Logology

How Custom Fonts Became the Ultimate Corporate Flex

Why everyone from Goldman Sachs to Netflix is investing in their very own typeface

James I. Bowie
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7 min readDec 10, 2020

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A collage of different images with various brand custom fonts like “Salesforce Sans,” “Southwest Sans,” and “Uber Moves.”
Photo illustration, sources: Banana Republic/Salesforce/Uber/Southwest

Apparel retailer Banana Republic found itself in hot water last month, accused in a lawsuit filed by New York typographer Moshik Nadav of unlawfully appropriating the ampersand from his Paris Pro…

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James I. Bowie
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Principal at Emblemetric, Sociologist at Northern Arizona University. Data-driven reporting on trends in logo design: Emblemetric.com