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Figure

A sturdy "quirkhorse" sans from Fort Foundry inspired by gothic wood type of the 19th century.

Condensed, Extended, Sans Serif, Wood TypeKyle ReadJune 23, 20212021, Week 24, Fort Foundry, Figure, Brian Brubaker, Mattox Schuler, Italics, Widths

Maro

Maro

A stencil typeface family from Typotheque that follows the logical contrast principles of letter construction until the shape is fractured at its narrowest point.

StencilKyle ReadJune 22, 20212021, Week 24, Typotheque, Maro, Nikola Djurek, Stencil, Italics

Eiko

Eiko

An elegant and sharp high-contrast display serif family from Pangram Pangram, inspired by the work of Eiko Ishioka and supporting Latin and Japanese writing systems.

Display, SerifKyle ReadJune 18, 20212021, Week 23, Eiko, Caio Kondo, Pangram Pangram, Japanese

Idem

Idem

A Dwiggins-inspired editorial serif design in text and display styles from DSType Foundry.

Display, Text, SerifKyle ReadJune 16, 20212021, Week 23, Idem, Dino dos Santos, DSType Foundry, Italics, Editorial

Eliptico

Eliptico

A high-contrast serif with intense diagonal stress and big, round elliptical counters from Typeji, released through Future Fonts.

Display, SerifKyle ReadJune 15, 20212021, Week 23, Typeji, Future Fonts, Eliptico, Tien-Min Liao

Midnight Sans

Midnight Sans

Midnight Sans is a "warm, but idiosyncratic" flavored display sans from Colophon Foundry of several widths and sharp or rounded expressions.

Condensed, Extended, Rounded Sans, Sans SerifKyle ReadJune 14, 20212021, Week 23, Collection, Colophon Foundry, Midnight Sans, Widths

Muoto

Muoto

A modernist sans serif family from 205TF, out to prove that functionalism doesn’t have to be cold and neutral, but can be “warm and softly effective.”

Geometric, Sans SerifKyle ReadJune 10, 20212021, Week 22, 205TF, Muoto, Matthieu Cortat, Italics, Functionalism

Agena Display

Agena Display

A display sans collection from Coppers and Brasses that “tries to bridge the gap between the expressive humanist sans typefaces of the ’60s and the modern geometric superfamilies of today.”

Display, Sans SerifKyle ReadJune 9, 20212021, Week 22, Coppers and Brasses, Étienne Aubert Bonn, Agena Display, Widths, Collection

Arp

Arp

A neo-grotesk type system from W Type Foundry exploring the relations between contrast, functionality, and graphic character.

Display, Sans Serif, VariableKyle ReadJune 7, 20212021, Week 21, Arp, W Type Foundry, Felipe Sanzana, Ink Traps

Santa Ana Sans

Santa Ana Sans

A semi-condensed, pseudo-geometric sans with plenty of personality from Hoodzpah Design.

Condensed, Sans Serif, Sign PainterKyle ReadJune 2, 20212021, Week 21, Hoodzpah, Amy Hood, Santa Ana Sans, Italics

Numera

Numera

A sturdy, robust, and well balanced workhorse text serif from Monokrom.

Kyle ReadJune 1, 20212021, Week 20

Irregardless

Irregardless

A spunky, charming sans family from Ohno Type Co. rooted in hand-drawn letterforms and expressively animated features.

Display, Sans SerifKyle ReadMay 26, 20212021, Week 20, Ohno Type Co., James Edmondson, Irregardless, Italics

Staff Grotesk

Staff Grotesk

A clean grotesque sans designed for more legible text setting from R-Typography.

Grotesk, Sans Serif, TextKyle ReadMay 25, 20212021, Week 20, Rui Abreu, R-Typography, Staff Grotesk

MD Primer

MD Primer

A charmingly imperfect sans from Mass-Driver inspired by American and European grotesques.

Grotesk, Sans SerifKyle ReadMay 24, 20212021, Week 20, MD Primer, Rutherford Craze, Mass-Driver

Mantar

Mantar

A “psychedelic scotch roman” design from Occupant Fonts that brings quirk and oddity back to a seemingly stodgy genre.

Serif, Scotch RomanKyle ReadMay 20, 20212021, Week 19, Occupant Fonts, Cem Eskinazi, Mantar, Italics

Extendomatic

Extendomatic

An extendable, variable, monolinear script from DJR’s Font of the Month Club based on ‘streamline lettering’ of the 20th century.

Extended, ScriptKyle ReadMay 19, 20212021, Week 18, David Jonathan Ross, DJR, Font of the Month Club, Extendomatic

Pleasure

Pleasure

A new-age variable grotesque sans family from Pizza Typefaces with inktraps, alternates, and experimental DNA.

Grotesk, Sans Serif, Variable, Text, DisplayKyle ReadMay 18, 20212021, Week 18, Pizza Typefaces, Flirt Studio, Experimental

Plethora

Plethora

An 'old-style serif design billed as a study in ligature-making from Sudtipos.

Display, SerifKyle ReadMay 12, 20212021, Week 18, Sudtipos, Alejandro Paul, Plethora, Ligatures, Italics