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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Several changes are coming to the way Mac OS X handles fonts with the release of Snow Leopard. The changes likely won’t affect many users, but the Mac has always attracted a number of users who are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prepare for the default font on your Apple device to look slightly different. Apple is planning replace the Helvetica Neue font it uses on iPads, iPhones, and Macs with the same, in-house font that it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...