February 16, 2022John Boardley Our monthly Featured Fonts Series is an opportunity to highlight some of our favorite typefaces, from hugely popular bestsellers to sometimes overlooked and hidden gems. This month, we have a classic text typeface with beautiful ornaments, a modern-day classic, a heavy-hitting display face, and a must-have brush script. ANZIANO↓ Anziano by ..
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February 9, 2022 This month’s hot new releases include a voluptuous space-aged sans from Jean François Porchez, and two new gems from Beasts of England that take us from the roaring twenties through the psychedelic 70s, and speeding into the present day with aplomb and pizazz. Oh, and the launch of ILT’s premium collectibles! Astronef Super ..
February 3, 2022 “God is in the details”, pronounced by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe referring to his architectural practice, was adopted as a twentieth-century Modernist commandment. Mies is also credited with the dictum “Less is More” — from his epoch’s reductive formal perspective he was correct on both counts. Modernism was dedicated to achieving ..
February 1, 2022 Last week, I looked back at 2021 releases and chose ten favorites. Today’s typefaces kind of chose themselves — or more precisely, you chose them! These are ILT’s top-five chart-toppers or bestsellers. It’s great to see world scripts represented, with support for Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin. So, without further ado, and in ..
Apparently, it’s now the year 2022 AD! I hope that you were able to decompress over the holidays and New Year, and that you’re now in good health and good spirits. If you missed last month’s edition, be sure to check it out. We named it The Year in Type. Oh, and be sure to take a ..
I’ve been judging the Logo Wave awards for a number of years now. It’s an independent award scheme by designer Kyle Courtright. Kyle and I have yet to meet in person, but we’ve come to know each other online over the years and I have a lot of respect for him as a family man ..
January 19, 2022John Boardley The year 2021 was mostly memorable for all the wrong reasons. And it feels like I published last year’s favorite fonts list about ten years ago! However, 2021 wasn’t a bad year for type design. In my determination to keep the list capped at ten, I’ve undoubtedly left out many releases ..
January 12, 2022 I am somewhat perplexed why designers like myself are seduced by the streamlined styles of Italian Futurist-era type and typography? Are revivals like this month’s selection, Valvolina (Device Fonts), appealing as radically aesthetic alternatives to classical Italian letters? Does Valvolina’s thrusting geometric angularity evoke a radical ethos of motion and energy? Does ..
What a year! There is much to bemoan in 2020 2021, but the never-ending year was still an inspiring one in type. This issue of the Month in Type takes a look at some of the highlights of The Year in Type. Enjoy! The Year in Type is sponsored by Chank Fonts and Liquorstore Inspiration We’ll kick off ..
December 17, 2021 Hannes von Döhren, award-winning designer of the expansive Brandon superfamily, has teamed up with Bernd Volmer to produce yet another typographic hit with the release of the splendid Palast superfamily. Typically, palaces are full of riches, and HvD’s Palast, from the German word for palace, is a veritable treasure trove. What’s it good ..
