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:
- The Northern Block released Heltar, a neo-grotesque sans by Jonathan Hill (via Creative Boom).
- Studio René Bieder released SUSE, a brand typeface designed by René Bieder for the eponymous software company, made available as open-source on GitHub.
To watch & read:
- Paul Shaw’s talk at the Letterform Archive: Liberty Is Desirable: Nationalism, Patriotism, and Jingoism in 19th Century Type Specimens.
- The typography of books, an essay by John D. Berry for Typofonderie.