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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 28/09/2026

📅 Mark your calendars. The next Fontstand conference will take place in The Hague 🇳🇱 on 23–24 April 2027. Hope to see you there!

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 22/09/2026

NEW: Riant from @kontour.bsky.social combines the clarity and rigor of geometric design with the optical adjustments necessary for sustained reading across all media. A comprehensive set of OpenType features allows users to adjust the texture and character of the typeface. fontstand.com/fonts/riant

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 15/09/2026

Fontstand Cooperative now exists. 🚀 After two years of work, it’s officially incorporated in the Netherlands. We’ve opened applications for independent type foundries. Read more, and consider joining us. fontstand.com/news/design-...

Rafał Buchner’s composition for the 2026 Fontstand Conference in Berlin, photographed by Norman Posselt.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 14/09/2026

TYPA has been building a database of its wood and metal type collection. This could help digital type designers today, but they’re using the digital data to make type in physical formats, too. Read Paweł Schulz’s article about what has been going on here: fontstand.com/news/essays/...

A screenshot showing the first thing visitors see when entering the Constellations database. It is a full list of the font families contained in it. The image shows the first six of them: Admiral, Aktsidents Grotesk, Luksus, Appell, Arabella, and Ariston.

Screenshot from Robofont showing a .UFO file with photographs of metal type sorts from Bogatör Bold in 48 pt.

Close-up photograph showing a metal-type ampersand sort, with ruler units for measurement on the left and bottom sides. The ampersand is from the Tiemann typeface in the 48 pt. size.

Screenshot from the public preview of the database website (constellations.typa.ee). It shows the names of 12 typefaces in the database.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 10/09/2026

NEW: Dargon from @typetogether.bsky.social, an epic type family inspired by fantasy gaming, in two parts – Dargon, an uncial-inspired set of six display fonts (each named for the schools of magic in a popular role-playing game), and Dargon Text, for body copy or UI. fontstand.com/fonts/dargon

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 07/09/2026

NEW: Shekanj from @tptq-arabic.com is a very special expressive typeface at the intersection of Nastaʿlīq, Ruqʿah, and Naskh styles, exploring the positioning of Nastaʿlīq letterforms along a horizontal baseline. Paired with Lumin Sans Condensed by Typotheque for Latin. fontstand.com/fonts/shekanj

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 01/09/2026

NEW: Eddi Grotesk from bvh type draws on early, historically rooted sans-serif aesthetics, positioning it as a subtle reinterpretation of the Eddi typeface, while preserving part of its core DNA, blending modern sans-serif clarity with a refined historical sensibility. fontstand.com/fonts/bvh-ed...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 17/08/2026

NEW: Anto Rounded Air from bvh type is the airy, stencil-like version of the base family of the same name, spiced up with mono width proportions and some really clever details, best suited for posters, display use or identity projects. fontstand.com/fonts/bvh-an...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 28/07/2026

On Fontstand News, @typeoff.bsky.social has just reviewed PampaType’s Gorgias typeface, designed by Manuel López Rocha. He had to wait a whole year to write it, so please check it out here! fontstand.com/news/font-re...

Gorgias, a Fraktur family designed by Manuel López Rocha and published by PampaType.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 22/07/2026

NEW: Merwede Sans from @boldmonday.bsky.social is a humanist sans companion to its serif sibling, keeping the distinctive structure of true italics and adding two extra weights for elegant book typography and musical notation with an extensive set of OpenType features. fontstand.com/fonts/merwed...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 16/07/2026

NEW: Gagneur, a non-dogmatic French typeface for text, drawn from memory by @veryrobin.me from Tiny Type Co. Questioning history and dogma, the result is a friendly and familiar family, ready for books, catalogues, magazines, and feature-rich enough for use at many sizes. fontstand.com/fonts/gagneur

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 14/07/2026

Interested in geometric slab serifs and how they developed? A summary on Fontstand News looks into their past and similar typefaces on Fontstand in the present: fontstand.com/news/font-re...

Memphis’s bold style (halbfett) was the first part of the family that the D. Stempel AG typefoundry released. Designed by Stempel’s artistic director Rudolf Wolf, the debt that Memphis paid to Futura is clear when the letters are closely analyzed. For instance, the lowercase a is not only single-storied but the lowercase r is a ball-and-stick form, just like Paul Renner designed for Futura. The printing industry considered that several of Futura’s atypical shapes were too unorthodox, and the ball-and-stick r was quickly replaced. Stempel would soon offer a normal r for Memphis, too. Image from a c. 1934 German Linotype specimen for Memphis digitized by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

Stymie Medium, designed by Morris Fuller Benton for ATF.

Two all-caps geometric slab serif families. From top to bottom: Irma Slab Bold, Tesla Caps A, and Tesla Caps C.

Six designs with “rounded rounds,” from top to bottom: Tesla Slab Hairline, Mortise Light Italic, Irma Text Slab Pro Regular, Produkt Medium Italic, Elizeth Bold, and Pepi/Rudi Black Italic.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 06/07/2026

NEW: Milgram from @signaltype.bsky.social is a rounded humanist sans with a hint of nostalgia for the 60s, bringing a useful typeface for display and text with open counters and apertures and low contrast for added readability and a broad language support in 12 styles. fontstand.com/fonts/milgram

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 02/07/2026

“Life is all about improv, and Mitch was all about life. He will be dearly missed, but his ideas will live on in the myriad of ways he expressed them.” You can read the rest of Sebastian Carewe’s tribute to Mitch Paone here: fontstand.com/news/essays/...

Mitch Paone on stage at the Fontstand Conference 2025 in The Hague. Photo: Tom Brown.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 30/06/2026

NEW on Fontstand: Maregraphe Collection from CSTM Fonts is a modern serif superfamily inspired by late 19th-century French lettering, in a range of 20 styles from small text (Caption) to super-display (Poster) — plus a variable font. Check out those extreme extremes! fontstand.com/fonts?search...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 23/06/2026

NEW: Clarinetta and Clarinetta Unicase from supertype® are two parts of an elegant contemporary serif typeface family built on deliberately pronounced serifs and a striking contrast (brought to extreme in Ultra weight), and italics with a flowing stroke and dynamism. fontstand.com/fonts?search...

Clarinetta from supertype®, designed by Jürgen Huber.

Clarinetta Unicase from supertype®, designed by Jürgen Huber.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 16/06/2026

NEW: Chairman from @typotheque.com is a utilitarian neo-grotesque superfamily with four distinctive voices: Display, with clarity and style; Text, adding stronger personality; and Mono and Semi-Mono bringing a different typesetting rhythm. Designed by Nikola Djurek. fontstand.com/fonts?search...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 12/06/2026

NEW: Canela Arabic from @commercialtype.bsky.social is an Arabic and Latin script typeface expanding the crisp elegance of the original Canela family by drawing inspiration from both the Thuluth and Naskh traditions, with a distinct and expressive presence of its own. fontstand.com/fonts/canela...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 11/06/2026

Interested in rounded sans serifs from the past as well as today? There is a new summary on Fontstand News, explaining some of their development stages: fontstand.com/news/font-re...

Ornamented, from Robert Besley’s Fann Street Foundry. Published around 1860.

Neueste schmale fette Zeitungs-Grotesque from Ferdinand Theinhardt’s typefoundry in Berlin, first published in 1885.

JAF Cupidus Extralight Italic, JAF Cupidus Text, JAF Cupidus Text Italic, JAF Domus Bold, JAF Domus Bold Italic, and JAF Domus Titling Extrabold.

From top to bottom: Aribau Rounded Black, Aribau Rounded Black Italic, ABC Diatype Rounded Medium, ABC Diatype Rounded Medium Italic, October Pro ExtraLight, and October Pro ExtraLight Italic.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 04/06/2026

NEW: Ragu from Nova Type Foundry is the warm, flavourful display typeface you may want to use for branding and packaging, but also for small text, with a soft, rounded construction and generous curves, in six weights with italics, supporting Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic. fontstand.com/fonts/ragu-pro

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 28/05/2026

NEW: JAF Globus from @justanotherfoundry.bsky.social is a modernist typeface with geometric feel, but not built on a strict geometric system. Designed to work at small sizes on screen with a generous white space and adjusted widths, it has a comfortable rhythm in text. fontstand.com/fonts/jaf-gl...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 22/05/2026

NEW: Kuhlman by DJR reinterprets the expressive lettering style deployed by graphic designer Roy Kuhlman in his book cover designs, trying to capture a bit of Kuhlman’s blend of chaos and consistency of angular letterforms originally cut out of paper or masking film. fontstand.com/fonts/kuhlman

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 12/05/2026

NEW: MD UI from @mass-driver.com is a typeface for interfacing, optimised for word- and sentence-level performance, with an appearance that doesn’t try to be neutral, but doesn’t surprise or distract. Available in three optical sizes: MD UI, MD UI XS, and MD UI XL. fontstand.com/fonts?search...

MD UI XS (top), MD UI, and MD UI XL (bottom), from Mass-Driver.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 06/05/2026

NEW: CoFo Sans Semi-Mono from @contrastfoundry.bsky.social is the ultimate fusion of CoFo Sans and its monospaced variant CoFo Sans Mono, keeping the typical details and personality, but with subtly adjusted character and horizontal proportions for smoother typesetting. fontstand.com/fonts/cofo-s...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 27/04/2026

NEW: Gregory Text from TypeMates is a contemporary bookish typeface inspired by the historical aesthetic of early Slab Serif metal types, with charming little quirks, chunky, softly curved serifs, and squareish counter shapes, in 7 weights, plus corresponding italics. fontstand.com/fonts/gregor...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 20/04/2026

On Fontstand News, Mikina Dimunová reflects on the Fontstand Conference that took place a little more than a week ago in Berlin. For those of you who couldn’t make it, hopefully this will give you a feel for the presentations. fontstand.com/news/design-...

Francesco Franchi opened the conference with his presentation about news design on Friday night. Photo: Norman Posselt.

Ariane Spanier presented the process behind several of her recent projects, including a series of artistic statements about borders, designed to conceal a museum-construction site on Berlin’s Kulturforum. Photo: Norman Posselt.

Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich from the Berlin design bureau Moniteurs spoke about work they had undertaken for several airports, including Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which many attendees traveled through. Photo: Norman Posselt.

On Saturday morning, David Pearson gave attendees a look into his process behind the design of several book covers. Photo: Norman Posselt.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 23/03/2026

NEW: Voland from CAST is a book typeface inspired by John Baskerville’s Double Pica from 1757, keeping its generous proportions and open counters, with low contrast for even colour at text sizes to improve reading comfort, but adding more contemporary increased x-height. fontstand.com/fonts/voland

Voland from CAST designed by Luciano Perondi.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 17/03/2026

Who is your favourite speaker at #fontstandcon2026? Share your thoughts in the comments! And a big thank you to Peter Biľak @Fontstand for putting together such a fantastic lineup. Don’t miss out on registering for the conference! fontstandcon2026.eventbrite.com

Tony Brook, Marta Cerdà Alimbau, Francesco Franchi

Marko Hrastovec, Shoko Mugikura @shokojaf.bsky.social, Heike Nehl, David Pearson

Sibylle Schlaich, Ariane Spanier, Ferdinand Ulrich, Martin Wenzel @supertype.bsky.social

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 16/03/2026

NEW: the ‘Alfabeti Modernisti’ collection of Italian type revivals from CATS is expanding once more, now featuring eight new typefaces: AM Toscana, AM Tobruk, AM Radio, AM Macallè, AM Impero, AM Futurismo, AM Appennino, and AM Aosta. Quite Italian, isn’t it? fontstand.com/foundries/cast

AM Toscana, AM Tobruk, AM Radio, AM Macallè, AM Impero, AM Futurismo, AM Appennino, and AM Aosta from CAST.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 11/03/2026

NEW: Exact from @signaltype.bsky.social, a fresh and joyful digital reinterpretation of Times New Roman genre, with some unlumpy curves and a notion of organic unity, spiced with a bit of 70s influence, and the name inspired by the old days of kerning with an X-Acto knife! fontstand.com/fonts/exact

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 05/03/2026

The #fontstandcon2026 Friday Workshops are almost sold out! Don’t miss your last chance to register before they are all gone. Check the full schedule at the conference website: fontstand.com/conference

The first day of the event starts with a series of practical workshops focusing on type design, calligraphy, and the business of type, with Joana Correia, Shoko Mugikura, Just van Rossum, Fritz Grögel & Florian Hardwig.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 02/03/2026

The Fontstand Conference 2026 schedule is now online! Connect with world-class type designers and typographers from around the world for a packed two-day program of presentations and discussions on contemporary type, typography, and design. Register now! fontstand.com/conference/ #fontstandcon2026

Connect with world-class type designers and typographers from around the world for a packed two-day program of presentations and discussions on contemporary type, typography, and design.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 26/02/2026

NEW: Finlay Sans from @supertype.bsky.social is the sans-swash version of the script typeface Finlay, with slightly curved strokes and rounded endings, comfortable to read, friendly in appearance, and fun to work with, in seven weights to help build a clear hierarchy. fontstand.com/fonts/finlay...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 24/02/2026

Register now for the #fontstandcon2026 🇩🇪! Tony Brook is a London-based designer, artist, and co-founder of SPIN and Unit Editions. With a practice that spans graphic design, art and publishing, he will explore expressive lettering as a distinct design craft. fontstandcon2026.eventbrite.com

Tony Brook is a London-based designer, artist, and co-founder of SPIN and Unit Editions. With a practice that spans graphic design, art and publishing, he will explore expressive lettering as a distinct design craft in dialogue with typographic traditions.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 18/02/2026

#fontstandcon2026 Marta Cerdà, a designer from Barcelona working at the intersection of typography and image, will speak about dissolving boundaries between type and illustration, using eclectic, emotionally driven design across art, culture, and visual communication. fontstandcon2026.eventbrite.com

Marta Cerdà is a designer based in Barcelona working at the intersection of typography and image. She will speak about dissolving boundaries between type and illustration, using eclectic, emotionally driven design across art, culture, and global visual communication.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 16/02/2026

Happy to announce another speaker for #fontstandcon2026: Marko Hrastovec is the founder of Hot Type, a Zagreb-based type foundry. In his talk, he will explore the ideological roots of his new Exat typeface, examining its cultural context and the contemporary revival. fontstandcon2026.eventbrite.com

Marko Hrastovec is the founder of Hot Type, a Zagreb-based type foundry. In his talk, he will explore the ideological roots of his new Exat typeface, examining its cultural context and the contemporary revival. He will demonstrate that the concepts of neutrality, structure and function are never truly neutral.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 13/02/2026

Next at the #fontstandcon2026 Ferdinand Ulrich is a typographer and type researcher in Berlin; he is a visiting lecturer in Salzburg and frequently writes for Eye. He will discuss the challenges of investigating digital type design technologies from an era before PostScript. fontstand.com/conference

Ferdinand Ulrich is a typographer and type researcher in Berlin; he is a visiting lecturer in Salzburg and frequently writes for Eye. He will discuss the challenges of investigating digital type design technologies from an era before PostScript.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 11/02/2026

Speaker for the #fontstandcon2026 : Co-founder of Just Another Foundry, Shoko Mugikura will examine why rounded sans carries authority in Japan, tracing its roots in calligraphy, signage, and multiscript typography — and why it means something very different outside Japan. fontstand.com/conference

Shoko Mugikura is a co-founder of Just Another Foundry, educated in Japan and the UK. She will examine why rounded sans carries authority in Japan, tracing its roots in calligraphy, signage, and multiscript typography — and why it means something very different outside Japan.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 10/02/2026

NEW: LTR Limited Grotesque from LettError Type is a beautifully drawn, semi-informal, low-contrast, illustrative humanist sans serif family with steeply angled italics, in two variable styles, with unexpected extra tails, curves, and characteristic details to stand out. fontstand.com/fonts/ltr-li...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 09/02/2026

Next speaker #fontstandcon2026 🇩🇪 David Pearson is a British designer specialising in typography-led print. He works with major cultural and commercial clients and will speak about redesigning literary classics, book covers as cultural signals, and typography as authorship. fontstand.com/conference

David Pearson is a British designer specialising in typography-led print. He works with major cultural and commercial clients and will speak about redesigning literary classics, book covers as cultural signals, and typography as authorship.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 06/02/2026

#fontstandcon2026 speakers Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich, co-founders of Berlin studio Moniteurs, will explore how typography at airports evolves over decades, balancing long-life wayfinding systems, changing technologies, and the identities of complex global hubs. fontstandcon2026.eventbrite.com

Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich are co-founders of Moniteurs, a Berlin studio specialising in information design and wayfinding. They will explore how typography at airports evolves over decades, balancing long-life wayfinding systems, changing technologies, and the identities of complex global hubs.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 05/02/2026

NEW: Tiny Grotesk from Tiny Type Co. now has italics across all styles! The regular-width italics are reliable but distinct, the narrow italics have a bit more flair, at a more subtle 10° angle, and the wide italics at a fast 24° angle are basically a whole new design. fontstand.com/fonts/tiny-g...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 04/02/2026

#fontstandcon2026 news: Martin Wenzel is a partner at @supertype.bsky.social with Prof. Jürgen Huber. He will present the German Federal Government type project—from Merkel-era Windows 98 constraints to its 2025 update, where sustainability and digital impact matter. fontstandcon2026.eventbrite.com

Martin Wenzel is a partner at supertype®, co-founded with Prof. Jürgen Huber. He will present the German Federal Government type project—from Merkel-era Windows 98 constraints to its 2025 update, where sustainability and digital impact matter.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 29/01/2026

New speaker announcement for #fontstandcon2026 🇩🇪! Ariane Spanier is a Berlin-based graphic designer and creative director and co-editor of FUKT magazine for drawing. In her talk, she explores accent in design, positioning typography as a place for voice and identity. fontstandcon2026.eventbrite.com

Ariane Spanier is a Berlin-based graphic designer and creative director and co-editor of FUKT magazine for drawing. In her talk, she explores accent in design, positioning typography as a place for voice and identity.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 27/01/2026

Exciting news for the #fontstandcon2026! 🔥 We’re thrilled to announce our conference speakers starting with the Friday keynote: Italian journalist and graphic designer Francesco Franchi and his keynote “How News Becomes Experience” followed by a Q&A with Peter Biľak. fontstandcon2026.eventbrite.com

Francesco Franchi is an Italian journalist and graphic designer, and Deputy Creative Director at La Repubblica. He will discuss how editorial design turns news into experience, drawing on major newsroom redesigns, data, and narrative-driven visual journalism.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 15/01/2026

For the Berlin conference, Fontstand offers a limited number of student tickets. Some attendees choose to pay more than the ticket price, and that extra money goes directly toward lowering the cost for students. There’s no promise, this only works if people who can afford more choose to contribute.🙏

Sponsor a student ticket for the Fontstand typography conference in Berlin! #fontstandcon2026

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 14/01/2026

The sixth Fontstand Conference is now open for registration! Join us in Berlin, 🇩🇪 April 10-11, for the annual get-together of people interested in all aspects of type and typography. #fontstandcon2026 fontstandcon2026.eventbrite.com

Fontstand International Typography Conference, April 10–11, 2026, Berlin, Germany.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 12/01/2026

NEW on Fontstand: @typotheque.com's Zed superfamily is now complete with Zed Round, 9 subfamilies of various widths with a softer appearance making digital environments feel more welcoming and less formal. This brings the total number of Zed styles on Fontstand to 587! fontstand.com/fonts?search...

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 08/01/2026

NEW on Fontstand is Zed Display from @typotheque.com, a prototypical sans for effective communication, and representing the essence of the Zed design concept – tightly spaced, to enhance its rhythm and impact, in a range of widths for unprecedented design possibilities. fontstand.com/fonts?search...

Zed Display from Typotheque is part of the Zed system superfamily.

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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 22/12/2025

Are you looking for a last-minute gift for a typography friend? Fontstand Digital Gift Cards allow commercial use of the best quality fonts, and they never expire! Select your design, choose any card value, delivered instantly. fontstand.com/cards

Fontstand virtual gift cards are available in values from €10 up to €1000 ($10–1000), good towards the rental of any font we carry. To purchase a gift card, just fill out the order form.* (No account is necessary, but if you have one, we can autofill the form with your account information.) To redeem a gift card, just open the Fontstand app, log in to your account and enter the code when you rent your next font.

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