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Typefaces that mimic or evoke characteristics of lettering made with a flat brush, like broad/flat strokes, irregular stroke endings, and/or relatively low weight contrast.
A sharp sans inspired by square-edged tools like a flat brush.
| Tags: body text, sans, flat brush, gothic, pinched joints, sharp | |
| Design: | Eric Olson |
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| Publisher: | Process Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2021-03-30 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | processtypefoundry.com |
An homage to wonky casual lettering found in everyday settings. It maintains consistent ‘multiplexed’ glyph widths across its weight variants, allowing for weight changes without text reflowing. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
Full disclosure: This typeface was designed by the editor of this website.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, brush, cartoon, dingbats, feature variations, flat brush, gothic, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, overbite/underbite, sharp, vertex spread | |
| Design: | Nick Sherman |
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| Publisher: | HEX Projects |
| Characters: | Latin, dingbats/emoji |
| Released: | 2020-10-06 |
| Updated: | 2021-02-02 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | hex.xyz |
A wide, top-heavy sans.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, feature variations, flat brush, gothic, horizontal stress, overbite/underbite, woman-designed | |
| Design: | TypeType, Vika Usmanova, Antonina Zhulkova, Philipp Nurullin |
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| Publisher: | TypeType |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2020-01-07 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | myfonts.com |
An all-caps sans with diagonal stroke endings.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, flat brush, straight-sided | |
| Design: | George Triantafyllakos |
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| Publisher: | George Triantafyllakos |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek |
| Released: | 2018-11-27 |
| Licensing: | Free for non-commercial use, Free for commercial use |
| Info/fonts: | backpacker.gr |
A playful, brushy typeface based on lettering from US National Wilderness signage. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, slab serif, some serifs, all caps, brush, cartoon, flat brush, horizontal stress, plump/convex, soft corners | |
| Design: | Vectro |
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| Publisher: | Vectro |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-11-26 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
A variable font that allows for width adjustment as well as the contraction of diacritic marks and descenders, enabling tighter linespacing.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, consistent counters, flat brush, phototype, retractable extenders, sharp, unusual variation, vertex spread | |
| Design: | Šimon Matějka |
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| Publisher: | Briefcase Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-11-14 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | briefcasetype.com |
A unique typeface that can shift between a static look with straightforward posture and a more dynamic look with quirky horizontal emphasis. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, some serifs, blackletter, calligraphic, flat brush, grayletter, horizontal stress, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, straight-sided, unusual variation, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Katja Schimmel |
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| Publisher: | Katja Schimmel |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-10-09 |
| Updated: | 2019-09-29 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |