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A Question of Character: Finding What You Need in Your Fonts, Part 2

Features: Written by James Felici on November 16, 2009

Everything you wanted to know about Unicode but didn’t know whom to ask. Bonus: A cheat sheet for instantly creating such characters as fractions; up and down arrows; and open and filled circles and squares.

Antique Gothic Grotesque: Deciphering the Typeface Name Game

Features: Written by James Felici on October 5, 2009

The vocabulary of type is mysterious at best, and nowhere is this more true than in how typefaces are labeled. Yet knowing how typefaces are named and categorized has very practical benefits.

Free For All: Harvest These Freebies

Features: Written by Pariah Burke on September 23, 2009

Summer has officially given way to fall, and in the northern hemisphere, that means it's harvest time. Fill your basket with this delectable sampling of free tools, fonts, and services.

Free For All: Halloween Edition

Features: Written by Pariah Burke on August 31, 2009

Halloween in August? It's not too early to start thinking spooky, especially if you'll be sending out Halloween-themed projects to a printer.

Free For All: 103 Free Fonts!

Features: Written by Pariah Burke on June 15, 2009

Script fonts, modern fonts, grunge fonts, funky fonts -- what's your pleasure? We have them all, and they're all free!

A Love Letter to Letters

Features: Written by Patrick Devine on June 1, 2009

In which a type nerd visiting a museum with his two kids is struck dumb by exceptional signage. What do you think the alluring mystery typeface will turn out to be?

Free For All: And So It Begins

Features: Written by Pariah Burke on January 19, 2009

Take your pick of Photoshop brushes and fonts you'll love, t-shirt design templates, and a portable password manager. They're all free!

Napoleon and the Courier Font

Features: Written by Frank J. Romano on August 4, 2008

This is a tale about Napoleon, the Rosetta Stone, typewriters, and font errors. Yes, they are all related.

InDesign Inspiration

Features: Written by Terri Stone on June 30, 2008

Nick Sherman uses Adobe InDesign for everything from band buttons to cookbooks for kids with cancer. Check out his work in this inspiring article.

TypeTalk: A New Column on Creativepro.com

Features: Written by Ilene Strizver on January 24, 2007

Whether you're dealing with mystery fonts, drop caps, or software that punctuates badly, this Q&A column has the information you need.