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Type Love: Vulpa

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

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

Courtney • Jan 11, 2013Jan 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 9, 2013
Earlier this week Jessica Hische launched her latest font, Minot, a beautiful ornamental display face. Minot includes three styles—Outline, Fill and B...
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Type Love: Trend

Courtney • Jan 8, 2013Jan 8, 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 t...
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Type Love: 2012 Favorites

Courtney • Jan 7, 2013Jan 7, 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 4, 2013
This morning I’m loving Quarzo, an elegant, traditional script by Corradine Fonts....
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Type Love: Carat

Courtney • Dec 21, 2012Dec 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, 2012Dec 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 by...
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Type Love: Olio

Courtney • Dec 11, 2012Dec 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 5, 2012Dec 5, 2012
Ramsey is a new display sans from the folks at Associated Typographics, aptly described as having a “strong structure and a warm personality.” Look cl...
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Type Love: Tabac Slab and Tabac Mono

Courtney • Dec 3, 2012Dec 2, 2012
Suitcase Type Foundry recently released two new typefaces to complement the popular serif Tabac: Tabac Slab and Tabac Mono. The entire Tabac family is...
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Type Love: Dude

Courtney • Nov 29, 2012Nov 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 awesome styles, each ...
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Type Love: Feather Script

Courtney • Nov 28, 2012Nov 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, 2012Nov 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, 2012Nov 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 19, 2012Nov 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 ver...
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Type Love: The New Tungstens

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

Courtney • Nov 12, 2012Nov 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 chara...
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Type Love: Signalist

Courtney • Nov 7, 2012Nov 7, 2012
I’m loving Signalist, a lively brush script by Mike Melvas....
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Type Love: Modular

Type Love: Modular

Courtney • Nov 5, 2012Jan 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, a...
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Type Love: Salvo Sans and Salvo Serif

Courtney • Oct 30, 2012Oct 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 25, 2012Oct 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, 2012Oct 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 five weights individu...
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Type Love: Filmotype Manchester

Courtney • Oct 18, 2012Oct 17, 2012
Originally released in the late 1960s, Filmotype Manchester has recently been reissued with new refinements and expansions. Along with Miner and Marle...
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Type Love: Alda

Courtney • Oct 16, 2012Oct 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 r...
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Type Love: HWT American Chromatic

Courtney • Oct 11, 2012Oct 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 & Printing...
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Type Love: Susa

Courtney • Oct 9, 2012Oct 8, 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 5, 2012Oct 4, 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, 2012Sep 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 21, 2012Sep 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 of Alex...
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Type Love: Luella

Courtney • Sep 20, 2012Sep 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, 2012Sep 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 • Aug 30, 2012Sep 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 Work For Th...
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Type Love 205: Proxima Nova Soft

Courtney • Aug 23, 2012Sep 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 headl...
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Fonts by Pablo Moreno

Jason • Aug 21, 2012Aug 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 the go...
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Type Love 204: Sixta

Courtney • Aug 16, 2012Sep 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 • Aug 9, 2012Jan 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 government...
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Type Love 202: Valuco

Courtney • Aug 2, 2012Sep 14, 2012
I’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of Valuco since Aesthetic Apparatus announced its development with a Kickstarter project earlier this year. T...
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Type Love 201: Glenlake

Courtney • Jul 26, 2012Sep 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 1955, and...
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Type Love 200: Colette

Type Love 200: Colette

Courtney • Jul 19, 2012Jan 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 releases,...
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Type Love 199: Memoire

Courtney • Jul 12, 2012Sep 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 • Jul 5, 2012Sep 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.  ...
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Type Love 197: Ninfa Serif

Courtney • Jun 28, 2012Sep 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 • Jun 21, 2012Sep 14, 2012
On the heels of Idlewild’s release comes Halogen, another extended typeface but with more quirky details. Designed by Positype, Halogen features seven...
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Type Love 195: Adelle Sans

Courtney • Jun 14, 2012Sep 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 lucky f...
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Type Love 194: Winco

Courtney • Jun 7, 2012Sep 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 closer exa...
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Type Love 193: Bulo

Courtney • May 31, 2012Sep 14, 2012
Bulo, which means “hoax” in Catalan, is a new sans serif family by Barcelona-based foundry Tipografies. The typeface was specifically designed to save...
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Type Love 192: Magallanes

Courtney • May 24, 2012Sep 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” family t...
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Type Love 191: Jocham

Courtney • May 17, 2012Sep 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 his...
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Type Love 190: Vibro

Courtney • May 10, 2012Sep 14, 2012
I’ve had my eye on Vibro ever since it was released on MyFonts back in March. It’s certainly not the most versatile font in the world, but for the rig...
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Type Love 189: Sofia Pro

Courtney • May 3, 2012Sep 14, 2012
Sofia Pro is a 16-font sans serif type family that was originally designed in 2008 by Oliver Gourvat. This year it’s been redesigned to support a wide...
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Type Love 188: Armitage

Courtney • Apr 26, 2012Sep 14, 2012
I’ve recently discovered Dunwich Type Founders, a New York-based foundry with a handful of solid typefaces available for licensing. Armitage, in parti...
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Type Love 187: Foro

Courtney • Apr 19, 2012Sep 14, 2012
Foro is an elegant slab serif by Hoftype featuring 8 weights and italics. Pick it up at Myfonts.  ...
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Type Love 186: Argumentum

Courtney • Apr 12, 2012Sep 14, 2012
Argumentum is a new sans serif family from Kostic, a Serbia-based foundry. It features six weights plus italics, an extended set of monetary symbols a...
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Type Love 185: Fancy Antique Display

Courtney • Apr 5, 2012Sep 14, 2012
Fancy Antique Display features the perfect mix of solids and stripes. Designed by Morten Iveland, the font was inspired by French decorative alphabets...
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Type Love 184: King Wood

Courtney • Mar 29, 2012Sep 14, 2012
King Wood is a new release from Canada Type which they classify as a “gothic wood type with a Tuscan flair.” Pick it up at MyFonts....
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Type Love 183: User

Courtney • Mar 22, 2012Sep 14, 2012
User is a new monospaced (which means there’s no kerning) type family from DSType. The family includes 30 styles with five weights ranging from hairli...
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