Articles by John Boardley

Hot New Fonts: Rotulo

A quick heads up about a great new release from Huy!Fonts. Rotulo is a huge new sans serif family that comes in 90, yes ninety styles. If you prefer varaible fonts, then this is your lucky day because Rotulo also comes in a single variable font with all three axes — width, weight, and slant — baked in.

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Expressive script fonts

Expressive script fonts are a great way to introduce some energy into your designs. They can be use in standalone words as logos, for packaging, and in editorial design. They’re also a great way to change pace as part of a system of typographic hierarchy, as headers or subheads. Here are 3 of our favorite expressive script fonts to get you started.

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Three Free Fonts

A brief post today to introduce you to three quality free fonts. There are plenty of poor quality free fonts out there. Some are missing important characters, others are just poorly drawn, or are bastardized versions of popular font families. But some $0 fonts are great quality and make welcome […]

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Fonts for Editorial Design

Typefaces for editorial design need to be expansive enough to support complex typographic hierarchies. They need to be readable (people read magazines & blogs) — but they also need to fulfill roles as titles, captions, pull quotes, drop caps, etc.

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Stellar Serifs: Sisteron

Sisteron, from the brilliant folk at Beasts of England Foundry, achieves a delicate and beautiful balance between stellar and stupendous. From vintage outer-space to Art Nouveau and Jugendstil, Sisteron is a typeface that evokes the ’20s, ’70s, and the 21st century.

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10 Must-have Typefaces for 2023

Finding the best typefaces among thousands can be time-consuming and frustrating! To save your time and sanity, we’ve curated a top-notch list of must-have typefaces for 2023. No super-quirky, one-use-only display fonts, but workhorse font families that will serve you and your clients well for years to come.

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