- 05.09.13
Library Subscriptions: The Future of Fonts? Shall We Sing or Cry?
Rudy: I think that you forgot one major question: Why would a type designer continue to develop type? Their part of the cake become… - 05.04.13
Roof Kerning in Amsterdam
Matijs van Zuijlen: So, does the current actual placement of the letters match the one in the artist's impression?… - 05.02.13
Instant
Hrant: Instant confuses me… The part of me that loves innovation gets happy looking at it, but the part of me that insists on sober … - 04.26.13
Krul
Tim: I love that a face so decorative is this legible. A very nice achievement.… - 04.16.13
Source Sans
Hrant: There's something I'd like to clear up, although it might essentially be merely a terminological issue: assuming it's true th… - 04.14.13
Roboto is a Four-headed Frankenfont
Christoph: Amazing! Thanks, Stephen. And the fun just never ends.… - 04.09.13
Comenia
Andrew Boardman: A beautiful and extremely usable "superfamily" that I hadn't considered previously. Thanks, Florian, as always.… - 04.09.13
Balkan Sans
Thomas Dang: Interesting concept but it's difficult to read and the kerning leaves something to be desired. I'm certain that it would not … - 04.07.13
The Elements of Typographic Style, Version 4.0
Craig Eliason: Thanks for this well considered and written review. For me, I never considered Bringhurst's book a bible. Among other quirks,… - 03.31.13
JAF Bernini Sans
Hrant: Thanks to Bill Dawson's piece on XK9 I just realized that Bernini is actually a brother-sister twin, with one being more rese… - 03.20.13
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2012
Stephen Coles: Nick Sherman raises good questions about quantity. I think it’s useful to have a discussion about what this list means and wh… - 03.19.13
Turnip
Hrant: I love Turnip, for the magical transformation it performs between display and text, and the wonder it injects into the craft … - 03.18.13
Quintet
Stephen Coles: It’s been over a year since I saw Quintet on the KABK class of 2011 site and I am still amazed by it. It was a monumental ach… - 03.18.13
Colvert
Hrant: I could opine that the Greek is particularly nice, but most of all I think the collective level of sensitive competence in Co… - 03.18.13
Garvis
Hrant: It was great to watch this design grow up, go to college, and get a job! James is a proud dad for sure.…

ITC Zapf Book
Hermann Zapf is usually hailed for his calligraphy or Optima or Palatino. I’ve recently discovered the beauty of his fat serif faces. Check out the heavy weights of ITC Zapf Book and International. Chew-worthy!

Kismet
John F. Cumming
Also digitized by Richard Beatty as Spiral.

Cabernet
Jason Walcott‘s delicious Cabernet is just sick with ball terminals. Honestly, check out the superfluous swash on the ‘u’ up there. Mmm, hurts so good. The font is a revival of an old tricked-out Caslon. These high contrast, decorative vintage types are all the rage these days, showing up on tee shirts and album art.

Fling
Michael Gills
Recently used for the logo and innards of Martha Stewart’s Blueprint magazine, Fling is taking homemakers of America by storm.

Farnham
Christian Schwartz returned to the sparkling types of punchcutter Johann Fleischman for this family. Fans include Sports Illustrated and Rolling Stone.

Perla
Gareth Hague‘s teardropped Didot shows up on the Typophile Type ID Board a few times a year, and for good reason. It’s still largely an undiscovered gem.

Miserichordia
I’m not sure whether to call this new face from Rian Hughes Victorian or Deco, so I shall call it Victodeco!

Stilla
François Boltana

Coquette
Mark Simonson’s aptly-named Coquette is the typographic equivalent of a young Anna Karina. He describes his creation as “the result of a happy marriage between Kabel and French Script”. So true. Incidentally, it’s her geometric sanscestory that makes Coquette the perfect feminine companion for the ever-popular Neutraface. C’est magnifique!

Miller
Matthew Carter
A “scotch roman” is a sturdy newspaper type. A little old school, but handsomely exudes importance. Matthew Carter’s Miller is the most complete scotch available. Cuts for text and headline sizes, and styles for every occasion. Web designers can think of it as a Georgia for print.

Julia Script
David Harris
Beautifully buxom. A throwback to both art nouveau and the flower-power ’70s.
ITC Modern No. 216
Ed Benguiat usually did things in a big way, and he certainly wasn’t going to hold back on the ball terminals in this English Modern.

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Apparently Gary Gillot didn’t think there were enough balls in Poster Bodoni, so he added more — and made ’em huge! See also: Didoni and Didona.
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I love this post. My favorite font is Stilla. Dig that “Gin” ligature!
Thanks.
Thank you, Alex! That’s really just a “Gn”, but I immediately saw the ‘i’ in the ‘G’, so I imagined a ligature out of it. The lime leaf is a curvy bracket.
BTW, thanks for bringing my attention to this post. Many of these old links were broken and are now fixed.
Tasty picks and the usual fine commentary. Keep ‘em coming!
Love the “Sesame Street” reference! :-)