Andy Cunningham

Wherefore art thou, Arial?

by AndyC on May.05, 2006, under Computers, Musing

Typefaces are one of those things that most of us don’t care very deeply about.  If you use a computer, you probably think “Times New Roman” is “old fashioned”, “Arial” is modern, “Courier” looks like a typewriter, and that’s about it.

But there are thousands of different font facts, often with detail and history behind them.  This article about the humble Arial font is one such story.


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