Saptarshi Prakash on Instagram: "Why Beautiful Fonts Are Called UGLY Designers love grotesque fonts, but did you know the word literally means “ugly”? During the Renaissance, artists found strange cave paintings in Rome. They thought these drawings were distorted and ugly, so they called them “grotesque” (Italian for “from the cave”). Centuries later, when the first sans-serif fonts appeared with no decorative curls or fancy endings, people found them just as weird and unnatural as those cave pa

It's Nice That on Instagram: "Have you ever wondered where “Grotesk” comes from? Well wonder no more - we’re back on ya feeds with the one and only @OversetText - (aptly using a ruler as a mic holder today) for a history lesson diving into the origins of Grotesk fonts and how they’ve evolved since. This story starts all the way back in 1832 with William Thorowgood’s type specimen called Grotesque - supposedly named due to an apprehensive perception of sans serif fonts at the time - and luckily e

Alex Neiman on Instagram: "The aesthetic that once defined cool now kills brands. The millennial brand wasn’t just about beige tones and sans serif fonts – it was about control. Everything had to be perfectly “on brand.” But perfection doesn’t sell anymore. Humanity does."

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