The new releases below didn’t make this year’s list, but are still worth a mention. The editor’s favorites are in bold at the top of each category.
Suite/System
Trivia
Clara
Breakers, Slab
Value
Bornholm
Sans
Edward
Marat Sans
Regular
Greta Sans
Gira Sans
FF Tisa Sans
Taca
Iskra
Battling
FS Elliot
FF Scuba
Bulo
Lolita
FF Marselis
Corbeau
Kohinoor Latin
Social
Fort
Winco
Pluto Sans
Solido
Colette
Massif
Spoon
PTL Attention
Shilia
Karla
Concourse
Ciutadella
Capriola
Synthese
AG Royal [MyFonts]
Global
Sixta
Serif
Thema
FS Olivia
Satyr
Ashbury
Geneo
Videtur
Aleksei [FontShop]
Slab
Henriette
Fakt Slab
Foro
Graublau Slab
Neue Aachen
Battersea Slab
Script
Jocham
Rollerscript
Storefront
Dulcinea
Leander Script
Keepsake
Caustic
Coomeec
Quayside
Pastiche Brush
Mimosa
Azalea
Jacques & Gilles
Chicha
MVB Mascot
Funkydori
Crema
Bradstone-Parker Script
Vampiro
Saline
Insouciant
Alina
Display
Arnhem Display
Vinter
Vibro
Griffon
Timepiece Rounded
Kontrapunkt Bob
Ramsey
Sobriquet
Orly Stencil
Remo Stencil
Daphne
Andron MC
Stilson
Biome
Dude
Blancmange
Red
Frontage
Selva
Anodyne
Filmotype Major, Power
West Bubble Gum
Sullivan
Gigalypse
Bismuth
Machete
Appetite New
Feldman Engraver, JMC Engraver
Hoosier Daddy
Meatball
Blu
Diamonds
Girga
The Notable Releases asterisk is from Serge.
OK, I’m sorry, this is my bad for not responding to the call for reviews — even after considerable lead time and reminders. Sometimes I think I’m just not qualified to judge typefaces, but I really should have responded to sweep up the crumbs. Then we would not have had the tragic loss of Paul Barnes’ typeface Marian to this list of also-rans.
Had I done my duty it would be out there in front, because I think it it truly great, and smart and revolutionary. It is built on the skeletons of several classics of classified genres, and each is utterly elegant and beautiful. What you could do with this in magazine display type! How they work together while retaining their original qualities is astonishing. I’m deeply in love with this family, and only wish it came in text weights.
Oh, and it was not named after me. Purely coincidental.
Caren Litherland’s lovely piece on Marian is now published.