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* [https://github.com/psb1558/Junicode-font/ Junicode] – Font for medievalists! Looks really pretty. | * [https://github.com/psb1558/Junicode-font/ Junicode] – Font for medievalists! Looks really pretty. | ||
* [https://github.com/dse/old-timey-mono-font Old Timey Mono] – Looks quite nice! | * [https://github.com/dse/old-timey-mono-font Old Timey Mono] – Looks quite nice! | ||
== Paid fonts == | == Paid fonts == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:08, 22 May 2025
Fonts to keep an eye on.
Apparently, Baskerville is a trustworthy font.
See #Articles below.
(Thanks to André David (Twitter) for the pointing me to these.)
Baskervald is an alternative available with TeX.
Texts on fonts/typography
Articles
- Hear, All Ye People; Hearken, O Earth (Part 1), Errol Morris – Wayback archive from 2020-02-17
- How fonts influence users’ perception of your product, Design at IBM – Wayback archive from 2020-02-17
- Warning: hosted on Medium
- The Doves Type® – I learnt about it at a recording of The Allusionist in Bristol
- Font activations: A note on the type
- Articles by Lino Ferreira
Books
- Practical Typography, Matthew Butterick
- Available to read for free on the Web, but payment is recommended
- User Interface Typography, Alex Baranov
- Available to read for free on the Web
Free fonts
- Reforma – Need to register to download
- PolarSys B612
- Designed for Airbus for legibility on cockpit screens.
- Available on Ubuntu with
apt get install fonts-b612.
- Routed Gothic
- Iosevka · GitHub page – I have defaulted to using this font, specifically the
Iosevka Fixed SS05 Light Extendedvariant. - Atkinson Hyperlegible – Has reasonable EULA
- Junicode – Font for medievalists! Looks really pretty.
- Old Timey Mono – Looks quite nice!
