The Best Fonts of 2014

The list has grown long. Too long? I don’t hope so! The lengths has two reasons: On the one hand, I decided to create specimens not only for my personal highlights, but also one-liners for all other typefaces (more work, but also more fun). On the other hand, well, many great typefaces were released by many great people – and these must be shown! The presentation changed, my approach stayed the same: I put everything remarkable in one big list, without a special order. Among these, I highlighted eleven releases that were particular interesting to yours truly. What are yours?

Vēlo Serif · Christian Schwartz, Mitja Miklavčič & Ben Kiel

Ryman Eco · Dan Rhatigan & Gunnar Vilhjálmsson

### Domaine Sans · Kris Sowersby (KLIM) Kris Sowersby’s sans companion to his extravagant Domaine family might be the most forceful of the many great high-contrast sans of the last months.

Gauthier Display · Jérémie Hornus & Julien Priez

### Brix Sans · Döhren & Livius Dietzel (HvD Fonts) Hannes von Döhren’s Brix Sans has emancipated from her big slab sister as a warmer DIN with HvD’s distinctive handwriting.

### GT Sectra · Marc Kappeler, Dominik Huber & Noël Leu (Grilli Type) Long admired in “Reportagen” magazine, now finally available in full bloom: the razor-sharp modern serif face from Zurich-based Moiré.

Rowton Sans · Julien Priez, Hugo Dumont, Jérémie Hornus & Alisa Nowak

### Skolar Sans · David Březina, Sláva Jevčinová (Rosetta) The long-awaited sans partner of David Březina’s popular Skolar comes as an extensively equipped family that suites the needs of responsive design.

Stencil Gothic · Johannes Lang & Ellmer Stefan

### Dala Prisma · Paul Barnes & Ben Kiel (Commercial Type) With crazy Dala Prisma, Paul Barnes crowns his Dala Floda suite. Limited usability, unlimited enthusiasm!

### Identitet · Nikola Djurek (Typonine) Not highly applicable, but highly appreciable: Nikola Djurek reflects the Balkan’s cultural history in one type family.

Parmigiano · Riccardo Olocco & Jonathan Pierini

Produkt · Berton Hasebe & Christian Schwartz

### Neutral · Kai Bernau (Typotheque) Kai Bernau’s KABK graduation project on possible neutrality in a typeface was only available upon request for a long time, before in 2014 it was finally released by Typotheque.

Kommissar · Vincent Chan & Christian Schwartz

Laski Slab · Paula Mastrangelo & Ramiro Espinoza

### Quarto · Sara Soskolne & Jonathan Hoefler (H&Co) Based on Hendrik van den Keere’s work, Sara Soskolne designed a wonderful dense and contemporary old style for elegant headline use.

Bauer Grotesk · Felix Bonge & Thomas Ackermann

### Nitti Grotesk · Pieter van Rosmalen (Bold Monday) Pieter van Rosmalen finally transferred the charme of the monospaced Nitti into a versatile proportional variant.

Countach · Superscript2 & Jean-Baptiste Levée

Caponi · Paul Barnes, Christian Schwartz & Miguel Reyes

### FF Franziska · Jakob Runge (FontFont) Jakob Runge designed (and documented) his typeface with such a loving attention to detail, it’s just logical she was named after his girlfriend.

### Donki · Gunnar Link Gunnar Link sounded the bell for 2014 in a fat and friendly way, with Donki’s convincing mixture of soft and sharp shapes. (And pssst: This year there’s gonna be addition to the family!)

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