Category: Typography

Brilliant is a great new stencil typeface by FaceType, with three, equally readable weights. (It’s also 40% at My Fonts at the moment, so get in on th...

I first came across United, by House Industries, via Tyler Galpin‘s (very well-designed, might I add) site, and was immediately drawn to it. It makes ...

Terminal Design’s 718 is an ode to the outer boroughs of NYC, or “the real New York”, as they refer to the non-Manhattan area code. The sans serif fam...

Cillian is a simple and affordable sans serif typeface with two weights available. Check out more style images here, and purchase on My Fonts....

There’s no shortage of woodtype fonts out there these days, but what drew me to URW Wood Type is the fun possibilities that the Shadow version present...

Monroe is a fun new new slab serif/script hybrid by Sudtipos....

For an alternative to Bodoni Poster, check out Thorowgood. Available from You Work for Them....

Suomi Slab Serif a crisp, sharp version of a typewriter font, was designed by Tomi Haaparanta (who also designed Tee Franklin, featured recently) and ...

Tee Franklin was commissioned by Vogue UK for their redesign in 2001. This new version of the classic typeface Franklin Gothic contains a wider variet...

Neplus Ultra is a new chunky slab serif from p.s. type, and I am loving the unique letterform details like the lowercase g’s....

I’ve rarely met a slab serif I didn’t like, and Charlie, designed by Working Format, is no exception....

Sense and Sensibility are a pair of sans serifs from ShinnType that have been used by The Globe & Mail for several years. Made up of a modernist and a...

Geotica is a curvy display face with lots of possibilities. It features four styles and four grades, for a total of 16 different combinations. The typ...

Creamy Script is the perfect name for this soft and friendly typeface. Pick it up right here. via Typography Served  ...

FF Suhmo, a FontShop exclusive, was inspired by American typewriter fonts. This modern, rounded take on genre features 8 styles and various special ch...

St Ryde, a “casual and modern sans serif”, is the latest release from Stereotypes. And it’s available for purchase from My Fonts right here....

Arbor created by Village founder Chester Jenkins. Originally designed for the New York Time’s Magazines’s 2008 Hollywood issue, the entire typeface wa...

Titillation is a round and narrow sans serif by Suomi Type Foundry....

LaSalle is an expressive, vintagey script by Filmotype....

First, I have to stop for a second and recognize that this is the 100th Type Love post! How that is possible is beyond me—the last 100 weeks have comp...

Rum Black was actually a winner of the 2010 TDC competition. The hefty display face was created by Royal Academy of Arts Type & Media grad Trine Rask....

This love-at-first-sight serif typeface is the in-progress St Marie from Sterotypes. Unfortunately there is not much information on an approximate rel...

Engel New Sans (an updated version of the original Engel Sans, one of Gestalten’s best sellers) s a clean modern sans serif with interesting quirks. D...

Aniuk is a new display family from Typejockeys featuring a unique combination of round and edgy details. Meant for large sizes, the family includes fi...

Klavika is yet another one of Process Type Foundry’s modern, versatile typefaces. It was designed in 2004, but still looks just as fresh today, as evi...

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 maximize th...

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 from ...

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

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, interestin...

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

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

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

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 Fleischm...

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 slew of...

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 that debat...

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 claim to be a type expert, ...

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 Döhren and L...

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 Ultra Bl...

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

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 liking is Alri...

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” characters are especially fun....

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...