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Category: Typography

Type Love: Brandon Text

Courtney • Feb 11, 2013
Brandon Grotesque is one of my favorite san serif typefaces, so I’m pretty excited about Brandon Text, the latest release from HVD Fonts. Brando...
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Type Love: Ollie

Courtney • Feb 07, 2013
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 inc...
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Type Love: Landmark

Courtney • Feb 08, 2013
Yesterday Hoefler & Frere-Jones added another awesome family to their library: Landmark. The architectural typeface was originally commissioned by...
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Type Love: Lolita

Courtney • Feb 04, 2013
Lolita is one of Latinotype’s latest releases, which they call a “sans family with a touch of mojo.” The typeface features ten weigh...
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Type Love: Bellissima Script Pro

Courtney • Jan 30, 2013
Bellissima Pro is the latest fancy script release from Sudtipos....
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Type Love: Insolente

Courtney • Jan 28, 2013
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 pr...
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Type Love: Prisma Pro

Courtney • Jan 24, 2013
Prisma Pro is an energetic display face by RMU Typedesign. This version is actually a revival and expansion of Prisma, a typeface that was designed by...
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Type Love: Marat Sans

Courtney • Jan 22, 2013
According to MyFonts: Marat Sans is a clean and lively sans serif typeface designed by Ludwig Übele. It is characterized by excellent legibility and ...
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Type Love: Vulpa

Courtney • Jan 17, 2013
Vulpa is a quirky little serif typeface by Schizotype Fonts....
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Type Love: Australis Pro

Courtney • Jan 15, 2013
I’ve got my eye on Australis Pro from Latinotype....
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Type Love: Roman Extended Lightface

Courtney • Jan 11, 2013
Roman Extended Lightface is a new release from the Hamilton Wood Type Foundry. This new digitization features a full Western and Eastern European char...
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Type Love: Minot

Courtney • Jan 09, 2013
Earlier this week Jessica Hische launched her latest font, Minot, a beautiful ornamental display face. Minot includes three styles—Outline, Fill and...
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Type Love: Trend

Courtney • Jan 08, 2013
The layered type trend has certainly taken off in the last year or so. (See Detroit, Valuco, Frontage.) Now Latinotype has contributed their version ...
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Type Love: 2012 Favorites

Courtney • Jan 07, 2013
Before I took a look back, I thought I might have a hard time finding ten really great typefaces from 2012 to feature. But once I actually explored th...
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Type Love: Quarzo

Courtney • Jan 04, 2013
This morning I’m loving Quarzo, an elegant, traditional script by Corradine Fonts....
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Type Love: Carat

Courtney • Dec 21, 2012
Carat is a “contemporary interpretation of a classic serif” by German foundry Hoftype....
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Type Love: Unio

Courtney • Dec 20, 2012
Unio is a friendly slab serif with rounded edges by Wilton Foundry....
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Type Love: Shelton Slab

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
Shelton Slab is a distressed letterpress style font featuring letterforms that appear to be from many different alphabets. Pick up this new release b...
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Type Love: Olio

Courtney • Dec 10, 2012
Olio is a bold, geometric display face by Max Little. Available in Bold and Inline, you can currently pick up the set for 50% off at MyFonts....
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Type Love: Ramsey

Courtney • Dec 05, 2012
Ramsey is a new display sans from the folks at Associated Typographics, aptly described as having a “strong structure and a warm personality.&#...
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Type Love: Tabac Slab and Tabac Mono

Courtney • Dec 02, 2012
Suitcase Type Foundry recently released two new typefaces to complement the popular serif Tabac: Tabac Slab and Tabac Mono. The entire Tabac family i...
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Type Love: Dude

Courtney • Nov 28, 2012
Lost Type Co-op’s latest release is a “reverse contrast cowboy font” by Dan Gneiding, aptly named Dude. The font includes twelve a...
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Type Love: Feather Script

Courtney • Nov 27, 2012
I’m currently loving Feather Script, an elegant vintage design from Lettering Inc. Pick it up at My Fonts....
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Type Love: Harriet

Courtney • Nov 26, 2012
Harriet is an elegant serif typeface developed by Okay Type. It features two styles, display and text; six weights, from thin to black, and a wide arr...
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Type Love: Trithart

Courtney • Nov 20, 2012
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.  ...
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Type Love: Worthe Numerals

Courtney • Nov 18, 2012
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 ...
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Type Love: The New Tungstens

Courtney • Nov 15, 2012
Yesterday HF&J launched the new and improved Tungsten family, which now boasts 32 styles. Improvements include four new lighter weights, the addi...
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Type Love: Lupa Sans

Courtney • Nov 11, 2012
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 char...
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Type Love: Signalist

Courtney • Nov 07, 2012
I’m loving Signalist, a lively brush script by Mike Melvas....
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Type Love: Modular

Type Love: Modular

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
Modular is a six layer stacking display typeface by Letterwerk that allows for unlimited possibilities. Two versions, a slab serif and a sans serif, ...
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Type Love: Salvo Sans and Salvo Serif

Courtney • Oct 29, 2012
The companion Salvo Sans and Salvo Serif was originally designed by Cyrus Highsmith for use in various AARP publications. Both typefaces are available...
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Type Love: Aria Pro

Courtney • Oct 24, 2012
Aria is a graceful, elegant display serif by Fountain Type, that was released back in 2011. Get a closer look on MyFonts....
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Type Love: Swagg

Courtney • Oct 22, 2012
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 fiv...
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Type Love: Filmotype Manchester

Courtney • Oct 17, 2012
Originally released in the late 1960s, Filmotype Manchester has recently been reissued with new refinements and expansions. Along with Miner and Ma...
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Type Love: Alda

Courtney • Oct 15, 2012
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 ...
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Type Love: HWT American Chromatic

Courtney • Oct 10, 2012
HWT American Chromatic is the first release from the Hamilton Wood Type Foundry, a new collaboration between P22 and the Hamilton Wood Type & Prin...
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Type Love: Susa

Courtney • Oct 08, 2012
Susa, by Hubert Jocham Type, is currently one of my favorite casual scripts. Pick it up at MyFonts....
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Type Love: Lexia

Courtney • Oct 04, 2012
Lexia is another Dalton Maag typeface originally created in 2007. The friendly slab serif features six weights plus italics. Pick it up right here....
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Type Love: Foco

Courtney • Sep 28, 2012
I’m loving the playful softness of Foco, a typeface published by Dalton Maag from 2007....
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Type Love: Gigalypse

Courtney • Sep 24, 2012
I’m currently loving Gigalypse, a new chunky square sans serif from Dunwich Type Founders....
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Type Love: Steinweiss Script

Courtney • Sep 19, 2012
I’ve had my eye on Steinweiss Script for awhile, a typeface that was originally developed as cover lettering for a Taschen edition on the work o...
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Type Love: Luella

Courtney • Sep 19, 2012
Luella is a whimsical, vintage-inspired, hand-drawn font by Cultivated Mind. Pick it up at You Work for Them....
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Type Together Workhorses

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Type Together makes so many great workhorse typefaces, both serif and sans serif, that can work for an incredibly wide range of applications. I would ...
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Type Love 206: Nat Grotesk

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Nat Grotesk, a family of 14 styles and 4 weights by Paratype, has a sort of vintage feel that I’ve been drawn to lately. Pick it up at You Wor...
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Type Love 205: Proxima Nova Soft

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Proxima Nova Soft is a rounded version of Mark Simonson’s popular Proxima Nova. Fun fact: this Soft cut was originally designed for use as a web...
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Fonts by Pablo Moreno

Jason • Aug 23, 2012
For the month of August, a series of guests will be filling in on DWL with daily posts. Today’s posts come to you from Jason Johnson who fights...
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Type Love 204: Sixta

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Sixta is a new sans serif typeface from Hoftype, which comes in six weights. Get a closer look at MyFonts....
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Type Love 203: Henriette

Type Love 203: Henriette

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
Henriette is a new, historically-influenced serif typeface by Typejockeys. Here’s a bit of info about its origin: In the 1920s the Viennese gov...
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Type Love 202: Valuco

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
I’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of Valuco since Aesthetic Apparatus announced its development with a Kickstarter project earlier this y...
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Type Love 201: Glenlake

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Glenlake is a new addition to Filmotype’s extensive library of vintage fonts. This one in particular was originally designed and released in 195...
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Type Love 200: Colette

Type Love 200: Colette

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
Village is one of my favorite type shops. I’d love to own their entire library, but right now I especially have my eye on some of their 2012 rel...
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Type Love 199: Memoire

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Memoire is a gorgeous linear, hairline contemporary sans by Reserves. Pick it up at MyFonts....
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Type Love 198: Andes Italic

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Latinotype has recently added Italic styles to their original Andes family. Check it out on MyFonts—it’s on super sale for a limited time. &nb...
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Type Love 197: Ninfa Serif

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Ninfa Serif, designed by Brazilian foundry dootype, was built from the “genetic inheritance” of their earlier semi-serif design, Ninfa....
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Type Love 196: Halogen

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
On the heels of Idlewild’s release comes Halogen, another extended typeface but with more quirky details. Designed by Positype, Halogen features...
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Type Love 195: Adelle Sans

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
A little while back I mentioned that Adelle Sans, the sans serif companion typeface to TypeTogether’s popular Adelle, was being designed. Well l...
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Type Love 194: Winco

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
I’m loving the quirky personality of Winco, a new typeface from Re-Type. At first glance it may look like your typical sans serif, but upon clos...
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Type Love 193: Bulo

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Bulo, which means “hoax” in Catalan, is a new sans serif family by Barcelona-based foundry Tipografies. The typeface was specifically des...
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Type Love 192: Magallanes

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Latinotype seems to be cranking out fonts at extremely high speeds these days. Magallanes is one of their latest, a “neo humanist sans serif&#82...
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Type Love 191: Jocham

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Meet Jocham, the first typeface created by Hubert Jocham that also bears his name. The bold script was developed from the lettering used to create hi...
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