Font Reviews 2024: NaN Druid

Designed by Anna Khorash & Reymund Schröder
Engineering: NaN Team
Additional Engineering: Igino Marini
Distributed by NaN
Typeface family: NaN Druid Serif (9 weights) + NaN Druid Sans (9 weights). 18 static fonts + 2 variable fonts (weight axis).

This review was originally written in Catalan, a language spoken by 9.2 million worldwide.
The English version of the review is below.

NaN Druid és una crida al teu ull, en la versió serif combina la delicadesa amb l’estètica del brutalisme, cosa que m’agrada molt. El pes més atrevit d’aquesta subfamília és una mica experimental, amb talls asimètrics i detalls angulars, i familiar alhora, perfecte per a projectes que necessiten una certa personalitat, pero sense ser molt cridanera.

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Font Reviews 2024: LiebeHeide Fineliner

Designed by Ulrike Rausch
Available at I Love Typography, Fontstand, Fontspring, Creative Market
Font family: 5 weights. 5 static fonts + 1 variable font. The superfamily includes the color font LiebeHeide.

This font review was originally written in Spanish, the official language of 20 countries. English translation below.

Ulrike Rausch es una diseñadora especializada en fuentes de escritura manual que destacan por su autenticidad, logrando que realmente parezcan escritas a mano. Reside y trabaja en Berlín, Alemania, y ha coescrito los libros Making Fonts y Designing Fonts junto a Chris Campe. Su trayectoria en el mundo de la tipografía la ha llevado a colaborar con gigantes como Monotype, Jung von Matt, Adobe, Erik Spiekermann, Google y Apple, consolidándose como una referencia en la industria.

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Font Reviews 2024: Yumex

Designed by DualType
Distributed by OhNo Type Co.
Font family: 2 subfamilies (Yumex + Yumex Script), 2 styles (roman + oblique), and 7 weights. 21 static fonts + 2 variable fonts

This font review was originally written in Spanish, the second most spoken native language in the world. English version of the review below.

La tipografía Yumex de DualType (Zrinka Buljubašić + Gen Ramirez) publicada por OhNo Type Co es uno de los proyectos más llamativos de 2024, a mi criterio. Destaca por su versatilidad y personalidad; que se nutre del legado Yu-Mex dando como resultado un proyecto meticuloso y sumamente bien ejecutado.

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Font Reviews 2024: Sharf

Designed by Barbara Bigosińska
Distributed by Blast
Font family: 8 weights, 2 styles, and 2 sub-families. 32 static fonts + 2 variable fonts

This font review was originally written in Galician, the official language of Galicia, which has been spoken for over 2000 years and is now used by more than 2 million people. English translation below.

Sharf ve a luz en 2021 dende a incubadora de Future Fonts. Aquela versión 0.1 contaba xa con unha fonte variable, que permitía navegar o espazo de deseño entre os distintos pesos da tipografía. Nace con dous tamaños ópticos, cunha clara intencionalidade de uso en deseño editorial.

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Book Alert: Alphabettes Soup!

Next year, Alphabettes turns 10, and we’re celebrating with a pot-luck book! Alphabettes Soup: Ten Years of Feminist Approaches to Type will be served up — piping hot — in September 2025, published by Bikini Books, a feminist publisher based in Porto. Read all about it here: bikini-books.com/products/alphabettes-soup-2015-2025-ten-years-of-feminist-approaches-to-type

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