Back from vacation with a look at the type releases of the past two weeks.
- Atipo released Rawest, a geometric sans.
- Brandon Nickerson mantains the weekly cadence with BN Rambunk, an interpretation of Implode (1960s), and BN Danimal, a slightly slanted display sans.
- DJR released Forma DJR Mono, the monospaced counterpart to Forma DJR designed by Ruggero Magrí and David Jonathan Ross.
- East of Rome published on Future Fonts the initial version of Matka, a rustic display sans designed by Lewis McGuffie, as well as an update to the grotesk sans Kapow, changing its name to Tugev in the process.
- Emtype released Micrograph, a sans serif designed by Eduardo Manso.
- Extraset released ES Park, a slab serif designed by Xavier Erni.
- Francis Chouquet released Jazzman, a Midcentury-style unicase display typeface.
- Grilli Type released GT Pantheon, a sharp serif designed by Tobias Rechsteiner and Noël Leu.
- Interval Type released Factor A Mono, the monospaced companion to Factor A designed by Ilya Naumov.
- James Plattner published on Future Fonts the initial version of Bitzer, a condensed serif typeface informed by flat brush calligraphy.
- JTD updated on Future Fonts the condensed grotesk Enfilade by James Hultquist-Todd to a variable font.
- Lazydogs released LD Elly, a serif typeface by Bente Baseler (via Typecache).
- Luis Bandovas updated on Future Fonts the geometric sans Subito with an italic style.
- Luzi Type released Zeist, a geometric sans by Luzi Gantenbein.
- Mass Driver updated MD Nichrome, a typeface
referencing the typography of sci-fi paperbacks from the ’70s and early ’80s
designed by Rutherford Craze, with an extended character set and gothic alternate forms. - OH no released Camelion, a humanist sans by Sandrine Nugue.
- Plau released Firula, a brush script typeface by Rodrigo Saiani (via Typecache).
- Poem released Nouveau Quellstift, the rounded version of Nouveau, designed by Jérôme Knebusch.
- Process Type added italics to Stratum 1 & 2, as well as an extended character set. Maria Doreuli and Egor Golovyrin designed the Cyrillic script and George Triantafyllakos the Greek. Eric Olson also designed a narrower variant of the typeface, available as Stratum 1 & 2 Condensed.
- R Typography released Montris Mono, the monospaced member of the Montris family designed by Rui Abreu (via Typecache).
- Sharp Type added a display variant to the Sharp Serif collection in the form of Sharp Serif Display, a stencil typeface designed by Lucas Sharp.
- Sudtipos released Cosmos Deco, an Art Deco sans designed by Edgar Capula.
- Tulsey Type released Chokecherry, a lively sans designed by Chris Skillern with support for Latin and Cherokee scripts.
- Typemates released Altona by Albert-Jan Pool, Julia Uplegger, and Antonia Cornelius. Julia Uplegger also designed Alison Head and Alison Text, which together with Altona form a superfamily of contemporary Didones.
- TypeType added a monospaced variant to TT Hoves Pro.
Blaze Type has a series of releases and updates:
- Rules Gothic, a contrasted gothic sans designed by Matthieu Salvaggio, Léon Hugues, Guido Ferreyra, and Malo Haffreingue.
- Santiag, a contemporary intepretation of the reverse-contrast Western genre by Clément Cases.
- Holise, a condensed serif typeface originally designed by Inès Davodeau in 2021.
- Caryotype, a display typeface designed by Vicente Granger.
- Kyle Mono by Alexander Rütten and Olivia Wood, the monospaced companion to Kyle. The latter was also updated from semi-proportional to fully proportional.
CAST have released a collection of modernist typeface revivals named Alfabeti Modernisti. The collection includes:
- AM Assab by Alessandro Bombieri.
- AM Augusta by Riccardo Olocco.
- AM Lombardia by Carlotta Albiero and Luciano Perondi.
- AM Majella by Valentina Casali.
- AM Panama by Giulio Galli.
- AM Serie 610, also by Riccardo Olocco.
- AM Tirana by Leo Philp.
- AM Tripoli also by Alessandro Bombieri.
- AM Udine by Michele Patanè.
Ivy Foundry has a new website to showcase Jan Maack’s typefaces. New releases include:
- IvyBodoni, an
homage to the modern serif designs of the ’60s and ’70s
. - IvySoft, an
unpretentious, rounded sans balancing work and play
.
Delve Fonts added a section called Procepts for experimental and in-progress fonts. The current offering includes:
- H-AND-S, a hand symbol typeface by Jean-Benoît Lévy of Studio AND.
- Hexcess, a condensed, grid-based hexagonal Blackletter by Delve Withrington.
- Feint, an variable font with a cipher axis in the form of a stencil sans, also by Delve Withrington.
Throughout August, Store Norske Skriftkompani released a few typefaces, all designed by Arve Båtevik:
- Arkitekt, a
geometric typeface based on Norwegian functionalist architecture
. - Skandia Narrow and Skandia Condensed, two new widths for the Skandia typeface.
- Jazz Mono, the monospaced member of the Jazz family.
Capitalics released in the past few weeks:
- ADHD, a variable font inspired by the work of Armin Hofmann.
- Acus, a contrasted sans inspired by hand-painted enamel signs.
- Realise, a Scotch Roman with octagonal details.
Still in the late August to early September ballpark:
- Famira Fonts released Jupette, a sans serif inspired by the midcentury French Riviera designed by Hannes Famira.
- Helena Zhang released Departure Mono, a monospaced pixel font.
- Signal released Glammo, a typeface that
blends references to techno, Akira, and the Designers Republic
designed by Max Phillips.
Other things that are new:
- Watching letters, an essay by Aleksandra Samuļenkova on the role of typography and orthography in the formation of national identities.
- Rutherford Craze interviewed by Dan Reynolds in Mass-Driver: Craft and technology.
- Dossier Jannon — Definitive Edition, a
concatenation of documents around Jean Jannon’s work
by historian Sébastien Morlighem in collaboration with Klim. - A notebook designed by Atelier Carvalho Bernau for Typotheque, who just this weekend celebrated 25 years.
On the website, I’ve added a tag for typefaces with minisites.