Why The Ikea Font Controversy Matters

Ikea’s catalogue typeface switch, from the venerable Futura to Microsoft’s omnipresent Verdana, has design people fuming. The “new look has been defined not by a company proudly parading its 66-year heritage, but by something driven by the clarity of the digital age. Nothing wrong with that – it’s a business. … But what would happen to our appreciation of the world if all our decisions were governed by commerce alone?”