- Claude Garamond, publisher and legendary type designer responsible for designing the letterforms that led to some of the most widely used typefaces throughout history, died in poverty at age eighty-one.

- The Nike swoosh was designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971, while she was a student at Portland State University. She was paid $35.

- Peretz Rosenbaum is one of the most influential graphic designers of the 20th century. He is responsible for the IBM logo, the old and arguably most recognizable UPS logo, the Westinghouse logo, and many other design icons. You know him as Paul Rand.

- The Coca-Cola logo was made using a style of hand lettering called Spencerian Script.

- Jerry West is the silhouetted player in the NBA logo.

- The Red Cross is known as The Red Crescent in Muslim countries. Its logo also changes from a cross to a crescent.

- Facebook uses a modified version of the typeface Klavika for its logo.

- The boy silhouetted in the logo design of Hollywood studio Dreamworks SKG is William, the son of Robert Hunt (the illustrator hired for the design).

- Georgia typeface designed by Matthew Carter, was named after a tabloid headline reading "Alien heads found in Georgia."

- The "Michelin man" appearing in the Michelin logo design is originally named "Monsieur Bibendum". He also featured as the hero in the Oscar winning movie, "Logorama".