Fontstand
@fontstand.com
A typeface discovery platform for free testing and affordable temporary use of fonts https://fontstand.com/apps/. Publishing Fontstand News for in-depth debate about typography https://fontstand.com/news/.
NEW: Cy Curly from supertype® is the curliest member of the Cy superfamily. Playful and full of surprises, it is perfect for setting pink headlines or ornamental one-liners that need a punch. Its nine weights include four additional stylistic sets of alternate glyphs.
fontstand.com/fonts/cy-curly
fontstand.com/fonts/cy-curly
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW: Cy Curly from supertype® is the curliest member of the Cy superfamily. Playful and full of surprises, it is perfect for setting pink headlines or ornamental one-liners that need a punch. Its nine weights include four additional stylistic sets of alternate glyphs.
fontstand.com/fonts/cy-curly
fontstand.com/fonts/cy-curly
NEW: Acrylic from The Pyte Foundry, inspired by Neo-Grotesque rationality but mixing in elements of uncertainty, comprises three families progressing from proportional (Ortho) to fixed-width (Mono) and stylistic sets bearing names such as Pervert, Skeptic, and Nihilist.
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: Acrylic from The Pyte Foundry, inspired by Neo-Grotesque rationality but mixing in elements of uncertainty, comprises three families progressing from proportional (Ortho) to fixed-width (Mono) and stylistic sets bearing names such as Pervert, Skeptic, and Nihilist.
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
Riccardo Olocco from CAST has written a heartfelt obituary about James Mosley. It touches a note that will hopefully resound with readers, whether they had the chance to be Mosley’s students or not. fontstand.com/news/essays/...
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Riccardo Olocco from CAST has written a heartfelt obituary about James Mosley. It touches a note that will hopefully resound with readers, whether they had the chance to be Mosley’s students or not. fontstand.com/news/essays/...
NEW: Brilly from supertype® is a display font family in three styles, blending retro charm with contemporary appeal, and intended for packaging and display use, with a subtle left-hand twist for added dynamism. Designed by Jürgen Huber.
fontstand.com/fonts/brilly
fontstand.com/fonts/brilly
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
NEW: Brilly from supertype® is a display font family in three styles, blending retro charm with contemporary appeal, and intended for packaging and display use, with a subtle left-hand twist for added dynamism. Designed by Jürgen Huber.
fontstand.com/fonts/brilly
fontstand.com/fonts/brilly
Club Lithographer from DJR caught Katerina Grushka’s eye, thanks to its notable contrast, unusual angle, and long, liquid-like serifs. The typeface stands out as a singular, expressive italic and you can read her review of it on Fontstand News, here: news.fontstand.com/font-reviews...
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Club Lithographer from DJR caught Katerina Grushka’s eye, thanks to its notable contrast, unusual angle, and long, liquid-like serifs. The typeface stands out as a singular, expressive italic and you can read her review of it on Fontstand News, here: news.fontstand.com/font-reviews...
NEW: Riant Display from @kontour.bsky.social builds on the ideas of Bauhaus and early 20th-century geometric sans to create a playful and contemporary family in a range of weights, plus the decorative Inline version, and a wide range of alternates and OpenType features.
fontstand.com/fonts/riant-...
fontstand.com/fonts/riant-...
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Riant Display from @kontour.bsky.social builds on the ideas of Bauhaus and early 20th-century geometric sans to create a playful and contemporary family in a range of weights, plus the decorative Inline version, and a wide range of alternates and OpenType features.
fontstand.com/fonts/riant-...
fontstand.com/fonts/riant-...
NEW: Yuni Grotesque from TypeMates is a playful compressed sans, with round counters and flatter outer curves creating suggestive tension. In 6 weights, with Italics sloped at an expressive 18° angle, and covering both Latin and Cyrillic, is best enjoyed in grand sizes.
fontstand.com/fonts/yuni-g...
fontstand.com/fonts/yuni-g...
October 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NEW: Yuni Grotesque from TypeMates is a playful compressed sans, with round counters and flatter outer curves creating suggestive tension. In 6 weights, with Italics sloped at an expressive 18° angle, and covering both Latin and Cyrillic, is best enjoyed in grand sizes.
fontstand.com/fonts/yuni-g...
fontstand.com/fonts/yuni-g...
NEW: the 29LT Idris type system from 29LT has been expanded to include two new versions — Pure and Round — which are ideal for modern, informal text settings. Idris is one of the most advanced Arabic typefaces available thanks to its OpenType features and technology.
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
October 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NEW: the 29LT Idris type system from 29LT has been expanded to include two new versions — Pure and Round — which are ideal for modern, informal text settings. Idris is one of the most advanced Arabic typefaces available thanks to its OpenType features and technology.
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
NEW: Otta from PampaType is an exploration in reversed horizontal contrast in humanist calligraphic typeface, as well as a study in building multi-script families to create a type family for immersive reading in diverse scripts from Latin to Arabic, Greek, and Cyrillic.
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW: Otta from PampaType is an exploration in reversed horizontal contrast in humanist calligraphic typeface, as well as a study in building multi-script families to create a type family for immersive reading in diverse scripts from Latin to Arabic, Greek, and Cyrillic.
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
NEW: Ticker from Teeline Fonts is a refined digital pixel font consisting of two families (Hi Res & Lo Res), each with two pixel shapes (circles and angular) in 3 weights. And while the uprights use a rectilinear grid, italics are on a hexagonal!
@celiason.bsky.social
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
@celiason.bsky.social
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
September 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NEW: Ticker from Teeline Fonts is a refined digital pixel font consisting of two families (Hi Res & Lo Res), each with two pixel shapes (circles and angular) in 3 weights. And while the uprights use a rectilinear grid, italics are on a hexagonal!
@celiason.bsky.social
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
@celiason.bsky.social
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
NEW: NN Éditeur from Nouvelle Noire is a fresh typeface inspired by the analog IBM Golfball typewriter font, but developed into a wide type family of three parts — Éditeur Italic, Éditeur Serif, and Éditeur Semi — each with five weights.
fontstand.com/fonts/nn-edi...
fontstand.com/fonts/nn-edi...
September 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
NEW: NN Éditeur from Nouvelle Noire is a fresh typeface inspired by the analog IBM Golfball typewriter font, but developed into a wide type family of three parts — Éditeur Italic, Éditeur Serif, and Éditeur Semi — each with five weights.
fontstand.com/fonts/nn-edi...
fontstand.com/fonts/nn-edi...
NEW: Slight Chance from DJR is an interpretation of the angular bitmap font used in cable TV broadcasting in the 1990s, evoking the worn, slightly degraded texture of the letterforms as appeared on a cathode ray tube display, in monospaced and proportional versions.
fontstand.com/fonts/slight...
fontstand.com/fonts/slight...
August 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
NEW: Slight Chance from DJR is an interpretation of the angular bitmap font used in cable TV broadcasting in the 1990s, evoking the worn, slightly degraded texture of the letterforms as appeared on a cathode ray tube display, in monospaced and proportional versions.
fontstand.com/fonts/slight...
fontstand.com/fonts/slight...
NEW: two additions to DJR’s Fit family are Fit Tamil, adapted by Aadarsh Rajan, and Fit Devanagari, designed by Kimya Gandhi, successfully balancing Fit’s blocky simplicity with the complexity of these Indic scripts.
Both families are also available as variable styles.
fontstand.com/fonts/fit-de...
Both families are also available as variable styles.
fontstand.com/fonts/fit-de...
July 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NEW: two additions to DJR’s Fit family are Fit Tamil, adapted by Aadarsh Rajan, and Fit Devanagari, designed by Kimya Gandhi, successfully balancing Fit’s blocky simplicity with the complexity of these Indic scripts.
Both families are also available as variable styles.
fontstand.com/fonts/fit-de...
Both families are also available as variable styles.
fontstand.com/fonts/fit-de...
NEW: 3 additions to the Alfabeti Modernisti collection of type revivals from CAST have been added recently: an all-caps geometric sans AM Serie 605, a highly condensed sans with an unusually strong contrast AM Sirte, and a slanted monolinear and utilitarian AM Liguria.
fontstand.com/foundries/cast
fontstand.com/foundries/cast
July 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW: 3 additions to the Alfabeti Modernisti collection of type revivals from CAST have been added recently: an all-caps geometric sans AM Serie 605, a highly condensed sans with an unusually strong contrast AM Sirte, and a slanted monolinear and utilitarian AM Liguria.
fontstand.com/foundries/cast
fontstand.com/foundries/cast
NEW: Gregory Grotesk from TypeMates is a balanced and distinct functional typeface with a smooth texture and a strong personality up close, with a top-heavy lovercase “a”, angular junctions and thin joints. Also available in Condensed and Compressed versions.
fontstand.com/fonts/gregor...
fontstand.com/fonts/gregor...
July 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NEW: Gregory Grotesk from TypeMates is a balanced and distinct functional typeface with a smooth texture and a strong personality up close, with a top-heavy lovercase “a”, angular junctions and thin joints. Also available in Condensed and Compressed versions.
fontstand.com/fonts/gregor...
fontstand.com/fonts/gregor...
Have a look at Ryan Bugden’s review of @typographicsnyc.bsky.social 2025! He was there, and he’s been reflecting on how the festival still unites type makers and users. fontstand.com/news/design-...
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Have a look at Ryan Bugden’s review of @typographicsnyc.bsky.social 2025! He was there, and he’s been reflecting on how the festival still unites type makers and users. fontstand.com/news/design-...
NEW: The Borges family from PampaType has been enhanced with two more additions: Borges Open, an engraved, extra elegant and impactful display font set, plus the Borges Titling, delicately spirited Roman with narrow vertical proportions and higher stroke contrast.
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
July 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
NEW: The Borges family from PampaType has been enhanced with two more additions: Borges Open, an engraved, extra elegant and impactful display font set, plus the Borges Titling, delicately spirited Roman with narrow vertical proportions and higher stroke contrast.
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
fontstand.com/fonts?search...
On Fontstand News, @typeoff recounts part of the story behind Pascal Zoghbi’s 29LT Idris, and the rediscovery of the designer behind Berthold’s Arabisch halbfett Nr. 49, Salim al Habschi. fontstand.com/news/font-re...
July 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
On Fontstand News, @typeoff recounts part of the story behind Pascal Zoghbi’s 29LT Idris, and the rediscovery of the designer behind Berthold’s Arabisch halbfett Nr. 49, Salim al Habschi. fontstand.com/news/font-re...
NEW: Sorella from CAST is a carefully crafted serifed Roman with a big x-height based on 18th-century engraved calligraphic prints with notable mannerist details and inspirations, including the steep 20-degree italics, in three optical sizes: Display, Text and Caption.
fontstand.com/fonts/sorella
fontstand.com/fonts/sorella
July 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NEW: Sorella from CAST is a carefully crafted serifed Roman with a big x-height based on 18th-century engraved calligraphic prints with notable mannerist details and inspirations, including the steep 20-degree italics, in three optical sizes: Display, Text and Caption.
fontstand.com/fonts/sorella
fontstand.com/fonts/sorella
This is the final week of collecting responses regarding font users’ opinions on the current state of font licensing. The survey will close on Sunday 6 July at midnight CEST. Once the data has been analysed, we will share the findings publicly. Complete the survey today: fontstand.com/survey
June 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is the final week of collecting responses regarding font users’ opinions on the current state of font licensing. The survey will close on Sunday 6 July at midnight CEST. Once the data has been analysed, we will share the findings publicly. Complete the survey today: fontstand.com/survey
Today, on Fontstand News, Lisa Huang gives us some of the backstory and her motivation for creating @wordsoftype.com. You should check out her essay and visit her project’s site – if you don’t already look things up there multiple times a week:
fontstand.com/news/essays/...
fontstand.com/news/essays/...
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today, on Fontstand News, Lisa Huang gives us some of the backstory and her motivation for creating @wordsoftype.com. You should check out her essay and visit her project’s site – if you don’t already look things up there multiple times a week:
fontstand.com/news/essays/...
fontstand.com/news/essays/...
NEW on Fontstand: Recently, Tlab font foundry introduced more than a dozen Hangul display fonts inspired by both geometric and calligraphic sources, writing tools, signage, or techniques. Discover all in the Fontstand app.
fontstand.com/foundries/tl...
fontstand.com/foundries/tl...
June 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEW on Fontstand: Recently, Tlab font foundry introduced more than a dozen Hangul display fonts inspired by both geometric and calligraphic sources, writing tools, signage, or techniques. Discover all in the Fontstand app.
fontstand.com/foundries/tl...
fontstand.com/foundries/tl...
Reposted by Fontstand
Fontstand have a survey going right now for designers, you fill it out and get a bunch of free fonts from its members! Here's some experiments with some of them—Klim Type’s Maelstrom and Dynamo’s Whyte.
June 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Fontstand have a survey going right now for designers, you fill it out and get a bunch of free fonts from its members! Here's some experiments with some of them—Klim Type’s Maelstrom and Dynamo’s Whyte.
🔥 Fontstand is working on becoming a cooperative—co-owned and governed by the independent type foundries. No VCs. No middlemen. It’s a radical rethinking of how platforms should work—built on trust, equity, transparency, and shared success at its core.
🔗 fontstand.com/news/design-...
🔗 fontstand.com/news/design-...
Creating the Fontstand Cooperative
fontstand.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🔥 Fontstand is working on becoming a cooperative—co-owned and governed by the independent type foundries. No VCs. No middlemen. It’s a radical rethinking of how platforms should work—built on trust, equity, transparency, and shared success at its core.
🔗 fontstand.com/news/design-...
🔗 fontstand.com/news/design-...
Reposted by Fontstand
Support the coop, if you use fonts do the survey!
We’re are launching an independent industry-wide survey for font users. We want to hear about your experiences: What works? What’s confusing or frustrating? What would you change? Your answers will help us decide how licensing works within the Fontstand Cooperative.
fontstand.com/survey
fontstand.com/survey
June 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Support the coop, if you use fonts do the survey!