MOCANDO…

by Ilene Strizver, founder of The Type Studio Some numbers add up, and others don’t – no, it’s not your tax return. It’s the difference b...

by Ilene Strizver, founder of The Type Studio If you’re a graphic designer and work on a Macintosh system, chances are you typically use...

From FontShop founder Erik Spiekermann Use bullets or centered points instead of hyphens (-) when you list items. Bullets are part of the s...

From FontShop founder Erik Spiekermann Avoid flush settings! Most applications create justified text by hideously stretching and squishing ...

From FontShop founder Erik Spiekermann A ligature is defined as the visual or formal combination of two or three letters into a single char...

From FontShop founder Erik Spiekermann Good text typefaces have “old style”, “text”, or “lowercase” figures – 1234567890 – instead of “lini...

From FontShop founder Erik Spiekermann A dead giveaway for unprofessional “desktop typography” are wrong quotes and apostrophes. Quotes can...

From FontShop founder Erik Spiekermann There are three different ways to connect or separate words: the hyphen -, the en dash –, a little w...

From FontShop founder Erik Spiekermann . NEVER use CAPITAL letters to accentuate words in running copy. They STICK OUT far too much spoilin...