Futura to Verdana: Ikea stirs up designers by switching fonts after 60 years

"Look, I know this isn't world hunger. But if a company like Ikea can make this mistake, you have to wonder who is going to lead when it comes to design."-- Romanian designer Marius Ursache, who was so incensed about the furniture chain's decision to drop its ubiquitous customized Futura font in favour of Verdana, he started an online petition in protest. See the Time.com story.