Linotype has made an enormous impact on the type industry for over a century, continuously producing high-quality, world-renowned fonts.
Letraset was formed to exploit the invention of transfer sheet lettering in 1959.
Letraset always ran an adventurous letter design program and from 1964 under the leadership of design director Colin Brignall, built a distinctive library of display typefaces.
With Christmas only days away, we can’t help looking back at this remarkable year. One of the biggest changes in typography, of course, is webfonts. More and more websites look and work so much better now, being designed with great new typefaces instead of system fonts or type made into GIFs. Web designers can now order most of our new fonts as webfonts. The biggest news: since last week, our collection of webfonts includes thousands of classic and contemporary families from Monotype, Linotype and ITC. Meanwhile, here are some of last month’s most successful new typefaces from independent foundries — a varied and enticing bunch.
Every once in a while, MyFonts sends out a Special Edition newsletter offering a handpicked selection of fonts which although pretty fantastic, never made any of our Rising Stars or Best Of lists. In this issue we feature twelve fine faces that have been noticed by experts but have not yet met with mass success. A dozen original and highly professional designs by high quality micro-foundries. Enjoy!











