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The new FontFonts
As the number of typefaces on the market continues to proliferate, one might argue that it’s all been done. But if you remember when you last had a rotten time finding the “right” face for a project despite the sheer number of fonts available, you see that there will always be room for more. As Erik Spiekermann has been known to say, “There is no bad type.” It then follows that there is no good type either. Context is everything. A typeface either fits or doesn’t fit a given context, putting the designer—not the typeface—on the spot. The new FontFonts give you more choices. So if you look hot, FontFonts do too. Text & illustrations by font magazine staff.

FF Strada Originally developed for a thesis project, Albert Pinggera’s FF Strada evolved through continued use over five years to become a stable, versatile family of sans serif types. Its simple forms are a natural choice for the most basic uses, while the wide range of figures lend themselves to more complex, demanding applications. The low contrast and tall x-height let FF Strada fit in small spaces at a tiny point size, yet maintain legibility. See more.
FF Parable Christopher Burke designed FF Parable for small print, and as such, employs some interesting features that establish its unique character. Large x-height, short ascenders and descenders, and low contrast mean optimum legibility at all text sizes. FF Parable is equipped with enough features to be a full-service, workhorse text family. See more.
FF Nelio FF Nelio is a reaction to exaggerated cell phone culture. Bitmaps and pixels are experienced as cold, hi-tech features, yet technology is intended to make people’s lives comfortable and cozy. Designer Sami Kortemäki’s design marries what seems 19th century dishtowel embroidery with 21st century cell phone rendering, producing a script typeface unlike any other. See more.
FF Eddie Says designer Eddie Baret: “I designed this font from a sketch book of my young brother. He did this sketch book the same year he learned to read and write at age 5 or 6. At first, he was really amazed to see his writing on the screen. Now he says it is ’badly written and his writing is really better now (he’s now 8).” See more.
FF Atma FF Atma Alan Greene’s FF Atma is the result of years of typographic exploration, the forms and their relationships evolving as they were digitized and tested. The resulting text family offers designers the timeless qualities of a vertical stress, but with less contrast and greater legibility than most “modern” faces. See more

A special feature of FF Atma is its extended range of caps. When small caps are too small and full caps too big, FF Atma provides two more options: Mid- and Quarter-Caps.

For an article about Alan Greene and the design of FF Atma, click here.
FF Reminga FF Reminga Xavier Dupré’s FF Reminga—a contemporary text face—is dignified without seeming too formal, calligraphic without being pretty, and in the words of Erik Spiekermann is “in the best French tradition.” The text designs were optimized for use around 10-point. The Titling versions are narrower, more refined and calligraphic for display use. See more.
FF Bau FF Bau In 1999, Erik Spiekermann asked type designer Christian Schwartz to consider drawing a revival of Schelter & Giesecke’s Grotesk, a workhorse face for The Bauhaus and the earliest direct ancestor to Helvetica. Christian updated the family for contemporary typographic needs without rationalizing away the spirit and warmth of the original, as its many descendants perhaps have. See more.
FF Snafu FF Snafu Jonathan Hitchen’s FF Snafu started life as Fucking Good Stencil, one among a suite of fonts aimed at lazy designers. Grouped under the same family name, the creative underachiever could simply select “Fucking Good” from their font menu, and be presented with a number of rather good type choices. See more.
FF Snafu FF Eureka Mono Condensed FF Eureka Mono Condensed is the latest addition to Peter Bilak’s FF Eureka family. FF Eureka Mono Condensed is a monospaced 12-pitch font, which means that 12 characters of any weight fit to one inch (2.54 cm). The package includes Light, Regular, Medium, Bold and Black weights with corresponding italics. See more.
FF Jambono Xavier Dupré had food packaging in mind when he designed FF Jambono—a solid base for an instant logotype (and useful for things other than food). See more.
FF Tartine Script Another font for consumer consumption: According to designer Xavier Dupré, FF Tartine Script is ideal for packaging of grocery items. Whether used as a logo for creamy pudding, kitty litter, or fabric softener, FF Tartine Script gives a warm and friendly feeling. See more.
FF Parango Xavier Dupré: “FF Parango is a typeface I designed during my studies at the Scriptorium de Toulouse. It’s my view of French typography with its alternating narrow and wide letters. Its sweetness and thick/thin strokes evoke old prints.” See more.
FF Bastille Display FF Bastille Display contains four display faces by noted type designer Albert Boton. FF District Bold balances a heavy weight with the strict nature of a linear sans serif design. FF Zan started from headline lettering Boton designed for a book. FF Studio and FF Aircraft are an “exercice de style” inspired by the likes of Herbert Bayer and Théo van Doesburg. See more.
FF Levant FF Levant, a package containing FF Falafel and FF Bagel, captures the subtleties of two non-Latin writing systems as Latin alphabets, useful for display purposes. See more.
Fontesque Sans FF Fontesque Sans Nick Shinn has taken his popular FF Fontesque, removed the serifs, and created weights. The many FF Fontesque fans worldwide now have FF Fontesque Sans at their disposal. See more.
FF Alega FF Alega Siegfried Rückel’s intention in designing FF Alega was to create a face with a technical look, suitable for headlines yet readable as text. Rückel says he stumbled upon the distinctive characteristics of FF Alega (particularly apparent in the letters b, d, p, q, h, m, n, and u) suddenly while experimenting with some “fun” faces, and realized they could be a good basis for an entire type family. See more.
Fonts from the entire FontFont collection can be browsed and purchased online.

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