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Typefaces that show influence (even if just slightly) from the style of humanist type and lettering taught and practiced by Edward Johnston and his protégés, like Eric Gill.
A humanist sans inspired by traditional British stone carving.
| Tags: body text, sans, flared/concave, inscriptional, Johnstonian | |
| Design: | Dalton Maag |
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| Publisher: | Dalton Maag |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-08-05 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | daltonmaag.com |
A wide-stanced sans with forms inspired by the Teotihuacán pyramids in Mexico.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, bent strokes, Johnstonian, monoline, vertex spread, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Beatriz Lozano |
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| Publisher: | Beatriz Lozano |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-05-14 |
| Licensing: | Free for non-commercial use, Free for commercial use, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | beatrizl.com |
A spurless sans.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, feature variations, Johnstonian, monoline, spurless | |
| Design: | Pascal Zoghbi, Adrien Midzic, Swiss Typefaces |
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| Publisher: | 29LT |
| Characters: | Latin, Arabic |
| Released: | 2020-01-22 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | 29lt.com |
A sans typeface originally designed for Wallop magazine.
| Tags: body text, sans, geometric, Johnstonian, monoline | |
| Design: | Martin Vácha |
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| Publisher: | Displaay |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-11-21 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | displaay.net |
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, all caps, Art Deco, Johnstonian, modular, monoline, multiplexed, ornamented, pixel, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Ilya Bazhanov, Maks Barbulović |
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| Publisher: | tomorrow.type.today |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2019-11-07 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | tomorrow.type.today |
A sharp and wonky typeface with pointy extendable serifs and other wavy details.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, sans, closed in, flared/concave, Johnstonian, overbite/underbite, retractable serifs, sharp, unusual variation, wavy/wiggly, wedge serif, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Vika Usmanova |
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| Publisher: | TypeTrends |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2019-11-06 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | myfonts.com |
A modern-day homage to Gill Kayo.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, cartoon, gothic, Johnstonian, retractable extenders | |
| Design: | Jackson Cavanaugh |
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| Publisher: | Okay Type |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-09-01 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | okaytype.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 |
An all-caps titling typeface inspired by the map lettering of MacDonald “Max” Gill (brother of Eric Gill).
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, all caps, calligraphic, inscriptional, Johnstonian, spur serifs | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR, Font of the Month Club |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2018-08-01 |
| Updated: | 2019-08-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
Gnomon* is designed to be layered with its variable shade effects, imitating shadows from the sun at different times of day. The underlying design is inspired by lettering on American WWII posters.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, grotesque, Johnstonian, position, shade, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Owen Earl |
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| Publisher: | indestructible type |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2017-10-23 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | indestructibletype.com |
A sans typeface inspired by the work of Edward Johnston and Eric Gill.
| Tags: body text, sans, Johnstonian | |
| Design: | Pablo Impallari |
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| Publisher: | Pablo Impallari |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2016-11-16 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
A sans in the tradition of Edward Johnston, offered with “a very limited character set”.
| Tags: body text, sans, Johnstonian | |
| Design: | Christoph Koeberlin |
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| Publisher: | Christoph Koeberlin |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2016-10-24 |
| Licensing: | Free for non-commercial use |
| Info/fonts: | koe.berlin |