Guanabara Sans is a new release from Plau, a foundry based in Rio de Janeiro. The inspiration for the typeface came from their home city, “with its never-ending curves and all year long summer weather.” The design involved into a workhorse featuring…
I’m really loving Quadon, a modern slab serif by René Bieder. The typeface features line weights, from Think to Black, with matching italics, plus a wide range of alternative glyphs. Pick up a copy for yourself right here. Want more…
Today I’m loving the chunky, playful letterforms of Azo Sans Uber, the heavy headline version of Azo Sans. Want more type? Check out my Type Wishlist and current Favorites on MyFonts.
Alegreya ht Pro, designed by Juan Pablo del Peral, is a beuatiful serif typeface originally intended for literature. Want more type? Check out my Type Wishlist and current Favorites on MyFonts.
Saint Agnes, a “handwritten font with a Roman feel,” is a new release from Great Lakes Lettering. Want more type? Check out my Type Wishlist and current Favorites on MyFonts.
This style of open, linear display type is nothing new, but I’m always drawn to the modern, graphic presence it adds to a design. This week I happened to come across two new releases in this style that each have…
Since I just mentioned Mark Simonson’s new site launch, I thought it only fitting to feature one of his new-to-me fonts. Refrigerator Deluxe is “a condensed, geometric sans serif inspired by mid-20th century vernacular styles from America and Europe.” pick it up…
Ronnia is one of Type Together‘s sans serifs that I’ve had my eye on for awhile. Its original intention was for use in newspaper and magazine applications, however its versatility allows for quite a few possibilities. The family includes ten styles…
National Currency is a new font from Decade Typefoundry, which was inspired by lettering found on 19th century stock certificates. In addition to the lettering, the family also includes two sets of guilloche borders. Pick it up at MyFonts.
Quan is a new release from new-to-me foundry, Typesketchbook, which is based in Thailand. The family features bold and rounded styles—plus obliques for both—in 9 weights, for a total of 32 fonts. Pick it up at MyFonts.
Brooklyn and Brooklyn Stencil are two new releases from Village. The pair was originally developed by Chester Jenkins as part of the massive Atlantic Yards architectural project, which is currently underway in Brooklyn.
Letters from Sweden recently introduced Kumla, a display face inspired by lettering on the facade of Kumla Skofabrik, a shoe factory in Sweden. This typeface is the first of a new series entitled, “Fabrik Suite,” which is inspired by Swedish industry, factories and harbors.…
Brandon Grotesque is one of my favorite san serif typefaces, so I’m pretty excited about Brandon Text, the latest release from HVD Fonts. Brandon Text is dubbed “The Brandon Grotesque for Small Sizes” and features a higher x-height than the…
Ollie is a new casual script by Schizotype, with a huge variety of special features. It was designed to make the most of OpenType technology, and includes almost 900 glyphs and all sorts of stylistic alternates which, if OpenType features are…
Yesterday Hoefler & Frere-Jones added another awesome family to their library: Landmark. The architectural typeface was originally commissioned by Michael Beirut as part of the identity for Lever House, a prominent New York City building. The newly expanded version features…
Lolita is one of Latinotype’s latest releases, which they call a “sans family with a touch of mojo.” The typeface features ten weights, and includes additional OpenType upright italic lowercases and display alternate caps for certain letters. Pick it up at MyFonts…
Bellissima Pro is the latest fancy script release from Sudtipos.
Realistic-looking hand lettering typefaces are hard to come by, so I was plesantly surprised to stumble upon Insolente, a family of two fonts—the primary script and alternates—by French foundry La Goupil.
