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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 2h

NEW: the 29LT Idris type system from 29LT has been expanded to include two new versions — Pure and Round — which are ideal for modern, informal text settings. Idris is one of the most advanced Arabic typefaces available thanks to its OpenType features and technology.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 14d

NEW: Otta from PampaType is an exploration in reversed horizontal contrast in humanist calligraphic typeface, as well as a study in building multi-script families to create a type family for immersive reading in diverse scripts from Latin to Arabic, Greek, and Cyrillic.
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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Sep 10

NEW: Ticker from Teeline Fonts is a refined digital pixel font consisting of two families (Hi Res & Lo Res), each with two pixel shapes (circles and angular) in 3 weights. And while the uprights use a rectilinear grid, italics are on a hexagonal!
@celiason.bsky.social

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Ticker Hi Res and Ticker Lo Res from Teeline Fonts.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Sep 8

NEW: NN Éditeur from Nouvelle Noire is a fresh typeface inspired by the analog IBM Golfball typewriter font, but developed into a wide type family of three parts — Éditeur Italic, Éditeur Serif, and Éditeur Semi — each with five weights.

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NN Éditeur Semi, Éditeur Italic and Éditeur Serif.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Aug 12

NEW: Slight Chance from DJR is an interpretation of the angular bitmap font used in cable TV broadcasting in the 1990s, evoking the worn, slightly degraded texture of the letterforms as appeared on a cathode ray tube display, in monospaced and proportional versions.

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Slight Chance Regular and Slight Chance Mono from DJR.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jul 25

NEW: two additions to DJR’s Fit family are Fit Tamil, adapted by Aadarsh Rajan, and Fit Devanagari, designed by Kimya Gandhi, successfully balancing Fit’s blocky simplicity with the complexity of these Indic scripts.
Both families are also available as variable styles.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jul 24

NEW: 3 additions to the Alfabeti Modernisti collection of type revivals from CAST have been added recently: an all-caps geometric sans AM Serie 605, a highly condensed sans with an unusually strong contrast AM Sirte, and a slanted monolinear and utilitarian AM Liguria.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jul 18

NEW: Gregory Grotesk from TypeMates is a balanced and distinct functional typeface with a smooth texture and a strong personality up close, with a top-heavy lovercase “a”, angular junctions and thin joints. Also available in Condensed and Compressed versions.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jul 15

Have a look at Ryan Bugden’s review of @typographicsnyc.bsky.social 2025! He was there, and he’s been reflecting on how the festival still unites type makers and users. fontstand.com/news/design-...

Wael Morcos on stage during his presentation at Typographics 2025.

Photograph of two participants of Lavinia Lascaris & Ximena Amaya’s workshop at Typographics 2025.

Elizabeth Goodspeed on stage during her presentation at Typographics 2025.

Frederik Berlaen showing the tools behind his new typeface release Filter at Typographics 2025.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jul 7

NEW: The Borges family from PampaType has been enhanced with two more additions: Borges Open, an engraved, extra elegant and impactful display font set, plus the Borges Titling, delicately spirited Roman with narrow vertical proportions and higher stroke contrast.

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Borges Open and Borges Titling from PampaType.

Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jul 3

On Fontstand News, @typeoff recounts part of the story behind Pascal Zoghbi’s 29LT Idris, and the rediscovery of the designer behind Berthold’s Arabisch halbfett Nr. 49, Salim al Habschi. fontstand.com/news/font-re...

Pascal Zoghbi’s Illustration of his 29LT Idris Flat and 29LT Idris Sharp families and the influence played by Salim al Habschi’s Arabisch halbfett Nr. 49 typeface from H. Berthold AG.

Drawer with more matrices for the 72 p (Didot) size of Berthold’s Arabisch halbfett Nr. 49 typeface; product number 84972. Photo: Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, inventory number 1/2021/0462 19.

Drawing from Salim al Habschi, dated July 15, 1955. Photo: Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, Hist. Archiv I.2.046 FA Berthold AG 399 Arabisch halbfett Nr. 49.

Collage of pen-and-ink letter drawings on board. Presumably, these were drawn by Salim al Habschi on August 18, 1955, as credited at the bottom. Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, Hist. Archiv I.4.327-2020-14.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jul 1

NEW: Sorella from CAST is a carefully crafted serifed Roman with a big x-height based on 18th-century engraved calligraphic prints with notable mannerist details and inspirations, including the steep 20-degree italics, in three optical sizes: Display, Text and Caption.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jun 30

When you participate you get a free collection of 12 fonts, from 12 contributing type foundries:

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jun 30

This is the final week of collecting responses regarding font users’ opinions on the current state of font licensing. The survey will close on Sunday 6 July at midnight CEST. Once the data has been analysed, we will share the findings publicly. Complete the survey today: fontstand.com/survey

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jun 24

Today, on Fontstand News, Lisa Huang gives us some of the backstory and her motivation for creating @wordsoftype.com. You should check out her essay and visit her project’s site – if you don’t already look things up there multiple times a week:
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Page from the author’s notebook. It was the first step towards creating the Words of Type database.

Screenshot of a database the author calls her “monster table.”

Yann Bastard designed this illustration, which accompanies the “layout” definition.

If you haven’t visited the Words of Type website before, this is what it looks like!

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jun 18

NEW on Fontstand: Recently, Tlab font foundry introduced more than a dozen Hangul display fonts inspired by both geometric and calligraphic sources, writing tools, signage, or techniques. Discover all in the Fontstand app.

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New releases from the Tleb font foundry.

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Patrick Altair 🌙 @patrickaltair.bsky.social · Jun 14

Fontstand have a survey going right now for designers, you fill it out and get a bunch of free fonts from its members! Here's some experiments with some of them—Klim Type’s Maelstrom and Dynamo’s Whyte.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jun 16

🔥 Fontstand is working on becoming a cooperative—co-owned and governed by the independent type foundries. No VCs. No middlemen. It’s a radical rethinking of how platforms should work—built on trust, equity, transparency, and shared success at its core.
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Creating the Fontstand Cooperative

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Marta Bernstein @martabernstein.bsky.social · Jun 13

Support the coop, if you use fonts do the survey!

Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jun 11

We’re are launching an independent industry-wide survey for font users. We want to hear about your experiences: What works? What’s confusing or frustrating? What would you change? Your answers will help us decide how licensing works within the Fontstand Cooperative.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jun 11

We’re are launching an independent industry-wide survey for font users. We want to hear about your experiences: What works? What’s confusing or frustrating? What would you change? Your answers will help us decide how licensing works within the Fontstand Cooperative.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jun 5

NEW on Fontstand is Klooster from DJR, a broad titling typeface loosely based on the uncial script, but also inspired by much later woodcut engravings, providing sharp, gestural energy with its expressive curves. Designed by David Jonathan Ross.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · Jun 3

NEW: Excelling in casual typographic simplicity, Common Shapes from Process Type Foundry is a general-purpose typeface built around basic geometric shapes, but not measured or automated. There’s also an OpenType stylistic variant set with even simpler forms.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · May 29

NEW: Terrassa by @typotheque.com is a complex modular typeface inspired by architectural lettering, striking a balance between rational construction and visual rhythm. It comes with five variable axis, offering thousands of variations in Display and Gradient versions!

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · May 28

NEW: Gorgias from PampaType is a sophisticated and refined blackletter typeface inspired by Schulfraktur, a traditional 19th-century German book type. Combining classic and contemporary elements, it includes four versions: Regular and Black in solid and open forms.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · May 20

NEW: Komu New family from DizajnDesign is a reinterpretation of socialist grotesque typefaces and an extension of the two previously published styles. The four new styles differ in many subtle ways, like shape rounding, proportions, or details. Designed by Ján Filípek.

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