Celebrating the love of type since 2007: Learn about the history of typography & books, about the art of type design, read interviews with creatives, learn the fundamentals with Typography 101, and get help choosing fonts with Expert Lists, Steven Heller’s Font of the Month, Fonts in Focus, and Font Inspiration. You can also shop quality curated fonts from the ILT Font Store.
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Steven Heller’s Font of the Month
Each month Steven Heller, legendary designer, art director, educator, and author of more than 100 books, shares his Font of the Month — a delicious typographic main course invariably served with a side of his inimitable charm, humor and erudition.
Fundamentals: Type 101
Basic typographic principles, an intro to type classification and various kinds of serif, and a brief history of type.
Type People: Interviews
What makes them tick? Interviews with typographers, designers, creative directors and type designers to better understand the creative process.
Long-Form: Articles
Immersive, deep-dives into the history of typography, books, typographic firsts and type and graphic design.
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A History of Drop-caps
A fascinating history of the initial or drop-cap, from its origins in ancient manuscripts to its appearance in print and on screen. Discover how they came to be, their place in typographic hierarchy, and why they remain popular to this day.
Hot New Fonts: New releases
More hot new fonts, including the stunning and fluid Magasin by Laura Meseguer, Gieo Text for immersive reading, an authentic handwriting typeface called Angus Hand, a contrasted sans, Stornoway, with a chonky weight!, Em One, a versatile Swiss-style workhorse sans, and Experimo, a hypermodern sans for this and the next century. Grab them in the ILT Font Store.
Fonts on Things
Font inspiration and the opportunity to see fonts on things like sardine tins, cassette tapes (remember those?) and more. A fun and thematic way to discover your new favorite fonts.
Best-selling sans serif fonts
Explore some of the hot new sans serif classic fonts, including modern-day classics like the best-selling Proxima Nova, Museo Sans, and Brandon Grotesque.
