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Playwrite Guides by @typetogether is the new variant that adds guideline markers to all 51 Playwrite models, plus a key 'underscore' character that allows you to create only guides to build worksheets for handwriting practice!
It's the perfect companion for educational purposes!
Parkinsans is a geometric sans serif created for Parkinson’s UK by London-based agency Red Stone. It combines energetic, approachable design with unique typographic quirks, reflecting Parkinson’s journeys.
With 6 weights, it’s built for attention at display sizes and easy readability. Adapted from Indian Type Foundry’s Poppins.
Very, very excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at @Figma’s #config2025 event in San Francisco (and online) this May!
Come along and hear me talk about #typography being the foundation of any design system. 8,000+ attendees. No pressure. 😅
The Monserrat Underline family, a sibling of Monserrat family, celebrates a special style of underlining integrated into the letterforms found in signs and posters of the Montserrat neighborhood in Buenos Aires.
A variable font with nine weights plus italics, it supports Cyrillic and Latin African. Design led by @JulietUlanovsky.
Doto is a bit-map inspired, open-source, variable, monospace and geometric typeface family, designed for display purposes.
Each glyph is built using a 6x10 reference matrix, and the typeface supports two variable axes: one controlling the size of the dots and another controlling the roundness of the dots.
We just added a 'Holidays' tag to our Appearance tag category, for fonts useful for 3 upcoming holidays – Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa – and also individual tags for each in the Seasonal category at the bottom of the Filters sidebar.
Happy holidays!
Host Grotesk, a variable font designed by https://elementtype.co/ for modern user interfaces.
It ensures uniform letter width and spacing across its weights and corresponding italics, aiming for seamless adaptability without compromising layout consistency.
@clauseggers That's an example of "formal calligraphy", notice the category title there...
We all know fonts can be serif or sans-serif... but did you know fonts can also be Happy, Wacky, or Awkward too?
Today we're launching a new tag and category filter UI on http://fonts.google.com
Every font family has been evaluated for every tag and given a score from 0 to 100
The 2024 Web Almanach by the HTTP Archive is out!
"Web fonts are now used on around 87% of all websites, whether alone or in combination with self-hosted fonts. [...] the Google Fonts service continues to deliver the majority of fonts seen on the web. Around 57% of websites observed on the HTTP Archive’s desktop crawl and 48% on its mobile crawl use Google Fonts, whether alone or alongside another hosting option."
Read about the state of web typography here:
The past, present, and future of personal expression through fonts by @googledesign
In the future, everyone will be a typographer,” says @tobestobs . This is part of the beauty of variable fonts. They aren’t inflexible, static files. “We made it software,” Kunisch says of typographic design.
Matemasie is an ultra-bold display typeface characterized by rounded edges and a distinctive feature where the shapes widen towards the top.
It draws inspiration from the Adinkra symbol "Mate Masie," meaning "what I hear, I keep." This symbolizes interconnected ears, emphasizing the importance of listening and communication in oral traditions and cultures.
Designed by Adam Yeo, it features the Google Fonts GF Latin Core character set: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Matemasie
Sankofa Display is a captivating African typeface by Batsi Madzonga that draws inspiration from a rich tapestry of African art styles, with a particular focus on straight-line geometric designs.
This typeface embodies the essence of Africa's diverse cultural heritage, blending elements from various artistic traditions.
SUSE is a sans VF designed by René Bieder, embodying a unique hybrid between geometric precision and monospaced stability providing a modern and efficient aesthetic.
It was created to reflect the innovative spirit and open-source solutions of the SUSE company. Its variety of weights allows for flexibility in design, from headlines to body text.
New Amsterdam by Vladimir Nikolic is a tall Sans Serif font inspired by posters and Pop Art. It combines straight geoometric lines with modern look.
X (fka Twitter) has quietly redesigned its 🔫 Water Pistol emoji to display as an actual firearm.
This significantly diverges from the cross-platform conversion of this emoji from pistol to water gun from 2016 to 2018.
🔗 https://blog.emojipedia.org/x-redesigns-water-pistol-emoji-back-to-a-firearm/
Kalnia Glaze designed by Frida Medrano is a COLRv1 font that plays with gradients and transparencies using the most out of the format. It's a Variable font with weight (Thin to Bold) and a width (Normal to Expanded) with four custon icons that offers a diverse range of design possibilities.
Ga Maamli takes inspiration from painted posters advertising events in Accra, Ghana.
Ga Maamli is an all caps design in which the lowercase letters are also using a capital letter construction.
