Pink and Yellow Font Theory Is Blowing Up—What It Really Means

Colors are not just colors anymore, at least according to TikTok users. Here's what it means if you run into yellow font ...
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Hershey Fonts: Not Chocolate, The Origin Of Vector Lettering

Over the past few years, I kept bumping into something called Hershey fonts. After digging around, I found a 1967 government report by a fellow named Dr. Allen Vincent Hershey. Back in the 1960s, he ...
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What is the yellow font trend, and why is is all over TikTok?

Like all TikTok trends, yellow font will likely be here today and gone tomorrow. But for our money, the greatest piece of ...
Design Week

“There is a humanity to hand lettering that is difficult to generate with pixels”

While designers today may pay close attention to the kerning and tracking of letters on a screen, one arts trust wants to remind people that the traditional craft of letter carving shouldn’t be ...
Slate

What’s Really Wrong With the New Twitter Font

On Thursday, Twitter updated the design of its app and website. Some users were baffled by a change to the “follow” and “unfollow” buttons that could lead one to mix them up. Others took issue with ...
Design Week

“There is a humanity to hand lettering that is difficult to generate with pixels”

While designers today may pay close attention to the kerning and tracking of letters on a screen, one arts trust wants to remind people that the traditional craft of letter carving shouldn’t be ...