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35 Years of Type – Part 2: Designing for a Bigger Audience

September marks 35 years of Dalton Maag. Over that time, good typography has become an expectation for all, not a luxury for a few.

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35 Years of Type – Part 1: From Desktop to Everywhere

September marks 35 years of Dalton Maag. But this post isn’t about us – it’s about type’s transformation from specialist resource to everyday infrastructure.

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Optical Sizes: Why They Matter (and Where They Don’t)

First ubiquitous and then virtually forgotten, optical sizes eventually made a comeback – and for good reasons – but are they always the best solution?

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Don’t Fall for It: The Trap of Over-Rationalizing Design

Rigid geometry harms typographic legibility. Successful visual design must balance mathematical order with the idiosyncrasies of human perception.

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Recasting the Past: Going Back to Paper for a Better Future

Moving from metal to digital type compromised much of our typographic heritage. To build digital fonts for the future, we must return to their physical origins.

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Font Licensing is Broken. Here’s How We’re Fixing it.

We need a radically simplified approach to font licensing that puts transparency and fairness first.

Font Licensing is Broken. Here’s How We’re Fixing it. Find out more