One Tuesday every month, I’m going to round up a couple (maybe a few) awesome display typefaces to showcase and give a little breakdown on each one. If you have a suggestion you want me to take a look at, drop me a line. Let’s jump straight into some headline goodness.
Mission Script
Foundry : Lost Type Co-op
Designer(s) : James T. Edmondson
Cost: Name Your Price
First up this month is a gorgeous brush script inspired by the signage of San Francisco. Mission Script by James Edmondson is a casual design with good flow. A few Opentype ligatures and contextual alternates for repeated letters like “ll” and “ss” are included. I love the weight and contrast of the typeface — not too thick, not too thin. Plus, it has an awesome ampersand so how can you say no. Get your a copy of Mission Script at The Lost Type Co-op.
Great Vibes
Foundry : TypeSETit
Designer(s) : Rob Leuschke
Cost: FREE
Sticking in the script family, next comes Great Vibes by Rob Leuschke. This script is more formal and on the elegant side with its swooshing calligraphic loops — think invitational golf tournaments and wedding invitations. The uppercase letters would make excellent drop caps for starting paragraphs. Great Vibes is available in several places since it is released under the SIL Open Font License including Font Squirrel and Google Web Fonts.
Blanch
Foundry : Lost Type Co-op
Designer(s) : Atipus
Cost: Name Your Price
Third on this month’s list is Blanch by Atipus. This typeface was designed for new branding for Fruita Blanch back in 2011, and there is a great showcase of the type in use over at Identity Designed. The family has six total styles — Caps, Caps Light, Caps Inline, Condensed, Condensed Light, and Condensed Inline — which provide a lot of choices for building hierarchy. It’s modular design feels contemporary. It’s skinny nature give it tons of character. Name you own price and get Blanch over at The Lost Type Co-op.
Architype Display
Foundry : Kenji Enos
Designer(s) : Kenji Enos
Cost: Free with a Tweet for Personal Use
Last on the list this month is Architype Display, something of a slab serif with condensed proportions. It feels like a modern take on old western poster type. Maybe that’s just because of the offset version or seeing it used on this poster — I’m not sure. It’s another uppercase only typeface but does have numbers and punctuation for setting great headlines. Pay with a tweet for personal use, or buy for commercial use for only $7.95
