A look at the type releases, updates, and expansions of the past week.
- Bold Monday released Merwede, a uniwidth text serif that synthesizes diverse influences, designed by Titus Schulz and shaped by his experience as a book designer.
- Brandon Nickerson released BN Boxer, an interpretation of Square (Mecanorma, ~1972).
- Bureau Brut released on the newly-redesigned foundry website a condensed width for Round, originally designed in 2021, as Round Condensed.
- Carter & Cone released Skia CC, an update of Skia, the variable font avant la lettre designed by Matthew Carter for Apple in 1994 (via Typecache).
- Collletttivo released Aujournuit, a single-weight serif in multiple widths designed by Teo Gaudet.
- Commercial Type released Place, designed by Julien Priez as a
wide serif typeface focusing on beauty and elegance
, featuring both roman and blackletter capitals. - East of Rome released Kalev,
a take on the architectural idealism of twentieth century Estonian sans serif type
designed by Jaan Rõõmus, Ana Sanikidze, and Fred Wiltshire. - Feliciano Type relesed Acceptera, a contemporary sans that
draws heavily from the Swedish functionalist movement, particularly the modernist principles showcased at the groundbreaking 1930 Stockholm Exhibition
, designed by Mário Feliciano. - Formagari released Cedrat, a serif with an upright style based on the “Les Hollandaises” typefaces shown in Berthier & Durey’s Spécimen de caractères (1895) and an italic that draws from the likes of Times and ITC Caslon 223, designed by Emmanuel Besse in three optical sizes.
- FredsFonts updated Amalgam, a bubbly typeface with overlapping characters designed by Fred Wiltshire, with an extended character set and an axis for looseness.
- GarageFonts reissued Archive, a segmented-display modular typeface originally designed by Pieter van Rosmalen in 2000, along with a new halftone variant named Archive Matrix.
- Giulia Boggio released a beta version of Atlas Mono, a monospaced Didone with an upcoming proportionally-spaced counterpart.
- Luis Bandovas updated Subito, a geometric sans influenced by ITC Avant Garde Gothic (ITC, 1970) and Century Gothic (Monotype, 1990), with a condensed width.
- Mark Simonson Studio added support for Korean to the Proxima Super Nova collection with Proxima Nova Hangeul, designed by lo-ol type (Noheul Lee, Loris Olivier).
- Optimo released Signa77, a subtly flared typeface originally designed by Team’77 for Bobst Graphic’s Lettre d’Or 1978 competition.
- Positype released Ace, a collegiate slab in seven widths designed by Neil Summerour.
- Production Type released an initial version of Cardinal Elite, the monospaced member of the Cardinal collection designed by Jean-Baptiste Levée.
- R9 Type+Design released Experimo, a display sans that juxtaposes round and rectangular shapes designed by Tana Kosiyabong.
- RadLuka released RL Wit, a serif typeface
drawing inspiration from the Renaissance epitaphs found on churches in the city of Wrocław
, designed by Radek Łukasiewicz. - TipoType released Humant, a geometric sans
inspired by the iconic Bauhaus design movement
. - Typeverything released two typefaces designed by Andrei Robu. Forta is a humanist sans in three widths across an extensive set of weights, while Grano is a geometric sans inspired by Block (Berthold, 1908).
- ZetaFonts expanded Claus, an interpretation of Stunt Roman (1930s) designed by Mario De Libero, to eight weights.
Flavia Zimbardi released three new typefaces in the Women in Type series:
- Corax, a high-contrast serif that
explores the italic construction in up-right letterforms, with calligraphic influences and an unexpected gothic twist
, designed by Júlia Lago. - Gigio, a
friendly yet strong slab serif, inspired by comic books
designed by Ana Laydner. - Profane, a display serif that
evokes a modern interpretation of 14th-century inscriptions found in the Metz Cathedral
, designed by Tassiana Nuñez Costa.
Fontwerk has a new, streamlined foundry website and is now offering full-featured font trials for its entire catalog.
Earlier in November Resistenza released Performa, a geometric sans with grotesque influences designed by Giuseppe Salerno and Paco González.
In other news:
- Akten der H. Berthold AG aus der Abteilung Schriftschneiderei, records from H. Berthold AG’s type-cutting department (1913-1945) digitized by the Deutsches Technikmuseum and published under a CC0 license (via Dan Reynolds)