A project that turns handwritten letters seen on homeless signs into fonts gets a big boost from global typeface provider Monotype. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and ...

What would a typeface that combines the handwriting of people all around the world look like? Something like this, it turns out. Bic (as in the pens) is behind the effort, which you can add your own ...

Handwriting is so unique to an individual, it can be used in court to identify suspects and victims. But what would happen if you took all the different ways people around the world write the Latin ...

I don’t particularly like my handwriting—neither did my third grade teacher. Maybe that’s why I’m attracted to professional fonts that look like handwriting. Or maybe it’s because they’re just plain ...

In celebration of the Bic Crystal ballpoint pen manufacturer Bic has started crowdsourcing digital handwriting samples from across the globe to create a ‘Universal Typeface’. Dreamt up by DDB Tribal ...

A new font called "the universal typeface" is being crowdsourced by the pen company Bic. The biro brand has launched the experiment to celebrate its ‘Cristal' pen becoming the world's bestseller, with ...

Even if you’re not a genius, you can write like one. A Kickstarter campaign launched by a typographer in Germany recently raised the money to develop a computer typeface mimicking the handwriting of ...

A series of downloadable fonts based on the handwriting of acclaimed songwriters has been released online, and the creators say they hope the software will inspire other artists. “Songwriting is about ...

As time marches on and the world grows smaller, we're left with the understanding that we - you, me, and folks across the globe - are more alike than we realize. Except, you know, when it comes to ...

Even if you’re not a genius, you can write like one. A Kickstarter campaign launched by a typographer in Germany recently raised the money to develop a computer typeface mimicking the handwriting of ...