In a blow to Helvetica fanatics everywhere (this girl included), a new Princeton study finds that the easier the font, the less you'll remember after reading. Turns out challenging, "disfluent" fonts actually help readers retain information, not hinder it as many people believe. This could spell bad news for avid ereader users hoping to quickly retain much of what they've read, since most Read more

Good news for font geeks and web design fans everywhere; thanks to a new partnership between Typekit and Adobe, 18 new fonts are making the leap online. Starting yesterday, Typekit users are able to integrate these new fonts (including favorites like Adobe Garamond and Myriad) into their designs. The fonts are available at every account level, with Adobe Garamond available free to users within Read more

This one goes out to all the design nerds and Colour Lovers. Check out Miffies. It's a Japanese site, so you may not be able to read the "about" section, but what it offers needs no explanation. The site has compiled 50 fonts inspired by 8-bit video games, and they are available for free download. I feel a video game championship night coming on. Do you have an interesting website you want to Read more

These days, writing with a pen and ink may be something of a novelty, especially to folks like you and me who are on computers for eight hours a day. Writing out those Valentine's Day cards really proved to be more difficult than ever! If you're a slave to the keyboard and send more emails than snail mail, you can soon create your own font which will be as distinctive as your handwriting, just by Read more

I love experimenting with different fonts on my computer, especially if I'm creating a special invitation. Unfortunately, there's only so many times I can pass off Comic Sans as handwriting. (Guilty!) While I think it's the closest preloaded font to my handwriting, it's already too recognizable to pass off as my own. Luckily, I just found a new option. Font Capture. It's so easy to use: download Read more

My favorite Swedish furniture retail chain Ikea (did you pick up your back to school items?) has just changed its well known futura font to verdana. But why the sudden typeface change? An Ikea spokeswoman said that the change allows Ikea to use the same font in all countries and with many alphabets therefore making it "more efficient and cost-effective." With customers noticing the change in the Read more

What do I love more than fonts? Free fonts. I have a few favorite destinations when I need to download something gratis for a project, and now I have another new one: Font Squirrel. The best thing about Font Squirrel, besides its free-ness? The offered fonts are stunning. Really, there are tons of beautiful typefaces that are perfect for design-driven work. Plus, it's also fun to peruse and make Read more

Free iPhone wallpapers are rarely outrageously beautiful, so when I find a collection of them that are, I go nuts with them. Whereas before my best resource was Poolga, I now have a second option. TypeNuts also has a reserve of gorgeous, rich, high-res images, and like Poolga, they're totally free. But that's not even my favorite part: the wallpapers on TypeNuts all share a theme of using type Read more