crack" at midnight
Most Loved: London designer Sebastian Wrong reflects on living with the distinctive sound made by his 2007 Font Clock for Established & Sons in the latest movie in our exclusive video series. More
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BIG designs modular Alphabet of Light for Artemide
Milan 2016: Danish firm BIG has created a modular lighting system that can be rearranged to form different letters of a bespoke typeface. More
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Tobias Frere-Jones launches Mallory typeface following split with long-term partner
Leading American typographer Tobias Frere-Jones has released his first type design since splitting with his business partner Jonathan Hoefler. More
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Monotype designs Eric Gill typeface using previously unpublished drawings
Type foundry Monotype has used long-hidden drawings by British designer Eric Gill to create the first new typeface based on his work in more than 75 years. More
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People's Architecture Office uses ventilation pipes to create typographic installation
Chinese studio People's Architecture Office used metal air conditioning pipes to create giant Chinese characters on the facade of the Tubular Baitasi visitor centre during Beijing Design Week 2015. More
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Neville Brody designs bespoke typefaces for Channel 4 rebrand
Graphic designer Neville Brody has worked with in-house team 4Creative, director Jonathan Glazer and agency DBLG to create a new visual identity for UK broadcaster Channel 4 (+ movie). More
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Adrian Frutiger, type designer and creator of London's street-sign font, dies aged 87
Swiss typographer Adrian Frutiger, designer of typefaces including Univers, Avenir and the eponymous Frutiger, has died. More
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Ori Elisar grows typography in a lab using bacteria-filled petri dishes
Jerusalem designer Ori Elisar has used a bacteria-based ink to grow a Hebrew alphabet in the lab for his Living Language type experiment. More
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Miró Foundation's sculptural roof informs typography for 40th anniversary
The distinctive shapes of Catalan architect Josep LluÃs Sert's Joan Miró Foundation building in Barcelona are interpreted as a set of graphic symbols in celebration of the organisation's four decades of operation (+ slideshow). More
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MINI relaunches its brand and offers Airbnb-style sharing to car owners
Car brand MINI has relaunched its visual identity, unveiled a new version of the MINI Clubman estate and embraced the "sharing economy" by offering every customer the chance to rent their vehicle to others when they don't need it (+ slideshow). More
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Beyond Dingbats: the typographic legacy of Hermann Zapf
Hermann Zapf was one of the most influential typographers of the early digital age. Following his death earlier this month, Rob Alderson, former editor-in-chief of It's Nice That, explains how the German designer paved the way for the emoji and helped change visual communication. More
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Dan Britton's typeface recreates the frustration of reading with dyslexia
London designer Dan Britton has created a typeface that's intentionally difficult to read to simulate the problems faced by people with dyslexia. More
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FiDU Alphabet is a 3D typeface made from inflated sheet-metal
Polish design studio Zieta has launched a new typeface that can be produced in 3D with the same metal inflation technology used to create its 2008 Plopp stool. More
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Comic Spurs typeface is Comic Sans with added irony
Two designers from different sides of the globe have used a fictional design company to launch a new version of Comic Sans, with added spurs to lend it a "vintage, Mid-Western American aesthetic". More
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"People who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design"
Interview: ahead of his talk at London's V&A museum on Friday, typographer Vincent Connare has defended the reviled Comic Sans font he created, saying its detractors "don't know anything about design". More
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Apple releases San Francisco typeface for watch-app developers
News: the typeface used on the recently unveiled Apple Watch has been made available to download alongside a kit of tools for developers who are customising apps for the device. More
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Christian Boer designs typeface for readers with dyslexia
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: a typeface created specifically for dyslexic people by Dutch designer Christian Boer is on show at this year's Istanbul Design Biennial (+ slideshow). More
