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Two Thousand Nine was a banner year for FontShop, not just in our newsletters (let’s face it, we used a lot of banner art this year) but also due to the hundreds of worthy new typefaces hand picked by our team of experts for the FontShop network. The best-selling and most-blogged-about faces span the gamut from traditional to groundbreaking, sober to spirited, and each one deserves a spot in the descerning typographer’s palette.
SangBleu
With gossamer strokes and a classical stature, SangBleu was born to be set at 150 pt. on the pages of a glossy magazine. Read more about the release »
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Geogrotesque
At the very moment the design world called for a perfect blend of geometry and legibility, Geogrotesque answered the call. Read more about the release » |
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Mousse Script
It’s hard to imagine a more charming tribute to 1930s ad art than this careful revival and expansion of Stephenson Blake’s Glenmoy. Read more about the release » |
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Effra
The large, round forms of a comfortable old gothic remodeled with subtle modern touches throughout, Effra is an appealing, versatile family for any subject matter or use. |
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Heroic Condensed
This year we welcomed the new TypeTrust collection and you quickly welcomed Heroic to your hard drives, making it one of their bestselling faces and reminding us how useful a space-efficient headliner can be. |
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FF Dingbats 2.0
This long-awaited update to the original set of FontFont pictograms is so comprehensive and useful we gave it its own home on the Web. |
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Axel
Released in May at a special introductory price, Axel not only saved wallets it also saved space in Excel® tables and on the printed page. It’s still one of the most affordable Spiekermann families available and one of the few fonts you can embed on the web without a special license. |
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Olicana
Very few handwriting scripts sway across the page with such natural grace. Read more about the release » |
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FF Milo & FF Milo Serif
2009 brought us a companion to Mike Abbink’s FF Milo, heralding a truly useful, contemporary text system. |
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T-Star
FontShop’s exclusive relationship with Berlin-based publisher and foundry Gestalten yielded ten new families this year, including the popular Blender and T-Star. |
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Ingeborg
The result of formal studies at the premier type design school in Reading, UK, Michael Hochleitner’s Ingeborg is a serious text face, but its headline weights are also a helluva lot of fun. Read more about the release » |
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Typonine Stencil
Proof that stencil letters needn’t always come from course industrial signage. Read more about the release » |
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Head Pro
Symbolize the sleek power of sports cars and computer terminals. Read more about the release » |
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Mr Eaves
Emigre gave us the long awaited sans serif mate for Mrs Eaves and he comes with two different wardrobes: oldstyle and modern. |
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Mic 32 New
Three of Chris Dickinson’s contemporary sans serifs were bestsellers this year, but the ultra modern Mic 32 New edged out the others. Read more about the release » |
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FF Unit Slab
Designed to be used with its sans serif sister FF Unit, but also FF Meta and FF Meta Serif, this release by Spiekermann & co. completes a quadfecta of versatile type families for corporate or editorial design. |
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Dessau
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Lexia
Lexia was updated in 2009 with an extra bold Advertising weight for headlines, making this readable slab even more versatile.
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Perec
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Metroscript
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Ludwig
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Pinup
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Kulturista
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Carmen
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Alpine Script
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Regime
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A peek inside our 2009 record books
