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fonts-of-the-year-2012

Our Favorite Typefaces of 2012

Quintet font family

Quintet

Kunihiko Okano
Bery Roman, Script, Tuscan fonts

Bery Roman, Script, and Tuscan

Fred Smeijers
Balkan font family

Balkan Sans

Marija Juza, Nikola Djurek
Idlewild fonts

Idlewild

H&FJ
Fenland font family

Fenland

Jeremy Tankard
Timonium fonts

Timonium

Tal Leming
Sodachrome font

Sodachrome

Dan Rhatigan, Ian Moore
Harriet Typographica Specimen

Harriet Series

Jackson Cavanaugh
Colophon

Typographica is a review of typefaces and type books, with occasional commentary on fonts and typographic design. Edited by Stephen Coles, also of Fonts In Use and The Mid-Century Modernist.

Founded in 2002 by Joshua Lurie-Terrell. Relaunched in 2009 by Coles and Chris Hamamoto.

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