Category: Typography

Amboy is another one of Jim Parkinson’s creations. The inline display face was inspired by Mid-20th Century Showcard Lettering....

Sutro is a very structured slab serif designed by Jim Parkinson in 2003. You can pick up the package of 11 fonts at FontShop right here....

Sudtipos recently released three new slab serif fonts. My favorite is Hernandez, a “slab serif display” with a wide range of alternates to...

Darjeeling, a new release from You Work for Them, was designed by FaceType. With it’s various styles and library of ornaments, Darjeeling can go...

Incubator is Village’shome for contemporary releases from young designers. There are a few in development that promise to be available this year...

Even though I rarely get to use them, I’ve been really into stencil fonts lately. And You Work for Them has quite a variety of inexpensive, inte...

Loving the voluptuous curves  and thick-thin contrast of Margarita‘s letterforms. The display face, created by Pampa Type, is available for pur...

Lodgecode, the first release from the Look Partnership’s Tonalcase collection, is a single weight geometric sans. Designed by Jeff Warrington th...

I’m cheering on House Industries for their latest and greatest release (and the newest addition to my typographic wishlist). In their own words:...

Farnham is a typeface that was designed by Christian Schwartz for Font Bureau in 2004. The confident serif was based on the work of “Johannes Fl...

This week I’m liking the display face, Sans Merci, “an incisive font for sharp words”, by SMeltery....

Giorgio Sans is quite the character. Designed by Schwartzco as a quirky companion to their popular serif, Giorgio, the typface features six weights an...

Adelle is a modern slab serif by Type Together. It was created with editorial use in mind, but I think it’s versatile enough to use in a whole s...

Helvetica is one of those polarizing typefaces—most people either love it or hate it, no in between. If you’re on the more negative side of th...

CamingoDos is a squarish, modern sans serif available at FontShop....

Arctic is a headline family created by German designer Henning Skibbe. Interestingly enough, his background is in graffiti, which as you can see infor...

I love all the swashes and perfect imperfectness of each letterform that makes up Cooper Italic. Not to mention it’s a steal at only $30....

Apparently Fluidum has been around for quite some time, but it is a new discovery for me. Beautiful lines....

A few times I’ve attempted to create clean crisp dotted type on my own, to no avail.  Stag Dot to the rescue....

I always look forward to the typographic “best of” posts each year, so I thought I’d do a rundown of my favorites. I don’t cla...

Home Run is a set of two bold companion scripts by master typographer Doyald Young. One of the cool things about the pair is that you have the ability...

One new typeface I am determined to find a use for is Geogrotesque Stencil, a new release from Emtype. The suite of 3 styles and 7 weights is now avai...

This versatile sans serif, Sun, a family including 14 styles, is available from Lucas Fonts....

This week I’m excited by the possibilities of one of Linotype’s newest releases, the ITC Chino family. The family, designed by Hannes von ...

Parachute’s Encore Sans Pro is a humanistic sans serif that suports Latin, Greek and Cyrillic texts. It comes in 11 weights, from Hairline to Ul...

If nothing else, Type Together’s Skolar is a workhorse. A text serif originally designed to shine in multilingual publications, the Skolar famil...

Block Gothic is available in three weights from Fontshop....

St. Atmos is a bubbly and playful display face by Stereotypes....

Created by Typejockeys, Ingeborg is a contemporary typeface with historic roots. It includes various display and text weights, and multiple stylistic ...

You can purchase Everafter, a playful, storybook serif by Silas Dilworth, from TypeTrust....

Lately I’ve been on the lookout for a new clean, versatile sans (as much as I love Gotham, I need some variety). One that I’m currently li...

I present to you Cordial Bloom, an ornate, highly customizable display face from Veer. In addition to all of its own options, it can also be layered o...

Generell, a playful slab serif with a slightly retro bent, is newly available from FontShop. The lowercase “w” and “k” charact...

Designed by Letterwerk (whose logo I’m in love with, by the way), Carrosserie is a sans serif display face inspired by the shapes of the 30s....

A fun Jukebox serif with exuberant swashes. Torino Display...

I tweeted yesterday about the official release of Quatro by ppwrk studio, an ultra black display face. But today I wanted to show you a couple of the ...

One of Cyrus Highsmith’s lesser known fonts is Loupot, a bold sharply-stroked script....

Keks is a new typeface by Hubert Jocham. Part blackletter, part roman; the interesting letterforms will definitely bring a uniquely modern edge to you...

These two whimsical typefaces, Phaeton and Olduvai, are part of Veer’s Umbrella Type Collection. Phaeton Olduvai...

Slab Sherrif is the first font created by Alex Sheldon aka Match & Kerosene. And if you buy before the end of July it will only cost you $16.25. v...

Liza, the latest release from Underware is pretty amazing. Not only is it a fun and playful script with a hand-painted look, but it also has built-in ...

Suitcase Type Foundry makes some of my favorite typefaces (Gloriola, anyone?), so I’m not surprised that I instantly fell for their newest relea...

My latest FontShop obsession is the chunky yet graceful Plume Advertising, designed by Bruno Maag....

Bodoni Script Pro would be a perfect typeface for a wedding invitation.The character set is packed with lots of graceful, flourishy details, and the c...

FF Dancer, designed by Fontpartners, was part of Typographica’s Best Fonts of 2007. The design was intended to combine a constructed sans serif ...

ITC Klepto, designed by Phil Grimshaw, is a playful yet rough-around-the-edges display face. I especially love the curves in the lowercase k (and the ...

You can pick up Pinup, a pillowy, lovable sans serif designed by Pieter van Rosmalen, from FontShop....

League, by Letterbox, is a chunky display face with interesting details....

FF Good is a clean, elegant and versatile sans serif from FontShop. (I love the lowercase G.)...

Gorgeous lines on Houschka Pro from Veer....

I know, more blackletter. But I love this more playful version—Blaktur—from House Industries....

Dark and light, thick and thin. (Couldn’t pick just one this week.) Carmen Memoriam Narziss...

My favorite part about Router, a newish release from village, are the graceful, smooth italics. For more information you can read an in-depth intervie...

When it comes to serifs, I tend to gravitate towards slabs. I like them to have a bit of heft to them, and Zócalo fits the bill. It actually reminds ...

Glosa Display...

Since Archer was released semi-recently, it can be seen everywhere (including my site). Don’t get me wrong, I love it. But I also like Jubilat a...

This week I’m loving the fun retro style of script, HT Cartoleria....