Category: Typography

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...

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. via M...

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 release, Ku...

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 with a...

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...