Introducing Areal, Are.na’s New Typeface

It only makes sense that a revival of del.icio.us (but better) now uses a revival of Arial (but better). Dinamo designer Johannes Breyer in conversation with the Are.na team:

Now that type software has advanced so much, and we can draw perfect curves and streamline so many steps, some of these elements of Arial feel like a human touch among today’s digitally-produced fonts. It becomes interesting and important again.