Font Bureau Blog

Today we release Antenna Serif, a slab serif companion to a stalwart sans.

It’s a new year but we haven’t locked the door on 2014 — it’s propped open by an old specimen book. Before we release our next typeface, we wanted to recap what came in the past twelve months. Five different designers were behind seven releases, and all of their designs, along with some classics from our library, came out on Webtype too. It was a varied year, so let’s take another look.

Today we release Tilda, a script typeface with size-specific styles.

Using the wrong typography terms doesn’t just make you look silly or inexperienced; it doesn’t just irritate the nitpicky nerds; it deprives you from getting the most from typography. Knowing the right words can help you understand and describe, design and build. So here are some of the commonly confused typographic terms I see tossed around, along with simplified definitions.

Today we release FB Big Caslon, six new styles of Matthew Carter’s familiar and beloved typeface. 20 years ago Big Caslon was released as a single style, with separate fonts for small caps, expert and alternate characters. Now it is a fully-featured Opentype family, simultaneously available as webfonts, in three weights. They each have italics, small caps, and plenty of striking alternates.

Based on user feedback, we have added new characters, including …

Every year, since 2005, information designer Nicholas Felton releases a new Feltron Annual Report, a detailed presentation of personal information gathered from the previous year.

Today we release Input—fonts for code. Input is a flexible system of fonts designed specifically for code by David Jonathan Ross. It offers both monospaced and proportional fonts, all with a large range of widths, weights, and styles for rich code formatting.

Two new sites honor the work of our founder, David Berlow, and one of our most esteemed designers, Tobias Frere-Jones.

Today we release Apres, a clear and comfortable typeface with a humanist geometric design. David Berlow and staff drew Apres as part of a series designed originally for the Palm Pre smart phone …