2011 New Releases

New Releases  Foundries Added  Fonts Added 

Find a new favorite font as we premier the latest typefaces and type families.

The Georgia® and Verdana® typefaces have just gone Pro. The two families have been enhanced and expanded to 20 designs each, making them far more nuanced and robust for Web use as well as in print.

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Francker 
October 2011

Anders Francker, a Danish engineer, used geometry to create his Francker™ typeface design. It is techno-modern but soft, and it’s based on the superellipse.

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Parkinson Electra 
September 2011

The Parkinson Electra® typeface family exudes the vigor and vitality of the original W.A. Dwiggins design of the early 1930s, which was described as having “energy like metal shavings coming off a lathe.” Typeface designer Jim Parkinson feels an unusual connection to Dwiggins.

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Samantha Script 
September 2011

Samantha was designed with a focus on variety, versatility, beauty and practicality. With measured rhythm and contrasting, connected strokes, Samantha possesses a flowingly smooth elegance with the ability to take on many appearances.

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Rotis II Sans 
August 2011

When the Rotis® typeface family, designed by Otl Aicher, was first released in the late 1980s, it quickly caught on for branding projects and advertising campaigns. With the addition of Rotis II Sans, the updated family is again ready to become a powerful communicator.

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ITC Weber Hand  
August 2011

Back in 1999, when her ITC Weber Hand™ typeface was made available to graphic designers, it quickly became one of ITC’s more popular handwriting fonts. Used for everything from restaurant menus to billboards, the single-weight design was missing something though: more versions. The light weight needed a bold companion and condensed variations to give the typeface greater versatility.

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Vesta and Big Vesta 
July 2011

Typeface designer Gerard Unger named his Vesta™ and Big Vesta™ typeface families after the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, Italy, which dates back to early first century, B.C. Unger’s design also incorporates nuances from French sans serif typefaces from the 1940s and 50s.

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Lab Sans Pro 
July 2011

Lab Sans Pro is the first project by Tiponautas, an international type designers collective founded by Luis Alonso (Spain), Charlie Zinno (Argentina) and Ricardo Santos (Portugal). Luis Alonso and Ricardo Santos started to work on this project in September of 2009 with an experimental aim, but with the idea of creating a versatile and functional geometric sans-serif typeface.

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Neue Haas Grotesk 
June 2011

The digital revival of the Neue Haas Grotesk™ typeface, as designed by Christian Schwartz, restores the essence and nuance of the original, iconic 1950s family.

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vLetter Historic Pack 
June 2011

History comes alive in handwriting! We've combed through historical documents to collect handwriting samples from American icons and national symbols to create these fonts. The vLetter® Historic Value Pack™ product is a collection of seven most popular individual historic OpenType Pro fonts.

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Akko 
May 2011

The Akko™ name derives from designer Akira Kobayashi’s first two letters of his first and last names. Aptly, the design itself combines elements from two typographic traditions.

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Felbridge Family Extensions 
April 2011

The Felbridge™ family now has an italic counterpart for all six of its weights. This newly expanded sans serif design rivals the Swiss Army® knife for utility, versatility and refinement.

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Bradley Type 
March 2011

Users of the popular ITC Bradley Hand™ typeface will welcome the Bradley Type™ family, its versatile counterpart. The new handwriting typeface by Richard Bradley is designed especially for display applications, from menu boards and broadsides to banners and wayfinding graphics

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Jackalope 
March 2011

A hybrid of pressure pen calligraphy infused with whimsy and curlicue terminals, the Jackalope™ typeface is the newest release from Garrett Boge and LetterPerfect Fonts.

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Camphor 
February 2011

With the release of his Camphor™ design, Nick Job has fulfilled his dream of designing a modern, uncluttered, un-calligraphic sans serif typeface family. First, he found a Monotype Imaging mentor whose encouragement and expertise fuelled his creative resolve.

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Carter Sans 
January 2011

Matthew Carter describes his new Carter Sans™ typeface as a “humanistic stressed sans.” The chiseled, sophisticated Carter Sans family adds yet another distinctive shade to the rich typographic palette of Carter designs.

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