Legendary designer Adrian Frutiger has received the prestigious 2006 Typography Award from The Society for Typographic Aficionados (SOTA). The award, presented by Allan Haley, Chairman of the Board of Directors at SOTA, recognizes Frutiger’s artistic contribution in designing many of the best-known typefaces of the 20th century. These include OCR-B, the eponymous Frutiger and Univers. Full story

Three of the most popular typefaces used today are Verdana, Georgia, and Tahoma. Each of them were designed by Matthew Carter, and in spite of being relatively new, they all have an interesting history and background. Read the rest of this entry »