Week 22, 2021

A Weekly Review of the World of Typography


 

Releases:



Coppers and Brasses published Agena Display this week — a typeface that "tries to bridge the gap between the expressive humanist sans typefaces of the ’60s and the modern geometric superfamilies of today.” Agena is a very sharp sans family of 4 widths designed with an eye for contemporary graphic design styles.


Jali is the first offering from the newly formed type foundry Foundry5.  Jali brings a jovial bounce to the  humanist sans genre across 16 styles (8 weights of roman and italics) and beyond, extending its attitude to the Arabic and Greek language systems, too. 


Muoto is 205TF’s latest release. Muoto is a modernist sans serif family out to prove that functionalism doesn’t have to be gold and neutral, but can be “warm and softly effective.” Available as a family of 12 styles — six weights of roman and italics, and as a pair of roman and italic variable fonts.  


June’s Font of the Month Club offering is a typeface that has been in the making for years — Fern Text. Officially described as a "Venetian old-style typeface is exaggerated diagonal stress”, Fern Text is a fascinating look into how to bridge design eras and make something new. 


Links:



FOUNDRY ALERT: Welcome Foundry5 to the scene — a coming together of 4 type designers in the UK.  

NEW SITE: Blackletra Type Foundry has a new site design to present their classic catalogue and welcome a new licensing structure.  

INSPO: Beverage Branding That’s All About the Typography. (via Eye On Design) 

SPECIMENS: Typographies.fr has a new specimens section where you can order and download cool things.  

EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS: It’s Pride Month in the US, so here’s a nudge to visit the LGBTQ tag at Fonts in Use.  

ARTICLE: What is the role of binary thinking in Western Typography? — an extract from Ellen Lupton’s new book.  (via Its Nice That)