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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's Typography Week, and we're delving into the the history of sans serif, one of the most iconic typefaces in use today.

What constitutes a flawed typeface? For this article it is defined as a typeface that is perfectly fine — except for one nagging aspect, usually a single character. A flawed typeface is one that ...

Even if you’re a designer, you may not be able to identify all the typefaces you see in the world by sight, aside from a few of the most common, like Helvetica or Futura (or, sadly, Comic Sans).