Category: Typography

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....

We talked about Cyrus Highsmith earlier in the week, so I figured I would feature one of his fonts. Antenna is an extremely versatile sans serif type ...

Geogrotesque is a new type family from emtype....

To commemorate the work of the legendary Alexander Girard, House Industries has recently launched a whole suite of typefaces, my favorite being the Gi...

Soiree was inspired by designer Jacqueline Yue’s three month stay in Paris, and can be purchased at T26....

Fontfabric makes some really interesting three-dimensional fonts. Cube Cubic...

Typonine is a Croatian type foundry with a small but quality offering of typefaces, including the two sophisticated serifs below. Marlene Amalia...

Cadena...

Quantico is a display face designed by Mad Type, and is available for purchase at You Work for Them and My Fonts....

This new playful and laid-back font from You Work for Them was designed by Travis Stearns and includes three different versions with varying widths. D...

Atlantik is a typeface that is made up of 213 individual wave ornaments to be used in 6 sets, providing endless design possibilities. Released by Foun...

I’ve been seeing Didoni everywhere recently, like on these awesome rejected book covers by Klas Ernflo. Love it. Update: Just wanted to point ev...

Dear Sarah Love the ink blots....

Here are a couple Shinn Type favorites: Scotch Modern   Bodoni Egyptian...

Wood Type Impressions 2is a gigantic collection of wood type letters, numbers and ornaments. It isn’t actually a keyable typeface, but a compila...

Miniscule, a winner of the 2005 TDC certificate of excellence, is a typeface designed specifically for extremely small sizes. It is intended to be use...

Fakir by Underware...

I’m really loving these pillowy bold typefaces from Veer. As an added bonus, both are under $60 too. Barricada Comalle...

Quick sidenote: Have I really been doing this for 20 weeks? Wow. And now back to the typography… I recently came across the work of type designe...

I love all the weights (especially the ultra thin and black) in this modern, somewhat techy feeling typeface from The Font Bureau. Stainless...

Designed by Typecuts, Volvox is a complex ornamental type system involving 5 fonts that can be superimposed on top of one another in an infinite numbe...

I first caught wind of this playful display face designed by Laura Meseguer when it won a TDC2 Certificate of Excellence from the Type Director’...

I just recently received Emigre‘s latest type catalog (sign up to receive your own copy here) in the mail, which reminded me how extensive their...

This week I’m liking lots of distressed type—something I almost never use in my work, but always admire. The collections below are designed by...