It’s that end-of-the-year time again when we all begin making lists of what went best this year and what’s going to be even better the next. Here at MyFonts, we are busy counting glyphs in order to establish, with perfect objectivity, who sold most of them in 2009. Nah… just joking! Whatever our method of finding out, we won’t tell you which are the Fonts of 2009 before the year is done. Anything else would be cheating. Meanwhile, here are the fonts of the month, with some very nice surprises from places you may never visit.
Welcome to the March edition of the Rising Stars newsletter on successful new fonts. The keyword this month is “eclectic”. Our featured headline face is a sans-serif made of peas. We have a couple of informal brush scripts that are as different as two brush scripts can be. And we feature a great playful picture font for those who are in a framing mood. In contrast, this month’s text font is lucid and smooth. A versatile collection to start the new season with…
This month’s Rising Stars are a diverse little gang, but they have one thing in common: they are all convincing examples of the sophistication of today’s typographic technology. Whether it is the virtuosity of connecting scripts such as Maestro and Liza, the fantasy of Mussica or the versatility of multi-weight fonts such as Organic or Geogrotesque Stencil: today’s typefaces often unite aesthetic appeal with functional cleverness.
We’re working with our windows open today — spring is finally here. Of course, our figurative doors and windows here at MyFonts are seldom closed. We welcome all designers and foundries who have something new to offer (provided that it works and is legally theirs). This past month, dozens of new foundries joined MyFonts. We invite you to explore our What’s New and Hot New Fonts pages to see what they’ve come up with. You’ll also find some familiar faces there: new fonts by established foundries that have been part of MyFonts for a long time. Find out who among them have done particularly well in this new edition of Rising Stars.
We’re working with our windows open today — spring is finally here. Of course, our figurative doors and windows here at MyFonts are seldom closed. We welcome all designers and foundries who have something new to offer (provided that it works and is legally theirs). This past month, dozens of new foundries joined MyFonts. We invite you to explore our What’s New and Hot New Fonts pages to see what they’ve come up with. You’ll also find some familiar faces there: new fonts by established foundries that have been part of MyFonts for a long time. Find out who among them have done particularly well in this new edition of Rising Stars.
He started up his foundry Alphabet Soup seven years ago, and has published one typeface family a year on average. But what typefaces they are! With up to 2000 glyphs per font, and endless ways of using digital technology to emulate hand-lettering, his fonts are clearly the work of a seasoned scriptmeister. Indeed, before entering the font business, Michael Doret was already a household name in the design world, producing iconic designs for the likes of The New York Knicks, KISS and TIME Magazine. Having learned the trade under the guidance of no less a guru than Ed Benguiat, this month’s interviewee has been a one-man force in lettering and logotype design since the mid ’70s. These days his partners in type are designers like Stuart Sandler, Patrick Griffin and Mark Simonson. Meet Michael Doret, a man with a past... creating fonts for the future.
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