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April 21st 2009

New and Notable

FS Sinclair

FS Sinclair OpenTypeFontShop Exclusive a Fontsmith typeface by Garnham and Smith

Zanzibar

Zanzibar OpenType a Fountain typeface by Gábor Kóthay

Adam BP

Adam BP OpenTypeFontShop Exclusive a B&P Type Foundry typeface by Anton Koovit

Lacrima armchair

Lacrima OpenTypeFontShop Exclusive

Armchair Modern OpenTypeFontShop Exclusive

Stalemate Amalia

Stalemate OpenTypeFontShop Exclusive

Amalia OpenTypeFontShop Exclusive

Fresh From the FontFeed
ScreenFonts

ScreenFonts April
Our monthly review of movie poster typography. This installment includes "Watchmen", "Sunshine Cleaning", "Slumdog Millionaire", "Duplicity", and "The Great Buck Howard".

How The New TypeCon2009 Logo Came To Be

How The New TypeCon2009 Logo Came To Be
Under Consideration Department of Design document the creation of the new logo for TypeCon2009 on their website.

Faceout Books Documents the Design of Book Covers

LaPolice Means Business
Fwis and Ministry of Imagery have teamed up to launch "Design Business Review" using LaPolice from B&P.

Featured FontCases
Book Text Alternatives

Book Text Alternatives
For those who would like to venture beyond the old standbys, here are our favorite new and underused typefaces for long passages of text.

Papyrus Alternatives

Papyrus Alternatives
Here are some quality calligraphic, organic display faces that are less common than Papyrus.

Extra Bold Fonts

Extra Bold Fonts
A comprehensive collection of the heaviest, most powerful typefaces from every classification.

Website Feature
Custom Samples

Custom Samples
That Stick


We’re pleased (and relieved) to announce that we have finally addressed a top user request: persistent custom sample text.

This means that whenever you enter your own sample text at the top of any font page that text remains as you browse the site. Stroll through Search Result pages, Foundry pages, Category pages, or Font Download and Detail pages and you’ll see every typeface in your words of choice. You can even leave FontShop.com (but why would you?) and come back to find your custom samples are preserved.

Want to put the familiar “Handgloves” back on? Simply hit the “RESET” button to return to default samples. It’s all part of helping you find the font that fits.

What site feature should we add next? Let us know what matters most to you.

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