Italics — Releases

Figure

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lexik

Lexik is a sharply cut, angular serif family designed for text setting and reading from the Bern, Switzerland based Binnenland Type Foundry.

Serif, TextKyle ReadApril 23, 20212021, Week 15, Binnenland Type Foundry, Lexik, Italics

Sculpin

Sculpin from Process Type Foundry is a chiseled sans family inspired by the finishing details of square-edged tools.

Display, Sans Serif, Sign PainterKyle ReadApril 6, 20212021, Week 13, Process Foundry, Sculpin, Eric Olson, Italics

Reply

Reply is a geometric typeface family from Optimo Foundry inspired by a typewriter rendition of Vogue Intertype.

Sans Serif, Rounded SansKyle ReadApril 2, 20212021, Week 12, Optimo Foundry, Francois Rappo, Reply, Italics

Selva

Selva is a rooted Scotch Roman family of 15 fonts from Colophon Foundry that merges historical inspiration with modern innovation.

Serif, ScriptKyle ReadMarch 29, 20212021, Week 12, Colophon Foundry, Selva, Fanny Hamelin, Scotch Roman, Italics

Chiaroscura

Chiaroscura is a fashionable, high contrast display serif typeface with an edgy yet elegant flair from EmType Foundry.

SerifKyle ReadMarch 24, 20212021, Week 11, EmType Foundry, Eduardo Manso, Display, Italics

Vast

A variable sans serif family from ParaType that plays with width in an aggressive yet commercially appealing style.

Sans Serif, VariableKyle ReadMarch 2, 20212021, Week 08, ParaType, Vast, Italics

Mack

A humanist sans serif from Blaze Type inspired by the natural, brush-made variations of details originally rooted in geometry.

Sans SerifKyle ReadMarch 1, 20212021, Week 08, Blaze Type, Nathan Metzler, Italics, Mack

Scilla

Scilla is a high-fashion, high-contrast display family from Atipo Foundry with calligraphic notes, inspired by the shapes of flowers.

SerifKyle ReadFebruary 11, 20212021, Week 05, Atipo Foundry, Display, Italics

Gineto

An ‘airy’ contemporary grotesque sans family from R-Typography tailored for small sizes, with spacious and well-ventilated lettershapes.

Sans SerifKyle ReadFebruary 10, 20212021, Week 05, R-Typography, Rui Abreu, Italics

Belarius

A three-axis variable family that shifts from sans to slab serif and from condensed to expanded widths from TypeTogether.

Serif, Variable, Slab SerifKyle ReadJanuary 28, 2021Week 03 2021, Display, Italics, TypeTogether