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A geometric-ish sans.
| Tags: body text, sans, geometric, monoline, variable posture | |
| Design: | Dino dos Santos |
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| Publisher: | DSType |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-08-30 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | dstype.com |
A variable adaptation of Morris Fuller Benton’s Bank Gothic from the early 1930s.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, Art Deco, futuristic/sci-fi, gaspipe, gothic, inserat, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, rectangular, straight-sided, variable posture | |
| Design: | Thomas Phinney, Vassil Kateliev, Brandon Buerkle |
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| Publisher: | Thomas Phinney |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-08-29 |
| Updated: | 2020-03-19 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
A unique, high-contrast sans with distinctive incisions at stroke intersections. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, didone, dingbats, ink traps, pinched joints, sliced, variable posture, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Sláva Jevčinová |
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| Publisher: | Into the Type |
| Characters: | Latin, dingbats/emoji |
| Released: | 2019-08-29 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
A sans with rigidly geometric forms.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, bent strokes, overbite/underbite, raw geometry, rectangular, sharp | |
| Design: | Benoît Bodhuin |
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| Publisher: | bb-bureau |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-08-25 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | bb-bureau.fr |
A grotesk typeface with a wide range of stylistic variation, including reverse italics.
| Tags: body text, sans, backslant, gothic, grotesque, neo-grotesque, variable posture | |
| Design: | Ilya Naumoff, Benjamin Blaess |
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| Publisher: | Black[Foundry] |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2019-08-19 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | black-foundry.com |
A contemporary interpretation of extra-bold blackletter type originally published in the 1800s by the Caslon foundry.
| Tags: decorative/display, blackletter, calligraphic, fat-face, inscriptional, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, outline, ornamented, sharp, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Hidetaka Yamasaki |
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| Publisher: | The Northern Block |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-08-14 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | myfonts.com |
A friendly humanist sans.
| Tags: body text, sans, plump/convex | |
| Design: | Henrique Beier |
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| Publisher: | Harbor Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-08-07 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | harbortype.com |
An extra-condensed sans with geometric construction and adjustable waistline proportions.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, Art Deco, gothic, inserat, monoline, multiplexed, raw geometry, straight-sided, vertex spread, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Vika Usmanova |
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| Publisher: | TypeTrends |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2019-07-30 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | myfonts.com |
A serif typeface with unconventional forms, intended for body text. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, horizontal stress, overbite/underbite, pinched joints, sharp | |
| Design: | Jean-Baptiste Morizot |
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| Publisher: | Phantom Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-07-25 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
A general-purpose sans.
| Tags: body text, sans, geometric, neo-grotesque | |
| Design: | Eric Olson |
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| Publisher: | Process Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-07-24 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | processtypefoundry.com |
A clean and friendly sans.
| Tags: body text, sans | |
| Design: | Henrique Beier |
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| Publisher: | Harbor Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-07-15 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | harbortype.com |
A variable version of League Spartan, The League of Movable Type’s digital interpretation of Spartan, a classic Futura knock-off originally released by American Type Founders Co.
| Tags: body text, sans, geometric, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Tyler Finck, Caroline Hadilaksono, Micah Rich |
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| Publisher: | The League of Moveable Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-07-15 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
A typeface with spiky serifs, inspired by a 1984 edition of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, spur serifs | |
| Design: | Raphaël Ronot |
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| Publisher: | Velvetyne Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-07-12 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
A geometric-ish sans inspired by wood type for use in headlines, with a focus on more extreme weight variants. The thin and heavy ends of the weight spectrum are split into separate variable fonts.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, grotesque, woman-designed, wood type | |
| Design: | José Scaglione, Veronika Burian, Azza Alameddine |
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| Publisher: | TypeTogether |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-07-11 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | type-together.com |
An industrial sans with nods to typefaces based on blunt geometry like DIN 1451. Ilya Ruderman, Yury Ostromentsky, and Maria Doreuli consulted on the Cyrillic. Kostas Bartsokas consulted on the Greek. Alphabet Type assisted with post-production.
The variable versions of Halvar are currently in beta stage and available by request.
| Tags: sans, geometric, dingbats, gaspipe, gothic, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, multiplexed weight, straight-sided, variable posture | |
| Design: | Lisa Fischbach, Jakob Runge, Nils Thomsen, Paul Eslage |
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| Publisher: | TypeMates |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic, Greek |
| Released: | 2019-06-25 |
| Licensing: | By request |
| Info/fonts: | typemates.com |
A variable type system for code and user interface design, with the option to vary between monospaced and proportional glyph widths, as well as standard tech-y forms and expressive brush-like forms.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, script, brush, code, feature variations, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, multiplexed weight, plump/convex, quantized, straight-sided, unusual variation, upright italic, upright script, variable posture | |
| Design: | Stephen Nixon |
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| Publisher: | Arrow Type |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-06-19 |
| Updated: | 2021-04-01 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | recursive.design |
A pair of related sans typefaces, offering similar functionality but with different details.
| Tags: sans, geometric, neo-grotesque, variable posture | |
| Design: | Milos Mitrovic |
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| Publisher: | Gradient |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2019-06-12 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | vllg.com |
A typeface designed “for typesetting at miniature type sizes”. Its underlying structure is based on a course pixel grid, and the variable ink trap notches can be used to counteract the effects of printing or rendering at small sizes, or for stylistic effects at larger sizes.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, geometric, bent strokes, gothic, ink traps, multiplexed, rectangular, unusual variation, vertex spread | |
| Design: | Matyáš Bartoň |
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| Publisher: | Briefcase Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-06-11 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | briefcasetype.com |
A geometric sans and a “Strange” counterpart, with the ability to extend some glyphs to exaggerated widths. Its free license is targeted at non-commercial student work.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, geometric, irregular widths, neo-grotesque, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Maximilian Müsgens |
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| Publisher: | Typeeins |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-05-29 |
| Licensing: | Free for non-commercial use |
| Info/fonts: | type.bandeins.de |
A boxy humanist sans with ink traps and other sharp details.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, ink traps, inscriptional, sharp, superellipse | |
| Design: | Aleksey Popovtsev |
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| Publisher: | Aronetiv |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2019-05-25 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | myfonts.com |
A humanist sans with subtle faceting.
| Tags: body text, sans, M-formula, sliced | |
| Design: | Fabio Haag |
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| Publisher: | Fabio Haag Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-05-23 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fabiohaagtype.com |
A humanist sans.
| Tags: body text, sans, Johnstonian | |
| Design: | Fabio Haag |
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| Publisher: | Fabio Haag Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-05-23 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fabiohaagtype.com |
A friendly sans.
| Tags: body text, sans, cartoon, rounded, soft corners | |
| Design: | Fabio Haag |
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| Publisher: | Fabio Haag Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-05-23 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fabiohaagtype.com |
A simple sans with Pan-European character support. Expansions were released for Hebrew on November 26, 2019, and Arabic on March 11, 2020.
| Tags: body text, sans, feature variations, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, neo-grotesque, optical sizes, variable posture, woman-designed | |
| Design: | William Montrose, Sláva Jevčinová, David Březina |
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| Publisher: | Rosetta Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Arabic |
| Released: | 2019-05-21 |
| Updated: | 2020-03-10 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | rosettatype.com |
A multi-purpose sans covering a broad range of weights and widths. Its serif counterpart is NewsSerif Variable.
| Tags: body text, sans, gothic, monoline | |
| Design: | Henning Skibbe |
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| Publisher: | Character Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-05-17 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | charactertype.com |
A serif typeface with a large range of optical size variation, for everything from small body text to extra-large headlines. It’s the first variable font release from Typejockeys.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, optical sizes, phototype, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Franziska Weitgruber, Michael Hochleitner |
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| Publisher: | Typejockeys |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-05-15 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | typejockeys.com |
A gemstone typeface with adjustable faceting.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, chamfered, ornamented, polygonal, soft corners, spurless, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Arthur Reinders Folmer |
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| Publisher: | Typearture |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-05-07 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | typearture.com |
The first variable incarnation of Bild, DJR’s homage to some of the more dense American gothic type styles from the 20th century. The font includes some subtle feature variations that are triggered at certain widths to improve spacing and alignment – for example, the kerning between ‘T’ and ‘y’, and the alignment between ‘i’ and ‘l’.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, feature variations, gothic, inserat, straight-sided | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR, Font of the Month Club |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-05-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
A thick-and-thin-ish typeface straddling the line between serif and sans.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, sans, calligraphic, flared/concave, inscriptional, sharp, thick-and-thin | |
| Design: | Andriy Dykun |
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| Publisher: | NREY |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2019-04-16 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | myfonts.com |
An adaptation of Libre Franklin, produced as part of the US Web Design System to function as a “neutral typeface for interfaces, text, and headings”.
| Tags: body text, sans, gothic | |
| Design: | Dan O. Williams, US Web Design System, Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Pablo Impallari |
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| Publisher: | US Web Design System |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-04-15 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |