Atlas of Type is a directory of contemporary independent type design.
A look at the type releases of the past week.
- From Black Foundry, the alpha release (basic Latin character set) of Numero.02, a gothic sans by Solenn Bordeau referencing a historical American design. Bordeau also shares credit with Ben Hartley for Cæsura, a bold display serif.
- Blaze Type released Sizek, a display typeface by Sandro Bonomo that takes inspiration from digital glitches. Meanwhile Pahin, a calligraphic flared serif designed by Maksym Kobuzan, was expanded to three optical sizes.
- Brandon Nickerson released BN Pooly, a display typeface inspired by Rodger.
- Contrast Foundry published an update on Future Fonts for CoFo Meteor, a serif typeface by Anna Khorash and Liza Rasskazova in the vein of De Vinne.
- David Jonathan Ross updated Megabase as the August offering of the DJR Font of the Month Club.
- Delve Fonts released Peasy, a sans serif designed by Peter Cho.
- Linda Hintz updated Tegner on Future Fonts with small caps, a lowercase, and an extended character set.
- Anna Khorash published an update on Future Fonts for Invert, an experimental typeface that interpolates between shapes and counter-shapes.
- Lineto released LL Geigy Duplex VIP, a new addition to the LL Geigy collection designed by Robert Huber.
- Nondescript debuted Pearl on Future Fonts; a serif to be set at very small sizes designed by David Sudweeks.
- Type Forward released Em One, a geometric sans by Luboslav Boyanov, Mirela Belova, and Stan Partalev.
- Tightype published the expansion to six weights of Bull-5, a typeface designed by David Einwaller that references an unidentified typewriter font.
Earlier in August:
To watch & read:
A look at the type releases of the past week.
Jessica Walsh established a new type foundry named Type of Feeling. The initial offering includes typefaces by several designers:
On the website, I’ve added a new tag called Design process. It lists all typefaces for which a link with background information is available. (More such links to be added soon.)
I’ve also implemented sorting by column for to all tables on the website.
A look at the type releases of the past week.
Along with Joc, Type-Ø-Tones has also soft-launched this August:
In other news: A font with built-in syntax highlighting, a clever use of color font technology.
On the website, I’ve added a new facet to navigate typefaces and foundries: Typefaces by distributor and Foundries by distributor.
Pro tip: like with other lists on the website, you can use the Roll dice button in the top-right corner for some surreptitious serendipity. If you’re on a desktop device, hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or Command key (MacOS) while clicking to open the random link in a new tab rather than navigating away.
A look at the type releases of the past week.
In other news:
A look at the type releases of the past week.
Missed it the first time around: ALT.tf released ALT Klarinet, a stencil sans by Giulia Boggio, at the beginning of July.
In other news, Letterform Archive launched a Kickstarter campaign for reprinting the sold-out W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design by Bruce Kennett. The campaign reached its funding goal in less than a week.
In the Atlas, the new Chromatic type tag collects more than two hundred typefaces that can produce multi-color effects using color font technology, or by layering separate styles or variable font instances
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A look at the type releases of the past week.
Acknowledgments: some news from this edition via Typecache, Proof&Co..
In other news: I’ve added a new tag on the website for Typewriter fonts, collecting around fifty typefaces inspired by fonts available to typewriters, modeled by the technical constraints imposed by the medium, or evoking the physical appearance of typewritten text
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Also, a shuffle from Type Atlas to Atlas of Type for a modicum of disambiguation from Ondrej Jób’s ongoing typo-photographic project, with apologies for lack of due diligence.
A look at the type releases of the past week.
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Type Atlas news! As with everything on the website, this will probably go through a few iterations. For now, keeping it on the shorter side.
Here are some typeface releases from the past week:
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