(Atlas of Type) Recent releases #10

Back from vacation with a look at the type releases of the past two weeks.

• Atipo released Rawest, a geometric sans.
• Brandon Nickerson mantains the weekly cadence with BN Rambunk, an interpretation of Implode (1960s), and BN Danimal, a slightly slanted display sans.
• DJR released Forma DJR Mono, the monospaced counterpart to Forma DJR designed by Ruggero Magrí and David Jonathan Ross.
• East of Rome published on Future Fonts the initial version of Matka, a rustic display sans designed by Lewis McGuffie, as well as an update to the grotesk sans Kapow, changing its name to Tugev in the process.
• Emtype released Micrograph, a sans serif designed by Eduardo Manso.
• Extraset released ES Park, a slab serif designed by Xavier Erni.
• Francis Chouquet released Jazzman, a Midcentury-style unicase display typeface.
• Grilli Type released GT Pantheon, a sharp serif designed by Tobias Rechsteiner and Noël Leu.
• Interval Type released Factor A Mono, the monospaced companion to Factor A designed by Ilya Naumov.
• James Plattner published on Future Fonts the initial version of Bitzer, a condensed serif typeface informed by flat brush calligraphy.
• JTD updated on Future Fonts the condensed grotesk Enfilade by James Hultquist-Todd to a variable font.
• Lazydogs released LD Elly, a serif typeface by Bente Baseler (via Typecache).
• Luis Bandovas updated on Future Fonts the geometric sans Subito with an italic style.
• Luzi Type released Zeist, a geometric sans by Luzi Gantenbein.
• Mass Driver updated MD Nichrome, a typeface referencing the typography of sci-fi paperbacks from the ’70s and early ’80s designed by Rutherford Craze, with an extended character set and gothic alternate forms.
• OH no released Camelion, a humanist sans by Sandrine Nugue.
• Plau released Firula, a brush script typeface by Rodrigo Saiani (via Typecache).
• Poem released Nouveau Quellstift, the rounded version of Nouveau, designed by Jérôme Knebusch.
• Process Type added italics to Stratum 1 & 2, as well as an extended character set. Maria Doreuli and Egor Golovyrin designed the Cyrillic script and George Triantafyllakos the Greek. Eric Olson also designed a narrower variant of the typeface, available as Stratum 1 & 2 Condensed.
• R Typography released Montris Mono, the monospaced member of the Montris family designed by Rui Abreu (via Typecache).
• Sharp Type added a display variant to the Sharp Serif collection in the form of Sharp Serif Display, a stencil typeface designed by Lucas Sharp.
• Sudtipos released Cosmos Deco, an Art Deco sans designed by Edgar Capula.
• Tulsey Type released Chokecherry, a lively sans designed by Chris Skillern with support for Latin and Cherokee scripts.
• Typemates released Altona by Albert-Jan Pool, Julia Uplegger, and Antonia Cornelius. Julia Uplegger also designed Alison Head and Alison Text, which together with Altona form a superfamily of contemporary Didones.
• TypeType added a monospaced variant to TT Hoves Pro.

Blaze Type has a series of releases and updates:

• Rules Gothic, a contrasted gothic sans designed by Matthieu Salvaggio, Léon Hugues, Guido Ferreyra, and Malo Haffreingue.
• Santiag, a contemporary intepretation of the reverse-contrast Western genre by Clément Cases.
• Holise, a condensed serif typeface originally designed by Inès Davodeau in 2021.
• Caryotype, a display typeface designed by Vicente Granger.
• Kyle Mono by Alexander Rütten and Olivia Wood, the monospaced companion to Kyle. The latter was also updated from semi-proportional to fully proportional.

CAST have released a collection of modernist typeface revivals named Alfabeti Modernisti. The collection includes:

• AM Assab by Alessandro Bombieri.
• AM Augusta by Riccardo Olocco.
• AM Lombardia by Carlotta Albiero and Luciano Perondi.
• AM Majella by Valentina Casali.
• AM Panama by Giulio Galli.
• AM Serie 610, also by Riccardo Olocco.
• AM Tirana by Leo Philp.
• AM Tripoli also by Alessandro Bombieri.
• AM Udine by Michele Patanè.

Ivy Foundry has a new website to showcase Jan Maack’s typefaces. New releases include:

• IvyBodoni, an homage to the modern serif designs of the ’60s and ’70s.
• IvySoft, an unpretentious, rounded sans balancing work and play.

Delve Fonts added a section called Procepts for experimental and in-progress fonts. The current offering includes:

• H-AND-S, a hand symbol typeface by Jean-Benoît Lévy of Studio AND.
• Hexcess, a condensed, grid-based hexagonal Blackletter by Delve Withrington.
• Feint, an variable font with a cipher axis in the form of a stencil sans, also by Delve Withrington.

Throughout August, Store Norske Skriftkompani released a few typefaces, all designed by Arve Båtevik:

• Arkitekt, a geometric typeface based on Norwegian functionalist architecture.
• Skandia Narrow and Skandia Condensed, two new widths for the Skandia typeface.
• Jazz Mono, the monospaced member of the Jazz family.

Capitalics released in the past few weeks:

• ADHD, a variable font inspired by the work of Armin Hofmann.
• Acus, a contrasted sans inspired by hand-painted enamel signs.
• Realise, a Scotch Roman with octagonal details.

Still in the late August to early September ballpark:

• Famira Fonts released Jupette, a sans serif inspired by the midcentury French Riviera designed by Hannes Famira.
• Helena Zhang released Departure Mono, a monospaced pixel font.
• Signal released Glammo, a typeface that blends references to techno, Akira, and the Designers Republic designed by Max Phillips.

Other things that are new:

• Watching letters, an essay by Aleksandra Samuļenkova on the role of typography and orthography in the formation of national identities.
• Rutherford Craze interviewed by Dan Reynolds in Mass-Driver: Craft and technology.
• Dossier Jannon — Definitive Edition, a concatenation of documents around Jean Jannon’s work by historian Sébastien Morlighem in collaboration with Klim.
• A notebook designed by Atelier Carvalho Bernau for Typotheque, who just this weekend celebrated 25 years.

On the website, I’ve added a tag for typefaces with minisites.

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