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Bruno Maag discusses type as a conveyor of emotion Early humans appeared about three million years ago, evolving into homo sapiens about 300,000 years ago. Despite ou...

Type foundry Fontsmith has released a style guide for graphic designers, to help them decipher and recognise the most common Latin typefaces. The world of type design...

Following big brand such as Airbnb and YouTube, Itau Unibanco, Brazil’s largest bank, has launched a custom typeface bearing the bank’s name. The new typeface can be used in every aspect of the brand, like presentatio...

Crafting bespoke typefaces has become more common, particularly among digital-first brands. How do type designers approach challenging briefs and what are the benefits of implementing a branded typeface? Melina Thalas...

London-based independent type foundry, Fontsmith, has introduced an innovative adaptive type system, FS Industrie, designed around five different widths and seven different weights, creating a total of 70 alternatives...

In 1999, British app development company Shazam was founded in London. Its software revolutionised the relationship between people and music; instead of struggling to identifying a song, Shazam allowed users to know t...

Early stage geometry was used by the Ancient Egyptians to develop surveying methods, and eventually construct the famous pyramids. Developing in sophistication over t...

The London Underground has been the system responsible for transporting Londoners from A to B for around 150 years. From the world’s first underground railway, constr...

This weekend, 23-24 April, the London Transport Museum depot will be open in one of only a few scheduled events, The A-Z of London. Located in Acton, West London, the...

On 21 July 1969, Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, became the second man to ever walk on the moon, following the mission commander Neil Armstrong. He and...