Hello everyone 👋

As we dive into the height of summer here in Switzerland, I’m thrilled to share this month’s edition exploring new developments in the type world. This issue spotlights one or two fonts specifically designed for dark mode interfaces—an intriguing emerging trend. But that’s not all, there is also a truly innovative typeface that’s pushing the boundaries of what variable fonts can do. I hope this issue sparks some inspiration for your own projects and maybe introduces you to your next favorite typeface!

Stay fresh! 😊✌️— Noemi

Typeface of the Month

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Resist Mono from Groteskly Yours Studio

Resist Mono is not your typical monospaced typeface. It was designed as the perfect monospaced companion to Resist Sans, a family available from Groteskly Yours in both Text and Display variants. Like most monospaced fonts, Resist Mono ensures excellent readability at small sizes, making it ideal for coding applications. However, with distinctive features such as deep ink traps and angled terminals, Resist Mono is equally effective in web and graphic design—and in other creative applications where a monospaced look is needed. Thanks to its striking visual character, Resist Mono also works well in branding and editorial contexts, where its true italics, with calligraphic design influences, will add expressive character to your text. Alternatively, for reduced contrast between italic and roman styles, you can activate regular slanted letterforms (SS03), which replaces select letters of the italic styles (a, e, g, I, k, l, y) with more neutral alternates. Complete with support for Latin and Cyrillic scripts, Resist Mono offers a versatile monospaced solution that balances personality with functionality.

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• Resist Mono: 7 weights + italics + variable font

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• Use in your personal and commercial projects

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• Web use: up to 100k monthly page views

👯‍♀️ Suggested Font Pairings

• Our curated recommendations of fonts to pair Resist Mono with

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Fresh Releases

Mov Variable from Studio Feixen

Studio Feixen released Mov Variable, a cutting-edge typeface that pushes the boundaries of what variable fonts can achieve. Every letter is a small experiment, with its own rules, and comes with at least eight alternates. But where the fun lies is in the variable font, that includes two animation axes that work together to transform the letterforms in real-time. Certain letters, or icons, are even designed to allow continuous motions, like a clock hand movement, that can be repeated endlessly. But in case the variable font feels a bit intimidating, the typeface also comes in four static cuts.

Uai UI from Naipe Foundry

The latest from Naipe Foundry, an independent foundry based in Rio de Janeiro, is a sans-serif designed for use in modern user interfaces. As such, the typeface is uniwidth (also known as multiplexed) meaning that all characters maintain the same width across all font styles—allowing you to change weights without causing text to reflow. Uai UI comes in two subfamilies, one of them specifically designed for use on dark mode interfaces, compensating for the fact that light text appears thicker than it is when displayed on dark backgrounds. With these two families, Uai UI allows to maintain consistent visual appearance and readability whether it’s being used in light mode or dark mode, or even in both—for example, on websites that allow users to switch the background color.

The Sita Collection from Order Type Foundry

Brooklyn-based Order Type Foundry released Sita, a superfamily designed by Edouard Berard. Rooted in British typographic history, the collection includes two families: a Scotch Roman-inspired Serif, and a British grotesque-influenced Sans. The two families share a unified skeleton while maintaining distinct voices, allowing for harmonious yet contrasting pairings between their different styles. Both Sita Sans and Sita Serif come in four weights, from Regular to Black, with matching italics.

Sancy from Formagari

Formagari released Sancy, a versatile typeface collection by Emmanuel Besse featuring both Sans and Slab variants. Inspired by a wooden panel from the French town of Besse (yes, same name as the designer!) both families share semi-condensed proportions and low contrast reminiscent of street signage. I have to admit, my favorite of the two is the Slab Serif, offering particular elegance in lighter weights and friendly reliability in bolder styles. The narrow proportions make Sancy exceptionally space-efficient for editorial work while maintaining enough character for distinctive branding applications. Each family offers seven weights, from Light to Black, with matching italics.

Free Fresh Font

One of the free fonts shared in the last 🔒 Member-exclusive issue 🔒 of the newsletter.

TikTok Sans by Grilli Type

TikTok Sans was added to Google Fonts. Commissioned by TikTok for use across its platform, the typeface was designed by Grilli Type in collaboration with Contrast Foundry and Type Network. The version available freely on Google Fonts does not appear to be the same as the one that was delivered to TikTok, as its dark mode axis was removed. On the bright side, the open-source version is an expanded version from the original, with the addition of a width axis, making it an extensive family available as a variable font with four axes (Optical Size, Width, Weight, and Slant). It also offers significant advantages, for example, the typeface remains crisp and readable even at tiny sizes, having been crafted for use on modern smartphone and tablet screens.

Note: the fonts on the GitHub repository are not compiled, and only the TTFs are available to download from Google Fonts. For use on the web, it’s best to embed the fonts from Google Fonts (or compile the WOFF2 font files yourself).

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