Best of 2015

FontShop Staff selections for best releases of the year

David Sudweeks

Last edited February 02, 2016

These type families mark the best of what’s new at FontShop in 2015. We arrived at this selection by having the whole staff note their favorites in a list of the year’s releases, then Yves Peters and I (David Sudweeks) narrowing it down to just these 15. Enjoy!

Contrary to the one-off nature of most script fonts, FF Eggo is a tasty upright script in five weights; and don’t worry, it comes with italics!

As a type designer who focuses much of his time on editorial concerns, Łukasz Dziedzic has come to appreciate the value of building and... Read More

Calm, unpretentious and yet reservedly flamboyant once you spend an afternoon together, FF Hertz is the kind of typeface that slowly warms to its reader.

Low stroke contrast, generous spacing, and fine-grained weights from Light to Extra Bold make FF Hertz a workhorse text typeface which... Read More

This neat upright cursive looks at home in both American and European markets, due to its inventive and culturally blurred forms.

Forget that hipster coolness for a minute and design something cute and charming with LiebeLotte! Go ahead and make beautiful things with... Read More

Sabre owes its striking appearance to the letter parts connected at an incised, angular point, as if snapped together from a kit. Its sharp aesthetic is inspired by inscriptional forms of letters carved from stone.

Sabre takes cues from the work of stone masons whose inscribed letter shapes were largely dictated by their medium and process. Bear in... Read More

Drawing from multiple historical sources, the elegant quill script Auberge offers a wealth of alternates, swashes, and ornaments.

You may ask yourself as you learn that this typeface is based on 17th century calligraphy manuals, ‘Who actually wrote like this, and for... Read More

$Math is easy, design is hard$

Optimized for large sizes, Proza Display increases the contrast in the humanist sans serif shapes of Proza for added impact and elegance.

Beloved offers a unique range for display use – a monoline romantic script evoking classic 20th-century penmanship; a sans serif titling face with numerous swashes and alternate forms; and a set of ornaments.

Marco is a lively text face with a touch of informality. Its letter forms were inspired by 15th century humanist types, which were admired for their beauty and ingenuity.

Marco offers a fresh perspective on the Venetian (or Aldine) letter—warm,... Read More