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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 24/09/2026

Fair, we do use the term for both a real-world use of type and the entry in the collection for that use. But mostly we call the entries “contributions” or “submissions”.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 24/09/2026

Sorry if we weren’t clear. The locations are the places where the artwork (logo, website, packaging, album cover, book) was published or designed, not where the Use was submitted.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 24/09/2026

For nearly 14 years, you’ve been adding location info to your Uses. We’ve always wanted a visual way to see this data. Rob Meek built it for us. Introducing the Fonts In Use Map: fontsinuse.com/map

Screenshot of a browser at fontsinuse.com/map showing a website titled Fonts In Use and a header, “Map”. Below the head is a world map with many circle and pin icons.

The pin for Kyiv is selected, showing a pop-up with the title, “Kyiv”, and “Has 59 uses”. The most recent use is displayed with the title, “The Civilian Readiness Center”, an image, and a “View” link.

A screenshot of fontsinuse.com showing “Uses with artwork from Kyiv (Ukraine)” and a grid of images.

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Joni Korpi @jonikorpi.com · 19/09/2026

Was reminded what a good source of graphic design inspiration the @fontsinuse.com Staff Picks feed is. Probably the best source today, in fact. fontsinuse.com?filters=staf...

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Ben Millett @benmillett.net · 10/12/2025

I subscribed to the RSS feed of fontsinuse.com and it’s been a daily delight. I knew that a typeface can really change a project, but it’s been reinforced seeing what specifically people have used, especially with sans serifs that are almost Helvetica but not quite.

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Website I missed for a bit and realized is still kicking: fontsinuse.com they have RSS feeds! You can get a nice dose of typography in your feedreader! Also great for giving you ideas and answering the type questions you didn't know you had

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 01/07/2026

This may be our most expansive post yet. Our thanks to Ari Zetkin (a pen name) for inspecting 25 years of the White House site, and @lither.land for editing. And, as always, @archive.org for safeguarding web history.

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

c'mon First Circuit be serious www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...

Fonts used by US Courts of Appeals in Opinions

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 13/06/2026

Interesting to see those southern states be the most progressive of the bunch. (Equity practicaltypography.com/equity.html is the newest of these typefaces by far, designed specifically, digital first, for legal docs.)

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Equity | Butterick’s Practical Typography

Butterick’s Practical Typography

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 13/06/2026

Interesting to see those southern states be the most progressive of the bunch. (Newest type, designed specifically for legal docs.)

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 07/05/2026

Join us in thanking @kontour.bsky.social for being a Fonts In Use sponsor! Ever since her Cholla fontsinuse.com/typefaces/19... in 1999 for Emigre, Sibylle Hagmann has been innovating in type design. Her latest is Riant Display: kontour.com/typefaces/ri... #Fonts #FontsInUseSponsors

Graphic of a geometric sans serif typeface in three styles: light, bold, and inline.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 04/05/2026

Aldo Novarese – first Butti’s assistant and then his successor – subsequently reworked the design into Eurostile (1962), adding lowercase characters. Over the weekend, we added three Uses of Microgramma. This classic is now a member of Club 💯! fontsinuse.com/typefaces/18...

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Microgramma in use

Predecessor of Eurostile. The metal original was released without a lowercase, in five (upright) styles: Microgramma, nera (bold), larga (extended), nera larga (bold extended, shown), stretta (condens...

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 04/05/2026

MMMMMMMMMMMM… Microgramma is a squarish sans conceived to remain legible at very small sizes – hence the name. It was drawn by Alessandro Butti (1893–1959), director of Nebiolo’s Studio Artistico, and first cast in 1952, in five all-caps styles.

Detail from a 1952 specimen for the typeface Microgramma, showing its letter M in all five styles, in 11–12 sizes each.
Source: https://archive.org/details/microgramma-specimen-nebiolo-1952/page/n5/mode/2up

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 04/05/2026

No one has supported Fonts In Use longer than @marksimonson.bsky.social! Mark recently issued a block-rockin’ script: Heckle. Read all about it: www.marksimonson.com/notebook/vie... #Fonts #FontsInUseSponsors

A cropped specimen of a brush script typeface in six weights.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 04/05/2026

Fonts In Use is made possible by sponsors like @dardenstudio.bsky.social, who has supported the project for over five years! Right now they’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of Joshua Darden’s Omnes: www.dardenstudio.com/omnes#info #Fonts #FontsInUseSponsors

Graphic with a large “20” and “Years of Omnes” on a colorful background.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 14/04/2026

Wonder what Fonts In Use woulda been if it was a named option.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 18/03/2026

Please thank the foundry with a visit and follow: @mass-driver.com

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 18/03/2026

Today Mass-Driver has revealed its latest release: MD UI is a neo-grot in three optical sizes, complementing the monospaced MD IO. Check it out at mass-driver.com/typefaces/md... and read the design notes: mass-driver.com/article/md-u...

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MD UI · Mass-Driver™

The International Typographic Style projected one step into the future. MD UI is a neo-grotesque tuned for maximum performance across all scales; a typeface that augments the function of a timeless fo...

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 18/03/2026

Mass-Driver is the type foundry of Rutherford Craze (@craze.co.uk) and one of the fine sponsors that make Fonts In Use possible. #fonts #FontsInUseSponsors

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Mass-Driver @mass-driver.com · 03/03/2026

Have you used any of our fonts in a live project? If you’re able to share an image or two (or better yet, submit a @fontsinuse.com post!), I’d love to hear what you worked on, and potentially feature it on the next version of our website

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 06/11/2025

I found a couple events and articles from Feb and Mar and they said she was still in the role. Dunno.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 06/11/2025

It’s Matthew Carter’s typeface, Shelley (fontsinuse.com/typefaces/27...), but like much Word Art it’s been artificially bolded. But the White House has a Chief Calligrapher (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...), so why not have her do something proper? (Unless she’s been laid off like everyone else.)

Screenshot from myfonts.com showing Shelley Script, a formal calligraphic script, spelling out “The Oval Office”.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 05/11/2025

Yes, we have quite a backlog. If it’s rejected, you’ll know. Otherwise, thanks for your patience!

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 17/01/2016

Linotype faces used by winners of @AIGAdesign’s “Fifty Books” award, 1924–36. archive.org/stream/Mergenthaler1935…

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 02/11/2025

In 1941, Linotype updated this booklet as “The Readability of Type” and added 1937–1941 to the table. (This is a reply to an archived post from 2016. We just migrated everything from X using the wonderful @cyd.social and will finally archive our account there.)

A table titled “Linotype Faces—“Fifty Books” Selections”. On the left is a list of typefaces with columns for years 1924–1941 and a Total column. The typefaces are listed in order of appearances Caslon Old Face is at the top with a count of 71. Next are Baskerville, Granjon, Janson, and Scotch.

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 31/10/2025

Lovely deployment of Churchward Roundsquare for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia. fontsinuse.com/uses/71654/b...

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 12/10/2025

Can’t nail the cover gothic. The signature letter there is the squared ‘O’. Not many gothics with that shape in metal or wood at the time. Possible that this is hand lettering, or one of the many unnamed wood typefaces that are not well cataloged.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 30/09/2025

Big thanks to @fairetype.bsky.social who just renewed their Fonts In Use sponsorship for another year. Please support them with a follow and a visit to www.fairetype.com.

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Faire Type

We are a Brooklyn-based type foundry creating dynamic retail fonts that fit the moment and bespoke custom fonts and logotypes for brands.

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Linotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

DJR really is a treasure and I'm thrilled he's promoting other designers. Independent type design is critical to the future of written communication, as well as a subtle, exacting and exciting means of expression in its own right. #typography

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 25/09/2025

Not only is David Jonathan Ross one of our longest-running sponsors, he’s now devoting some of his ad space to other type designers whose work he admires – starting with Petra Dočekalová, who just launched her new foundry site, petra-d.com. What a gent!

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Sponsor
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Beautifully crafted handwritten fonts
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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 25/08/2025

Don’t have an account yet? It lets you do stuff like save likes, create sets, and create a custom “Stream” of Typefaces, Foundries, Type Designers, and Users you want to follow.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 25/08/2025

As we mentioned in our June blog post (fontsinuse.com/uses/63903/f...), we’re gearing up to send the first issue of our email newsletter. You can subscribe here: fontsinuse.com/newsletter Or check the box on your account settings page: fontsinuse.com/user/settings

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Moore Computer typeface (modified) Linton, ND

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 17/08/2025

The script is written by hand, perhaps by the Chief White House Calligrapher, Lee Ann Clark. Rick Paulus previously held the position. He spoke at @letterformarchive.org’s Letterform Lecture in 2019. letterformarchive.org/events/view/...

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Calligraphy in the Digital Age

The work of the calligrapher, the specific and intended arrangement of 26 simple characters, is unique amongst the visual arts in that we are held to the literally “carved in...

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crc.studio @crcstudio.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

[SPOTTED] Cool branding for Cherry Creek Framing, designed by Amélie Lehoux. Very clever work. ● More: amelielehoux.com/cherry-creek... ● Via: fontsinuse.com/uses/69360/c...

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Stephen Coles @stewf.com · 31/07/2025

I’ve been hoping for this! My favorite tech writer, @molly.wiki, just wrote a great intro to RSS: www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-... @fontsinuse.com has long provided RSS feeds for many aspects of our site.

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Curate your own newspaper with RSS

Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 27/07/2025

New on the blog: The arcane alphabets of Black Sabbath To commemorate Ozzy Osbourne, we took a deep dive into the obscure typefaces used on Black Sabbath’s first four album covers. fontsinuse.com/uses/35835/t... (Buckle up, it’s a long one.)

A collage of typographic details from Black Sabbath’s first four albums, shown alongside cropped specimens of the typefaces used.

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Humu Trott @humuhumu.com · 22/07/2025

My world just got a little bigger, a little brighter, thanks to @fontsinuse.com. fontsinuse.com/uses/41221/r...

The cover of Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men, published in 1972. On the cover, Rosey is working on some needlepoint. He's looking into the camera. He's ready to talk to you, but he's not going to put his needlepoint down to do it.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 15/07/2025

Fonts In Use is not active on Instagram. We’ve abandoned problematic platforms, embraced ethical alternatives, and survived to talk about it. More here: fontsinuse.com/uses/63903/f...

Geordi La Forge “No/Yes” meme.
No: Dystopian corporate platforms.
Yes: Autonomy, standards, and the Open Web.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 27/06/2025

Thanks to Elizabeth Goodspeed at @typographicsnyc.bsky.social for suggesting Fonts In Use as a place to find true and varied references to specific moments in the past (in an age when AI gives a false impression of design eras based on a tossed salad of samey pastiches of that past).

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 20/06/2025

1929–1961, The Inland Printer ran a “Typographic Scoreboard” column tallying up typefaces used in full-page ads in “The Saturday Evening Post“ & “Vogue”. We should put this data into graphical form showing how typefaces rose & fell in popularity over those 30 years. archive.org/search?query...

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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

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