Jeopardy! uses ITC Korinna for its on-screen clue cards, a serif typeface originally released by the H. Berthold AG type foundry in 1904 and revived…
Twitter (now X) uses Chirp, a custom sans-serif font commissioned from Swiss type foundry Grilli Type. Twitter’s design team announced Chirp in January 2021, and…
The Avengers film franchise uses a custom-modified display typeface closely based on Avengeance, designed by Michael Gene Adkins and published by The Fontry. The actual…
Twitch uses Roobert, a mono-linear geometric sans-serif font designed by Martin Vácha and published through Displaay Type Foundry in 2018. Twitch adopted a customized version…
Instagram uses Instagram Sans, a custom geometric sans-serif font developed in collaboration with Colophon Foundry, a UK-based type studio. Instagram introduced this typeface in May…
Spider-Man has no single official font. Marvel Comics has used different typefaces across comics, animated series, and films since the character’s debut in 1962. The…
Facebook uses Facebook Sans as its current UI and branding typeface, a custom sans-serif font commissioned from Dalton Maag, a London-based type foundry. For its…
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo does not use a single, commercially available font. The iconic “TURTLES” wordmark was drawn as a custom piece of…
Rocket League uses a custom-modified version of Futura ExtraBold, a geometric sans-serif typeface originally designed by Paul Renner in 1927. Psyonix adapted this font for…
The Sims 4 uses Sims Sans Bold SC, a geometric sans-serif font designed by Jason Williford and trademarked by Electronic Arts in 2014. EA commissioned…
Call of Duty currently uses Hitmarker, a custom proprietary typeface commissioned from type foundry NaN in collaboration with branding studio Koto LA. Activision introduced Hitmarker…
Captain America uses American Captain, a bold condensed display typeface designed by Michael Gene Adkins and published by The Fontry. The font closely matches the…
Candy Crush Saga uses Gainsborough (a display script typeface) and Brandon Text Bold (a geometric sans-serif) in its poster and promotional materials. Gainsborough was designed…
Superman does not use a standard commercial typeface. The iconic “S” in the chest shield is a custom-designed letterform created specifically for the character, first…
Batman does not use a single, unified font. Every film, TV series, and comic era has commissioned or adapted its own custom lettering, with the…
Warcraft uses LifeCraft for the “Warcraft” portion of its logo, and Folkard for the “World of” portion. Both are display-style typefaces with a gothic, medieval…
The New York Times does not use a single font. It runs a system of 4 proprietary typefaces, each assigned to a specific role: NYT…
League of Legends uses Beaufort for LoL as its primary display typeface and Spiegel as its body text font, both licensed by Riot Games for…
Patagonia’s logo uses a typeface closely matching Belwe Bold, a serif display font originally designed by Georg Belwe for the Schelter & Giesecke foundry in…
PayPal currently uses PayPal Pro as its primary brand typeface. It is a custom geometric sans-serif font built on LL Supreme, a contemporary redrawing of…
The Star Wars logo is based on a heavily modified version of Helvetica Black, hand-drawn in 1977 by graphic designer Suzy Rice. There is no…
McDonald’s currently uses Speedee, a custom sans-serif font commissioned from type foundry Dalton Maag, as its primary corporate typeface across packaging, menus, and advertising. Turner…
Your font choice is doing more damage than you think. Most developers spend 8+ hours a day staring at a code editor, yet the default…
MATLAB uses Monospaced as its default code font, set at 10 point, plain style, across the Editor, Command Window, and Command History. MathWorks officially documents…
The font you choose can determine whether someone reads your content or leaves in frustration. Over 2.2 billion people worldwide live with some form of…
Gucci uses Granjon Roman, an old-style serif font closely matched to the lettering in its wordmark. The typeface was designed by George W. Jones and…
The font you pick for a professional document does more work than you think. Before anyone reads a single sentence, your typeface has already shaped…
Most app typography decisions happen in five minutes and cost months of user experience problems. Choosing the best fonts for apps is not a stylistic…
Chanel uses a proprietary custom sans-serif typeface for its wordmark, set entirely in uppercase with wide letter spacing and geometric letter construction. The web version…
Nike uses Futura Bold Condensed, a geometric sans-serif font originally designed by Paul Renner and first released by the Bauer Type Foundry in 1927. For…
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