Category Type Love

Trithart is a playful, hand-drawn, Open Type font by illustrator Emma Trithart. You can pick it up right here at You Work for Them.  

Worthe Numberals is a set of fun set of decorative numerals from House Industries. The set of two fonts includes both the standard and drop shadow versions. And if you want more control without purchasing the entire font, customization is available via Photo-Lettering.

Yesterday HF&J launched the new and improved Tungsten family, which now boasts 32 styles. Improvements include four new lighter weights, the addition of new widths including Tungsten Narrow, which is 15% more compact than the original, Tungsten Condensed and Tungsten Compressed. Pick…

Lupa Sans is a fun new typeface designed by Melle Diete. Lupa includes a range of weights, from Extra Light to Black, and an incredible extended character set that features ligatures, alternate and swash letters, small caps, fractions, lining and tabular numbers, superior…

I’m loving Signalist, a lively brush script by Mike Melvas.

The companion Salvo Sans and Salvo Serif was originally designed by Cyrus Highsmith for use in various AARP publications. Both typefaces are available in five weights and in condensed and extra condensed styles. Salvo Sans   Salvo Serif

Aria is a graceful, elegant display serif by Fountain Type, that was released back in 2011. Get a closer look on MyFonts.

Swagg is a friendly sans serif—love the lowercase “g”—that was released by Miller Type Foundry back in 2011. You can pick up all five weights individually or as a package at MyFonts.

Originally released in the late 1960s, Filmotype Manchester has recently been reissued with new refinements and expansions. Along with Miner and Marlette, part of the same family, Manchester was developed from the original font filmstrips and now includes a variety of OpenType features. Pick…

You may remember that I already posted about Alda in 2010, back when it was still a work-in-progress. Well, I just happened to stumble upon it again recently and discovered it’s been published by Emigre and is now available for licensing.…

HWT American Chromatic is the first release from the Hamilton Wood Type Foundry, a new collaboration between P22 and the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum. The multilayered 8-font system is based on chromatic wood type designs from the 1850s. Pick…

Susa, by Hubert Jocham Type, is currently one of my favorite casual scripts. Pick it up at MyFonts.

Lexia is another Dalton Maag typeface originally created in 2007. The friendly slab serif features six weights plus italics. Pick it up right here.

I’m loving the playful softness of Foco, a typeface published by Dalton Maag from 2007.