A nice, recently founded typography ‘movement’ which releases high-quality, open-source type which, most importantly, are free.
The font shown above is Junction, one of the two currently available fonts (more fonts are premised for release soon).
Website – www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com
Soon-to-be digital type foundry from Thinkdust where designers from around the world contribute to the foundry with a range of fonts. Volume one will include fonts from the likes of Si Scott and Alex Trochut as well as others.
Website – www.hypefortype.com
Great independent type foundry with a large scope of different fonts for use in design.
“Our goal is to create high-quality fonts which stand in a unique class of their own, and which will serve as a good base for any designer project whether it be web, print, t-shirt design, logos. Every week, a new and totally unique font will be rolled out of production, which you can easily buy or download free of charge. ”
Website – www.fontfabric.com
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Spindly, beautiful hand-drawn typographic and illustrative work from Daren Newman, the beard wearing, right-handed, Mancunian illustrator and designer.
Website – www.meandmypen.com
“Feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which recently celebrated its 50th birthday) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.”
An interesting look at something used everyday which is often overlooked.
Website – http://www.helveticafilm.com/
Alex Trochut recently completed a set of posters for Johnnie Walker, a handsome addition to the myriad of voluptuous typography and illustration that fills his portfolio.
Website – http://www.alextrochut.com
Art that is lithe in its looks but has strong foundations. A portfolio containing a large range of mediums from digital art to drawing to 3D including a collection of pen drawings by Susie Wright aka Suzy Q and the Owls.
Website – http://www.suzyqandtheowls.co.uk
British typographer Si Scott has accomplished much within his field having worked with many of the most renowned companies from Nike to Vogue and MTV to Hugo Boss; his detailed typography and graphic design seems to drag in those who look at it.
Website – http://www.siscottstudio.com
” The Fell Types took their name from John Fell, a Bishop of Oxford in the seventeenth-century. Not only did he create an unique collection of printing types but he started one of the most important adventures in the history of typography. You will find here a non-exhaustive history and a modern digitalization of some of them.”
Website – http://iginomarini.com/fell/
The exljbris Font Foundry has churned out many different fonts with unique styles which make stand out in an instant compared to the default fonts which everyone use. Exljbris has a grand total of 9 different free fonts (not including separate font modifications) which have full kerning and language support.
Website – http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/
