Almost all important signage in the UK – road signs, information signs, public notices – is set in lower case. Compare this with road signs in other countries, such as France,…

TYPOGRAPHERS GO TO EXTREME LENGTHS to ensure that each character, each number and each element of punctuation in a typeface is in perfect harmony with all the others. Creating a…

"LEADING" IS THE TYPOGRAPHER'S TERM for line spacing – the space between the lines of type on the printed page. The name comes from the thin strips of lead that printers would...