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DSType – Typographica

A review of typefaces and typography books, with occasional commentary on fonts and typographic design.

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Ocre

Pedro Leal’s Ocre typeface system is a really useful typographic tool, offering coordinated flavors of texture and a consistently energetic tone of voice in one integrated family. The tension a...

https://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/ocre/

Breve

As a fan of complex solutions in type design with a soft spot for useful rather than “nice” fonts, I noticed the Breve project as soon as it was released. Breve is unquestionably a superfamil...

https://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/breve/

Glosa

Contrasting sharp serifs with rotund ball terminals, Portuguese designer Dino dos Santos evokes the vibrant work of 18th-century punchcutter Johann Fleischman with his 2008 release of Glosa. Dos ...

https://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/glosa/

Estilo

I licensed Estilo minutes after discovering it in Dino dos Santos’s DSTYPE library. The geometric simplicity of the characters is the basic step in this stylish Deco face’s surprising range. ...

https://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/estilo/

Esta

Typographers often experience this moment: you see a “text” typeface that appears too quirky to ever be usable for setting body copy. But, upon seeing the specimen in print, you are pleasantl...

https://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/esta/