Looking Back and Ahead(er): Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026!

Let’s enjoy a look back at the headers featured here on Alphabettes.org in 2025:

Hespera (wip) typeface by Muk Monsalve — January 1 · @mukmonsalve
Typeface Don’t (wip) by Raven Mo — January 15 · @ravenmodesign
Thai, Crushual Italic by Boom Promphan S. · @boom.type
Arabic F37 Morta by Shaqa Bovand — February 15 · @shaqabovand
Georgian by Ana Sanikidze — March 1 · @wickedletters
Lettering by Brooke Hull — March 15 · @brookehull_designs
Aksan by Yaprak Buse Çağlar — April 1 @typolea
Rubina Typeface by Lora Shtirkova — April 15 · @loraincolors
Devanagari (WIP) by Lipi Raval — May 1 · @lipi.xyz
Hangul (WIP) by Joohee Lee — May 15 · @jooo.h
CMM Coda by Anna Cairns — June 1 · @a____cairns
Sumprat by Anne-Dauphine Borione (Daytona Mess) — June 15 · @daytonamess.otf
Palestine Still Bleeds — “Alphabettes” in Arabic by Omaima Dajani — July 1 · @omaima_dajani
Gustine Extra by Natalie Rauch — July 15 · @natalierauch
Vietnamese by Đông Trúc — August 1 · @do_ngtruc
Betania Patmos by Carolina Giovagnoli — August 15 · @laranadg
Party lettering by Carine Vadet-Perrot — September 1 · @carinevadetperrot
For the Flowers Crushed with Bombs — Alphabettes in Arabic by Maryam Golpayegani — September 15 · @golpayegani.maryam
Loew Next Devanagari by Amélie Bonet — October 1 · @ameacute
Vietnamese lettering by Xindha Yaeger — October 18 · @designedbyxin
Shariit by Nada Abdallah — November 1 · @nadabdalla
Mabuhay Display by Clara Cayosa — November 15 · @clarasees
Epitafio (in progress) by Mónica Rodiño — December 1 · @mrodinho

All past headers are archived here.

Thank you to Muk Monsalve & Amy Papaelias for keeping the headers flowing all year long. And endless thanks to our community and to all the incredible designers who shared their work with us this year.


Coming up real soon — Alphabettes Soup: Feminist Approaches to Type, our book that also features the 10-year archive of headers (Sept 2015–Nov 2025). To be published with Bikini Books in March 2026. Pre-order now!

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Cheers! 

Font Licensing Mess

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Too often, we face the challenge of explaining font licences to students, customers, colleagues, or friends; it proves difficult every time. Back in 2023, we asked ourselves what could we do to improve our understanding of the topic and explain it better? We began collecting information from foundries, tons of data that is not only valuable for us but also for other type users, font makers, and educators. This article is a short introduction to the project and the information available in our website. We also post updates, from time to time, on social media.

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Font Licensing Mess

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Más de una vez nos hemos encontramos con el desafío de explicar qué es y cómo funciona una licencia tipográfica. La respuesta no suele ser fácil. Hace un par de años, en 2023, nos propusimos profundizar en el tema para poder explicarlo mejor. Empezamos recopilando información de fundiciones; un montón de datos que serían útiles, no solo para nosotras, sino también para otras personas que utilizan fuentes, crean tipografías o trabajan en educación. Este artículo presenta un resumen y algunos resultados de este proyecto de investigación, en el que hemos estado trabajando durante casi dos años. Podéis encontrar más información en nuestra página web y recibir actualizaciones en redes sociales.

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