Apple introduced new Macbook Airs, iPad Pros and an awkward font that veers dangerously close to the reviled Comic Sans. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

Apple recently debuted one of its first in-house fonts in nearly 20 years. The tech company’s most frequently-used typefaces now are Myriad, Lucida Grande, Avenir, and Helvetica Neu, all brought in ...

The original Macintosh, released in 1984, featured a series of fonts designed by Susan Kare, all named after famous cities. Chicago was the star, with a certain cool approachability that would make it ...

From TypeCon2007, a press release congratulates Apple and Microsoft for extending an agreement on cross-licensing fonts. Microsoft Corp. and Apple today announced that they have renewed their font ...

Many of Apple's applications have gone the route of being self-contained packages, hiding their resources from the casual user to protect file structure integrity. This has also allowed Apple to ...

Yesterday, Apple unveiled its first wearable: a small smartwatch with a 1.5-inch display that caught the eyes of font buffs because it has a new custom typeface. Forget the watch, that typeface might ...

Finding a font you like can be tough — especially if you work in marketing or graphic design and regularly need to locate the perfect font for your project. Fortunately, MacOS (or on iOS, if you need ...

Today, Apple announced its developer tools for its forthcoming Watch which included a number of resources and tools for developers to get started building apps. Quietly included in the human interface ...

Today Apple released WatchKit, the tools for developers to start building apps for the Apple Watch. Buried inside the kit is a brand new font called "San Francisco" specifically designed for use with ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is an excerpt from Take Control of Fonts in Mac OS X, a $20 electronic book available for download from TidBits Electronic Publishing. The 255-page ebook contains ...