Some font families are squarely in one category while others attempt a remix of influences. Ebony is the second kind: part humanist sans serif, part grotesque, and all awesome. If you’re into sport, feel a need for speed, or want a modern family with all the bells and whistles, Ebony is the tire-screeching muscle car calling your name. Ebony is perfect for brands with a backbone and text with a tale to tell. And we just expanded it to include Vietnamese. Two weights are free so stop by the website type tester to try it for yourself.

Each year TypeTogether takes applications for our scholarship programme to help an emerging type designer bring their font family to completion. Florian Fecher won the award this year with his wide-ranging grotesque, especially noting the display weights that will be used in situations of extreme spacing, high-impact headlines, and identities. Our thanks to all who submitted their multilingual projects: almost 30 submissions covering more than nine scripts, and with a range of tone from the formal to the aloof. Congratulations again to Florian!

We publish a comprehensive printed catalogue every five years to show the type families that have been released in that half-decade (see previous 2009 and 2014). After a few months of prep, design, paper choice, editing, and sweating every detail, it’s finally ready. Introducing our 2019 catalogue: Arlette, AwanZaman, Bely, Ebony, LFT Iro Sans, Temeraire, and 12 more families in this 40-page beauty! As always, our catalogues are free of charge so it’s almost like stealing eye-candy from a baby. Pay only the shipping and this printed perfection is all yours. Order up! 

We’ve just finished the unboxing for José, Azza, and Veronika’s newest family newest family, Catalpa, and it’s a knockout! This targeted family only has four thin and four heavy weights — yep, no regular weights on purpose. And that purpose is for headlines, callouts, enormous sizes, stark contrast, strong impressions, and a lot of fun. Even better, if you purchase the full bundle, we’ve included Catalpa in the variable font format, which means it’s a great option for websites and apps. Check it out on our website type tester.

Our multi-award winning superfamily has received another massive update for Latin-based languages. The new Adelle Sans Extended family contains Vietnamese, Latin, and PanAfrican languages. For the African extension we partnered with African language specialist Dr Don Osborn. This family extension was years in the making and is a significant step forward in multilingual type families, especially families intended to carry the same tone across cultures and dialects.

Alisa Nowak’s Eskapade family was recently updated and significantly expanded to the delight of font aficionados everywhere. We took the opportunity to talk with Alisa Nowak about her early experiences and the research behind the dual-personality family. Pull up a chair and flip through the sketches on our blog.

From July 29–August 10, Veronika Burian will join Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer (Glyphs App) for a ten-day workshop in Bulgaria. Veronika will lead the first five days and Rainer will lead the final five days. Veronika will discuss basic methods for starting a font design and take participants through sketching and into digitising their designs. Sign up on the website if you’re interested in the workshop.