Summer time is quick turning into a reminiscence. We have all had our holidays, switched off our out-of-office replies, and are questioning whether or not to place a jumper over our T-shirt. And as we energy up our laptops as soon as extra, there’s oodles of typeface goodness to lap up.
This month’s releases embrace a Victorian grotesque revival with a political conscience and a Peignot replace from Manufacturing Kind. There’s Castillon, a serif that fuses British and French calligraphic traditions with these from Estonia; Tüpokompanii’s Vee arrives as a youthful sister to the Bauer Venus of 1907.
The actual standout story, although, needs to be Exemplar. Göran Söderström started drawing it approach again in 1994, earlier than many individuals studying this text have been born. It’s now, greater than three many years on, full. To have fun, he carved its historical past into marble road indicators in Italy. And in spite of everything that work, who might deny him that?
We have been watching Sofia Mohr’s Autêntica superfamily broaden throughout the yr with admiration, and this serif launch would not disappoint. The place Autêntica Sans established the household’s rhythm and editorial character, this new launch interprets these qualities into one thing hotter and extra sculptural; impressed, she says, by Brazilian Brutalism and its dialogue with panorama and light-weight.
With its daring, rounded serifs, softened corners and fluid terminals that open into refined drop-like shapes, this isn’t an ordinary serif by any means. Six weights and a variable font make it very versatile, and this font may very well be a sensible choice to make use of for branding, packaging, editorial and cultural tasks.
2. Exemplar by Göran Söderström
Thirty-two years: that is how lengthy Göran Söderström of Letters from Sweden has been engaged on Exemplar. He started drawing it in 1994 on a Energy Macintosh 7100. Lastly, it is full: 5 weights with italics, 791 glyphs, supporting Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic throughout 370 languages.
To mark the event, Letters from Sweden carved the typeface’s three-decade historical past into marble road indicators in Pietrasanta, Italy: one signal per decade, per deal with the place every model of the typeface was designed. They even made a brief movie about it. They’re very excited. And rightly so: this can be a vital piece of labor: a humanist serif that is been lived with, examined, refined and reconsidered throughout three many years of design observe. Certainly, Exemplar’s multilingual scope alone—370 languages!—places it in a special class from most typefaces.
3. Castillon by Malou Verlomme
We at all times have excessive expectations for the work of Malou Verlomme, who co-designed 00 Quatorze, which we coated in December 2025. And we’re joyful to report that with Castillon, they have been met. Launched by means of 205TF, this serif sits on the intersection of two typographic traditions: British and French; the broad-nib pen and the stone chisel.
The distinction between thick and skinny strokes is pronounced, as is the stress between structural capitals and extra fluid lowercase varieties. As its makers put it: “The serifs appear to waver between lapidary incision and calligraphic stroke”, creating a beautiful rigidity that would assist deliver designs throughout numerous functions to life. Six weights with matching italics, solely barely inclined and intentionally slender, full this assured household.
4. Foundry Kingdom by David Quay and Stuart De Rozario
Three years within the making, Foundry Kingdom is described by designer Stuart De Rozario in uncommon phrases. “[It] isn’t champagne, it’s a pint of bitter within the native pub,” he says. “It’s not the King’s horse at Ascot, however the drayman’s horse hauling beer barrels by means of slender streets. It’s not spectacle or ceremony, however industrial labour: the quiet dignity of labor.”
Rooted within the early grotesques of the nineteenth century, Foundry Kingdom is a homage to that English lineage on the level earlier than it diverged into the German neutrality that finally led to Helvetica. Inside its DNA lie historic varieties that have been meant to be learn rapidly and clearly beneath strain: railway lettering, newspaper kind, hot-metal printing.
Named as a tribute to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, its strokes are heavy, the proportions purposeful. In the meantime, particulars comparable to daring terminals on the a, c, g, j, r, s, t and y; a two-storey a, and a double-storey g add loads of character to the combination. Foundry Kingdom is accessible throughout fourteen kinds from Gentle to Black.
Peignot is among the traditional show typefaces of the final century. Manufacturing Kind’s Home of Cassandre imprint has been stewarding that legacy, and Peignot Jumbo is its newest, fastidiously thought of extension. The idea was a easy one. As Manufacturing Kind’s Deniz Eser Uslu places it: “There by no means was an authentic rounded model of Peignot within the foundry archives, so we determined to make one.”
Peignot Jumbo is calibrated for max show influence, with all of the drama of the unique at scale, with none of the compromise at smaller optical sizes. It is a sturdy alternative in case you want your typography to be distinctive, whether or not you are working in a cultural establishment, the style trade, or in high-impact editorial.
6. Vieno by Teo Tuominen
Vieno is definitely formidable. In creating it, Spoke’s Teo Tuominen took the self-discipline of Bodoni and Didot as his start line, then intentionally pursued the contradictions somewhat than resolving them. The consequence: a serif that consciously units natural and mechanical varieties towards one another, resulting in an attractive rigidity between custom and modernity.
Regardless of these historic inspirations, although, Vieno can also be fairly authentic. As Teo places it: “The terminals are mechanical, inflexible squares, the dots are formed like a diamond, and sharp angles will be discovered all through the character set.”
Vieno is available in 15 weights from Extralight to Black, every with matching italics, plus a complementary monospaced type for distinction. The character set contains old-style and tabular figures, ligatures, circled numerals, inferiors, superiors, fractions, alternates and a set of distinctive icons.
7. Novaform by Id Letters
All of us love a Seventies geometric kind revival. And higher nonetheless, Novaform is a extra nuanced entry into that style than most.
It is impressed by an period when traditional faces like Kabel and Futura have been reimagined with interlocking uppercase ligatures, great x-heights, and a boldness calibrated for show.
As Id Letters level out, although: “These hallmarks of the phototypesetting period have been completely designed for show use.” Against this, Novaform has been designed to be extra approachable, look extra pure and skim nicely in physique textual content.
Ten weights, stylistic units, hallmark ligatures and a Unicase mode let designers dial up or dial down the showiness as required. The Unicase mode, particularly, makes the typeface’s most distinctive high quality out there as a alternative, not a constraint.
8. Raimundo by Enrique Hernández
Raimundo was designed by Enrique Hernández, the daddy of certainly one of Latinotype’s founders, and this familial hyperlink appears to have added an additional layer of heat to its DNA. Kind designer Jorge Cisterna describes it as “that pal who offers you straight recommendation with a pat on the again. A raspy, assured voice that at all times has a joke behind each line.”
Sitting someplace between geometric and grotesque, the font options rounded varieties, open counters and a weight vary that strikes from quiet to loud, whereas alternate varieties for a, e and g enable the tone to shift from impartial to expressive in small, managed increments.
The 541-glyph character set contains typographic emoticons, and never accidentally: this can be a consumer-facing typeface, not a company one. Eight weights from ExtraLight to ExtraBold make it a powerful alternative for meals retail, packaging, digital merchandise and model identities.
9. Arpeggio by Paulo Goode
Paulo Goode, whose typeface Raxmus we featured in our Might roundup, returns with a typeface that is very, very totally different. The place Raxmus was flared and stone-carved, Arpeggio is a transitional serif; heat, readable and disciplined. It might function a workable different to Baskerville; to not point out Caslon, Mrs Eaves, Georgia, Perpetua and Bookman.
Described by Paul as “an authentic textual content typeface that balances disciplined rhythm with expressive character”, it oozes readability and confidence within the textual content weights while the Show assortment amplifies the characterful nuances with sharpened varieties, sleek swashes and exuberant thrives. A robust alternative for books, journal design or a luxurious model identification.
There are twenty-seven fonts in all throughout Skinny to Black weights, with 500+ glyphs masking all Latin European languages. Variable fonts can be found on request.
Elena Genova of My Artistic Land, whose typeface Otherwise was featured in our July round-up, returns with a flared serif impressed by the incised letterform custom exemplified by Berthold Wolpe’s Albertus and Hermann Zapf’s Optima. The design is adequately subtle for show, while sustaining legibility at subhead and textual content sizes.
The companion italics draw on calligraphy, and there is a well-chosen collection of ligatures, swash capitals, alternates and stylistic units. There are two widths, every with eight weights from Skinny to Black, with true italics included in Common. This is able to be a sensible choice for a model web site, {a magazine} cowl or a e-book cowl.
11. Partiche by Richard Lipton
Created by Richard Lipton, who’s been designing kind for greater than 40 years, Partiche is an expressive sans with a calligraphic eye. It was impressed by the graphic sensibility of Seymour Chwast, the Push Pin Studios co-founder whose mid-century work was characterised by wit, heat and visible intelligence.
The main points Lipton takes from that supply are particular: wedge-shaped terminals, sculptural spurs, surprising particulars. On the floor, Partiche appears to be like monolinear, however nearer inspection reveals the calligraphic pondering beneath. Small caps and a purposeful set of alternates make this font a sensible choice when a design wants each character and utility.
12. GRX by Daniel McQueen and Bouk Ra
The newest typeface from The Designers Foundry is constructed throughout 4 sub-families: GRX, GRX Uncooked, GRX Poster and GRX Poster Uncooked. The bottom GRX contrasts daring, rugged serifs with managed strokes. Uncooked provides tough texture contained in the letterforms, giving the sort a home made weight. Poster sharpens the terminals and amplifies the distinction between thick and skinny. And Poster Uncooked combines each instructions concurrently.
There are 5 weights per sub-family, and built-in stylistic units and discretionary ligatures for additional expressive management: 40 kinds in whole. The concept is to offer artistic latitude whereas retaining a degree of ritual. The Poster Uncooked kinds particularly have a graphic depth that will work nicely in editorial and poster design.
13. Vee by Laura Pappa and Tüpokompanii
Vee attracts inspiration from Venus, a sans-serif typeface household launched by the Bauer Kind Foundry in 1907 that was standard all through the primary half of the twentieth century. Having labored with Venus herself, graphic designer Laura Pappa was wanting to develop a typeface that references its distinctive character whereas introducing new qualities of its personal.
A collaboration between Laura and Estonian kind studio Tüpokompanii, Vee is described as “Venus’ youthful, extra mischievous sister.” To accompany its launch, Tüpokompanii revealed a print companion referred to as “Let your self be unhealthy at issues”: a dialog between the foundry and Pappa in regards to the origins of their working course of, the event of Vee, and the values embedded of their typefaces. It is a considerate pairing of typeface and textual content, and suggests a foundry that thinks fastidiously.
Estelar got here out of a sketch. Mauricio Zanon of Zanon Studio, based mostly in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, was engaged on a visible identification venture that required a handful of modularly designed letters, and one thing in these early letterforms instructed a typeface somewhat than a logotype. Estelar grew from there, developed by means of the FontePro course from Plau, and in the end turned Zanon Studio’s first industrial kind launch.
The design sits on the intersection of futuristic and calligraphic: technological traits softened by a handwritten high quality that stops it from feeling chilly or mechanical. A variable axis masking weight and slant, plus 16 particular person static weights from Skinny to ExtraBold, 400 glyphs, and assist for 95 languages give it loads of vary. A sensible choice for logos, impactful titles and web sites.
Aussie designer Yenty Jap closes this month’s round-up with one thing welcoming and cheerful. YJ Handful of Sunshine is a hand-drawn show typeface with two character units (Commonplace and Stylistic Alternates). It is designed to deliver a relaxed, human handwriting voice into fashionable branding, and is impressed by on a regular basis writing, journaling and note-taking.
The strokes are gentle and relaxed, with rounded terminals that maintain the feel comfortable. Rhythm is free however managed, giving every phrase a pure circulation with out shedding readability. Spacing is open, permitting textual content to breathe in menus, packaging, and signage. Proportions keep regular throughout the alphabet, making a handwriting type that feels heat, fashionable, and human.
This font could be a sensible choice to be used in hospitality, way of life, and boutique branding, and extra broadly, for anybody attempting to offer their designs a heat, handmade really feel.
