Go ahead, pick a font to read this story in. You may notice this makes it harder (or possibly easier!) to read, depending on the font choice. Read on to see why. You make font choices every day.

You can include variants, so you have multiple letters for a single character, and the font will randomly assign different variants when you type, creating a more hand-drawn effect. It’s helpful ...

Font families can sell for hundreds of dollars ... costs nearly $1,000 to license a complete set of 66 different styles. But The League of Moveable Type, gives all of its fonts away for free.

After all, most letters are the same shape regardless of font, and even if hand-drawn the basic letter shape has to be retained for purposes of legibility. Perhaps I am showing a lack of creativity, ...

But what would happen if you took all the different ways people around the world write the Latin alphabet letters and combined them into a single font? That was the thinking behind pen maker Bic ...