Teeny tiny.  That’s the basic idea behind designing for today’s smartphone apps. So it makes sense that font designers are creating new solutions, like Rhodium Libre by James Puckett, founder of Dunwich Type. This slab serif font has wide, open...

There are times for bold statements, and times to back it off a bit. This week we offer two fonts that can do just that. First, please meet Unna by Omnibus-Type. It’s a kindly font, designed by Jorge de Buen...

Slab fonts– with their thick, block-like serifs – generally impart a certainly solidity and confidence. Yet not all slabs have the same gravitas, and sometimes it’s easy to overlook the subtle, but important, differences.Take Gaspar, for example, a contemporary slab...

Back in 2014, designer Ben Whitmore saw a problem. “Of the hundreds of thousands of free fonts on the web, only a tiny handful are ‘text’ fonts suitable for plain text,” he explained in a blog post. “Some of these...

We have a lot fun each week with our Free Friday Fonts, and enjoy digging up some unusual additions to your typeface library.  This week, we bring you Inknut Antiqua by Claus Eggers Sørensen.  The font is inspired by the...

Proving that good design is truly timeless, this week we bring you a remake of the classic 1941 typeface Libre Caslon. The font was given an updated treatment by Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Pablo Impallari, and features two separate display and...

We don’t mean to be didactic – or maybe we do. The moral of the story is that this week’s free fonts are a great addition to any designer’s tool kit. First off is Modum by The Northern Block, a UK-based...

Font designer Tom Chalky created Brixton as his first ever (and one of his best-selling) font families. He redesigned it in 2015, and it’s now available in three weights. Brixton features a distinctive, decorative style with a hand-drawn feel and...

Is it ever okay to alter a designer’s typography? According to some, the sliced text trend is one instance where it’s perfectly okay. “The nifty effect makes type elements look like they’ve been cut with a precision tool and can...