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Last edited November 02, 2020
safety
microphysics
Law prohibits underwater smoking

The Handel Gothic™ typeface has been a mainstay of graphic communication for over 40 years - all the while looking as current as tomorrow. Designed by Don Handel in the mid-1960s, and used in the 1973 United Airlines logo developed by Saul Bass, Handel Gothic was an instant success when released to the graphic design community. Its generous lowercase x-height, full-bodied counters and square... Read More

vortex
microphysics
Dried ball bursts into rage

Publica Sans is a clean geometric typeface, equipped with a variety of OpenType features to give you all you need for great typography: Alternates, arrows, rare currency symbols, case sensitive forms, various sets of figures and discretionary ligatures. Take a close look at the images (especially ‘OpenType Features 1–6’) to discover the family’s versatility. Alternates: Give your... Read More

rocket
zygapophysis
No selling delayed mildew food

The first cuts of Trade Gothic were designed by Jackson Burke in 1948. He continued to work on further weights and styles until 1960 while he was director of type development for Mergenthaler-Linotype in the USA. Trade Gothic does not display as much unifying family structure as other popular sans serif font families, but this dissonance adds a bit of earthy naturalism to its appeal. Trade... Read More

winter
guitarfishes
Go on with your bad self

Tablet Gothic from Veronika Burian and José Scaglione of TypeTogether makes brilliant harmony of two disparate grotesque models in a healthy number of widths and weights. First created for setting titles in periodicals, the project grew to handle text setting quite well, with a comfortably loose fit in the regular weights. The overall tone stays friendly throughout, helped by the face’s active,... Read More

rocket
illustrative
What is the sound of shit happening?

FF Mark is one of the most iconic geometric sans serif typefaces of our time. Created by German type designers Hannes von Döhren, Christoph Koeberlin, and the FontFont Type Department in 2013, this versatile family draws on historical examples from German geometry in the 1920s. With additional creative input of Erik Spiekermann, they created a contemporary interpretation of classic German... Read More

brandy
hypothenuses
Do not annoy by playing golf

Insignia™ was designed by British graphic design guru Neville Brody, originally as a headline face for Arena magazine in 1986, and released as a font by Linotype in 1989. Insignia has the basic forms of constructed grotesque fonts and was influenced by the New Typography of the Bauhaus during the 1930s. Its monoline, round-and-sharp forms reflect the Zeitgeist of that age, suggesting technology... Read More

safety
abstractions
The soil bean burns the beef

Brutal Type — is a sans serif typeface with a distinct manly character. It’s based on the shapes of DIN font, however radically reconsidered. Despite the apparent simplicity and obviousness of forms, the Brutal Type design is original and fresh. This font is universal and familiar to all, emotional and catchy at the same time.

jungle
microphysics
Courage is grace under pressure

Neuzeit Grotesk was originally designed by Wilhelm Pischner (1904-1989) and was released by the font foundry D. Stempel in 1928-1939. In 1970, the German Standards Committee advised the standard use of Neuzeit-Grotesk for official signage and traffic directional systems, and the abbreviation DIN was added to the name of the font. "DIN" stands for Deutsches Institut für Normung (The German... Read More

Donald Handel, Nadine Chahine and Rod McDonald
ITC 2010

FaceType
Ryoichi Tsunekawa
Dharma Type 2017
Kostas Bartsokas
Intelligent Design 2015

René Bieder
Edward Benguiat, Herb Lubalin, Christian Mengelt, Erich Gschwind, Tom Carnase and André Gürtler
ITC 1970
Dieter Hofrichter
Hoftype 2012
Alejandro Paul
Sudtipos

René Bieder
Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli
Zetafonts 2019
Jan Tonellato
Synthview 2013
Pablo Balcells
Graviton 2019

FaceType
Emil Karl Bertell, Teo Tuominen and Erik Bertell
Fenotype 2019
Jackson Burke
Linotype 1948
Carl Crossgrove
Monotype 2013
Veronika Burian and José Scaglione
TypeTogether 2012
Hannes von Döhren, Christoph Koeberlin and FontFont Type Department
FontFont 2006
Alan Meeks
Alan Meeks 2016
Neville Brody
Linotype 1989
Albert Boton
International TypeFounders

René Bieder
Emil Karl Bertell, Teo Tuominen and Erik Bertell
Fenotype 2020
Gayaneh Bagdasaryan and Dmitry Rastvortsev
Brownfox 2013

Monotype
Wilhelm Pischner
Linotype