A, B, C, D, E, F, G – makes you want to hum the alphabet song. But there’s no real reason why people should learn these letters in this order. There are plenty of ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Who created ...

If there were ever a typeface Mecca, during the sixties it was Photo-Lettering Inc., in New York City. With thousands of photo fonts at the ready, this was where pilgrims and art directors from ...

Inventing an alien language? Easy. Creating an entire writing system to go along with it? Now that’s impressive. Here are thirteen alien alphabets (complete with downloadable fonts!) you should ...