{"id":45,"date":"2018-04-06T23:56:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T06:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefontdetective.com\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:23:34","slug":"articles-by","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thefontdetective.com\/?page_id=45","title":{"rendered":"Articles by Phinney"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"45\" class=\"elementor elementor-45\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46be8cd9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46be8cd9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20540ba3\" data-id=\"20540ba3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a543e96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a543e96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Articles by Phinney<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f1ccf2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f1ccf2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-241097ab\" data-id=\"241097ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-603011c0 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"603011c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-style: normal;\">Articles in&nbsp;<i style=\"font-size: 23px;\">Communication Arts<\/i>&nbsp;Magazine<\/h1>\n<ul style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commarts.com\/book-reviews\/modern-pioneers-in-typography-and-design\">Modern Pioneers in Typography &amp; Design<\/a> (book review, Dec 2024)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commarts.com\/columns\/fonts-and-the-law\">Fonts &amp; the Law<\/a> (Apr 2021)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commarts.com\/columns\/fontocalypse-now\">Fontocalypse Now?<\/a><span style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(May 2020)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commarts.com\/columns\/variable-fonts-are-the-next-generation\">Variable Fonts are the Next Generation<\/a>&nbsp;(Jan 2017)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commarts.com\/columns\/finding-a-common-language\">Finding a Common Language<\/a>: Reconciliation &amp; Revival through Letterforms (Sep 2015)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commarts.com\/columns\/know-if-a-font-sucks.html\">How to Tell If a Font Sucks<\/a>&nbsp;(Apr 2014)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasphinney.com\/2012\/06\/should-dyslexics-unite-on-a-typeface\/\">Should Dyslexics Unite on a Typeface?<\/a>&nbsp;(June 2012) (extra thoughts on my blog, which links to my article in CA as well)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commarts.com\/columns\/how-to-explain-why-typography-matters\">How to Explain Why Typography Matters<\/a>&nbsp;(Aug 2011)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commarts.com\/columns\/dr-strangebook\">Dr. Strangebook<\/a>&nbsp;(May 2009)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commarts.com\/columns\/text-and-glyphs-in-opentype\">Text and Glyphs in OpenType<\/a>&nbsp;(Sep 2008)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-style: normal;\">Blog Posts on \u201cDetective\u201d Topics<\/h1>\n<ul style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasphinney.com\/2018\/01\/truth-is-hard-to-come-by\/\">\u201cTruth\u201d is hard to come by<\/a>&nbsp;(Jan 2018)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasphinney.com\/2017\/07\/pakistan-calibri-forgery\/\">Will Calibri Leave Pakistan Sans Sharif?<\/a> (July 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasphinney.com\/2014\/03\/saving-400m-font\/\" style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, &quot;Times Roman&quot;; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Save $400M printing cost from font change? Not so fast&#8230;<\/a><span style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, &quot;Times Roman&quot;; font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;(Mar 2014)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasphinney.com\/2012\/05\/rather-still-deluding-himself-on-bush-memos\/\">Rather Still Deluding Himself on Bush Memos<\/a><span style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman';\">&nbsp;(May 2013)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasphinney.com\/2013\/02\/debating-bush-memos-reddit\/\">Debating Bush memos (with Rather?) on Reddit<\/a> (Feb 2013)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasphinney.com\/2011\/03\/point-size\/\">Point Size and the Em Square: Not what people think<\/a><span style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman';\"> (March 2011)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasphinney.com\/2009\/02\/bob-hayes-nfl-forgery\/\">Bob Hayes NFL Hall of Fame forgery<\/a>&nbsp;(Feb 2009)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Select <\/span><i>Quora<\/i> Answers on Fonts &amp; Typography<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #1e0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-did-Microsoft-change-the-default-font-to-Calibri\/answer\/Thomas-Phinney\">Why did Microsoft change the default font to Calibri?<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #1e0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Do-companies-get-sued-for-using-fonts-illegally\">Do companies get sued for using fonts illegally?<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #1e0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Which-is-the-smallest-Unicode-character\/answer\/Thomas-Phinney\">What is the smallest Unicode character?<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #1e0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-are-SF-symbols-associated-with-the-SF-font-What-makes-them-more-than-just-images\/answers\/148247125\">Why are SF (San Francisco) symbols associated with the SF font? What makes them more than just images?<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Is-there-a-special-font-that-is-helpful-to-dyslexic-people\/answer\/Thomas-Phinney\">&nbsp;Is there a special font that is helpful to dyslexic people?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-font-most-closely-resembles-Poor-Richards-Almanack\/answers\/138908336\">Which font most closely resembles Poor Richard\u2019s Almanack?<\/a><span style=\"font-family: hypatia-sans-pro, 'Times Roman'; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-is-the-largest-font-size-capable-of-being-displayed-in-MS-Word\/answer\/Thomas-Phinney\">What is the largest font size capable of being displayed in MS Word?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Are Open Sans and Segoe UI fonts free to use for any website?\">Are Open Sans and Segoe UI fonts free to use for any website?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/When-texting-what-is-the-meaning-of-the-symbol-with-an-X-inside-a-tall-rectangle\">When texting, what is the meaning of the symbol with an \u201cX\u201d inside a tall rectangle?<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-has-Unicode-created-a-blue-puzzle-piece-emoji-to-represent-the-spectrum-As-a-person-with-Asperger-s-I-am-disgusted\">Why has Unicode created a blue puzzle piece emoji to represent the autism spectrum?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-does-the-symbol-mean-and-why-is-it-an-extension-of-the-symbol\/answer\/Thomas-Phinney3\">What does the symbol \u00a7 mean and why is it an extension of the &amp; symbol?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Do-fonts-get-taken-down-from-Google-I-mean-is-there-a-font-that-I-might-embed-on-my-website-today-and-it-wouldn-t-be-available-after-some-time\/answer\/Thomas-Phinney\">Do fonts get taken down from Google? 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