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2024

Aug 28/2024, SUSE: Google posted the SUSE sans-serif font, in 8 weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by René Bieder.

Aug 12/2024, Moderustic: Google posted the Moderustic sans-serif font, in 6 weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Tural Alisoy.

Jul 1/2024, Wittgenstein: Google posted the Wittgenstein serif font, in 6 weights, in 2 styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Jörg Drees.

May 2/2024, Reddit Sans: Google posted the Reddit Sans font, in 8 weights and 2 styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Stephen Hutchings.

May 2/2024, Reddit Sans Condensed: Google posted the Reddit Sans Condensed font, in 8 weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Stephen Hutchings.

May 2/2024, Teachers: Google posted the Teachers sans-sertf font, in 6 weights and 2 styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alfredo Marco Pradil and Chank Diesel.

May 2/2024, Ubuntu Sans: Google posted the Ubuntu Sans, Ubuntu Sans Condensed, and Ubuntu Semicondensed fonta, all in 8 weights and 2 styles. More⮞ More⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Dalton Maags.

May 2/2024, Ubuntu Sans Mono: Google posted the Ubuntu Sans Mono font, in 8 weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Dalton Maags.

Apr 12/2024, Platypi: Google posted the Platypi serif font, in 6 weights and 2 styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by David Sargent.

Mar 25/2023, Reddit Mono: Google posted the Reddit Mono font, with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Stephen Hutchings.

2023

Dec 7/2023, Kalnia: Google posted the Kalnia serif font, with 7 great weights, each in 3 widths. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Frida Medrano.

Dec 7/2023, Rethink Sans: Google posted the Rethink Sans font, with 5 great weights, in normal and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Colophon Foundry.

Nov 16/2023, Open Sans & Open Sans Condensed: Google updated the variable Open Sans sans-serif font, with 5 great weights, and Open Sans Condensed, also with 5 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made for Google.

Oct 19/2023, Playpen Sans: Google posted the Playpen Sans font, with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by TypeTogether.

Oct 19/2023, Sometype Mono: Google posted the Sometype Mono font, with 4 basic weights, in regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Ryoichi Tsunekawa.

Sep 27/2023, Gabarito: Google posted the Gabarito sans-serif font, with 6 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Álvaro Franca Leandro Assis, and Felipe Casaprima.

Sep 27/2023, Onest: Google posted the Onest sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Andrey Kudryavtsev and Dmitri Voloshin.

Aug 8/2023, Bricolage Grotesque: Google posted the Bricolage Grotesque sans-serif font, with 7 great weights, in normal, semi-condensed, and condensed widths. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Mathieu Triay.

Jul 24/2023, REM: Google posted the REM sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights, each in normal and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Octavio Pardo.

Jun 22/2023, Ysabeau: Google posted the Ysabeau superfamily, sans-serif fonts, each with 9 rich weights, with three new fonts: Ysabeau Infant, Ysabeau Office, and Ysabeau SC, adding these three fonts to the existing Ysabeau font. More⮞ More⮞ More⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Christian Thalmann.

May 31/2023, Geologica: Google posted the Geologica sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Monokrom, Sindre Bremnes, Frode Helland.

May 23/2023, Playfair: Google posted the Playfair serif superfamily, with 7 weights, each in both regular and italic styles, in three widths, in two variations. More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Claus Eggers Sørensen.

May 9/2023, Instrument Sans: Google posted the Instrument Sans font, with 4 good weights, in both regular and italic Styles, in three widths. More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Jordan Egstad.

May 9/2023, Wix Madefor Display: Google posted the Wix Madefor Display sans-serif font, with 5 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Dalton Maag.

May 9/2023, Wix Madefor Text: Google posted the Wix Madefor Text sans-serif font, with 5 great weights, in both regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Dalton Maag.

Apr 27/2023, Comme: Google posted the Comme sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Vernon Adams.

Apr 20/2023, Poltawski Nowy: Google posted the Poltawski Nowy serif font, with 4 good weights, in both regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Adam Póltawski et al..

Apr 20/2023, Ysabeau: Google posted the Ysabeau sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights, in both regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Christian Thalmann.

Apr 12/2023, Source Code Pro: Adobe updated Source Code Pro, with 7 great monospace weights, in both regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Adobe.

Apr 4/2023, Anuphan: Google posted the Anuphan sans-serif font, with 7 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Cadson Demak.

Apr 4/2023, Schibsted Grotesk: Google posted the Anuphan sans-serif font, with 7 good weights, in both regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Bakken & Bæck, Henrik Kongsvoll.

Apr 4/2023, Source Sans 3: Adobe updated Source Sans 3, with 7 great weights, in both regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Adobe.

Mar 31/2023, Nunito Sans: Google updated the Nunito Sans font, with 9 rich weights, in both regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞

Mar 21/2023, Alkatra: Google posted the Alkatra cursive font, with 4 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Suman Bhandary.

Feb 16/2023, Golos Text: Google posted the Golos Text sans-serif font, with 6 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alexandra Korolkova, Vitaly Kuzmin .

Feb 16/2023, Labrada: Google posted the Labrada serif font, with 9 rich weights, in both regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Mercedes Jáuregui, Omnibus-Type.

Feb 16/2023, Shantell Sans: Google posted the Shantell Sans cursive font, with 6 great weights, in both regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Shantell Martin, Arrow Type, Anya Danilova.

Feb 1/2023, Andika: updated Andika, a sans-serif font with 2 basic weights, designed for new readers, More⮞ Sample⮞Made by SIL.

Feb 1/2023, Charis SIL: SIL updated Charis SIL, a serif Latin/Cyrillic font with 2 basic weights, designed for publishing, More⮞ Sample⮞Made by SIL.

Feb 1/2023, Doulos SIL: SIL updated Doulos SIL, a serif Latin/Cyrillic font with 1 limited weight, including the IPA phonetic glyphs, More⮞ Sample⮞Made by SIL.

Feb 1/2023, Gentium Plus: updated Gentium Plus and Book Plus, two serif Latin/Cyrillic/Greek fonts, each with 2 basic weights, designed for publishing, More⮞ Sample⮞Sample⮞Made by SIL.

Jan 21/2023, Source Serif 4.005: Adobe issued Source Serif 4.005, with 6 great weights, each in 5 varieties: Source Serif Pro, Source Serif Caption, Source Serif Display, Source Serif SmText, & Source Serif Subhead. More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Adobe.

2022

Dec 7/2022, Hanken Grotesk: Google posted the Hanken Grotesk sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Hanken Grotesk Co.

Dec 7/2022, Martian Mono: Google posted the Martian Mono monospace font, with 8 great weights, each in 4 widths. More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Roman Shamin, Evil Martians.

Dec 7/2022, Unbounded: Google posted the Unbounded sans-serif font, with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by NaN.

Jul 6/2022, Albert Sans: Google posted the Albert Sans font, with 9 rich weights, each in regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Andreas Rasmussen.

Apr 11/2022, Plus Jakarta Sans: Google posted the Plus Jakarta Sans font, with 7 great weights, each in regular and italic styles. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Tokotype.

Apr 11/2022, Updock: Google posted the elegant Updock cursive font, with 1 limited weight. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Robert Leuschke.

Mar 31/2022, Anybody: Google posted the Anybody variable sans-serif font superfamily, with 8 widths, each in 9 rich weights, each in regular and italic styles. More⮞ Made by Tyler Finck.

Feb 25/2022, Fredoka: Google posted the Fredoka variable sans-serif font superfamily, with 5 widths, each in 5 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞Sample⮞Sample⮞Sample⮞Sample⮞ Made by Ben Nathan.

Feb 17/2022, The League of Moveable Type: the league updated the League Mono variable monospace font, with 8 great weights, each in 5 widths, which could be a coder’s font. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by The League of Moveable Type, which offers additional free fonts.

Feb 16/2022, Nunito: the Nunito variable font was updated, sadly with no static fonts. More⮞ Made by Vernon Adams.

Feb 12/2022, Roboto Serif: Google posted the Roboto Serif font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Commercial Type and Greg Gazdowicz.

Feb 16 See also: Say Hello to Roboto Serif.

2021

Dec 10/2021, League Spartan: the League of Movable Type updated League Spartan, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the League of Movable Type.

Dec 6/2021, Fira Code 6.2: GitHub updated Fira Code, a monospace coders’ font with 5 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞

Dec 1/2021, Baloo Bhaijaan 2: Google posted the variable Baloo Bhaijaan 2 sans-serif font, with 5 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by EkType.

Dec 1/2021, Murecho: Google posted the variable Murecho sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Neil Summerour.

Nov 11/2021, Genos: Google posted the variable Genos sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Robert Leuschke.

Nov 11/2021, M Plus Code Latin: Google posted the variable M Plus Code Latin monospace coding font, with 7 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Coji Morishita.

Nov 11/2021, Outfit: Google posted the variable Outfit sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by On Brand Investments Pty Ltd.

Aug 19/2021, Alumni Sans: Google posted the variable Alumni Sans condensed sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Typesetit.

Aug 19/2021, Glory: Google posted the variable Glory sans-serif font, with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Typesetit.

Aug 5/2021, Font Awesome 5.15.4: Font Awesome 5 was updated, with 1,608 icons (free version) or 7,864 icons (paid version). More⮞ Get It⮞ Made by Dave Gandy.

Jul 27/2021, Andada Pro: Google posted the variable Andada Pro font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Huerta Tipográfica.

Jul 27/2021, Hahmlet: Google posted the variable Hahmlet font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Mark Frömberg of Hypertype.

Mar 8/2021, Lexend: Google posted the Lexend font, with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Thomas Jockin, Santiago Orozco, & Héctor Gómez .

Jan 3/2021, Shippori Mincho: Google posted the Shippori Mincho and Shippori Mincho fonts, each with 5 great weights. More⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by FONTDASU.

2020

Oct 12/2020, Big Shoulders: Google posted the Big Shoulders Inline Display, Big Shoulders Inline Text, Big Shoulders Stencil Display, & Big Shoulders Stencil Text fonts, each with 8 great weights. More⮞ More⮞ More⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Patric King.

Aug 12/2020, Saigon Sans: Font Library posted Saigon Sans, a sans-serif font based on Be Vietnam, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Added by Cristiano Sobral.

May 31/2020, Iunito: Font Library updated Iunito, a sans-serif font based on Nunito Sans, with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Vernon Adams Foundry.

May 31/2020, Prodigy Sans: Font Library posted the Prodigy Sans font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Wei Huang.

May 31/2020, Prologue: Font Library posted the Prologue sans-serif font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Tyler Finck.

May 31/2020, Transpass: Font Library updated Transpass, a sans-serif font based on Overpass, with 7 great weights. NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Delve Fonts.

May 29/2020, Hebert Sans: Font Library posted the Hebert Sans font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Stefan Peev, Context.

May 29/2020, Tanohe Sans: Font Library updated Tanohe Sans, based on Cooper Hewitt, with 7 great weights. NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

May 27/2020, HK Grotesk: Font Library updated the HK Grotesk sans-serif font, with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alfredo Marco Pradil.

May 27/2020, Linik Sans: Rasmus Andersson updated Linik Sans, based on Inter and Manix Sans HL, with 9 great weights; NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Rasmus Andersson.

May 26/2020, Storia Sans: Font Library posted the Storia Sans font, based on Titillium, with 8 great weights. NB: its version number is again unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino and students of MA course of Visual design.

May 25/2020, Tomorrow: Font Library updated Tomorrow, a sans-serif geometric font with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Tony de Marco & Monica Rizzolli.

May 24/2020, Roberto Sans: Font Library updated the Roberto Sans font, based on Roboto, with 6 good weights, sadly lacking semibold. NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Google foundry.

May 24/2020, Roberto Sans Condensed: Font Library updated the Roberto Sans Condensed font, based on Roboto, with 4 good weights, sadly lacking semibold. NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Google foundry.

May 20/2020, Venryn Sans: Font Library posted the Venryn Sans font, based on Jost, with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞

May 19/2020, Mulinito: Font Library updated the Mulinito sans-serif font, based on Muli & Nunito Sans, with 7 great weights. NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Vernon Adams.

May 18/2020, Argentum Novus: Font Library posted Argentum Novus, a sans-serif font based on Argentum Sans and Montserrat, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Julieta Ulanovsky foundry.

May 13/2020, Betina Sans: Font Library posted the Betina Sans font, based on Karla, with 6 great weights. NB: its version number is the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Jonathan Pinhorn.

May 12/2020, Recurso Sans: Font Library posted Recurso Sans, based on Recursive Sans Linear, with 8 great weights. NB: its version number is the same. Get It⮞ Sample⮞

May 11/2020, Google Fonts: Google updated many fonts, adding many variable fonts.

May 11/2020, Uacari Legacy: Font Library updated Uacari Legacy, a sans-serif font based on HK Grotesk Legacy, with 8 great weights. NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alfredo Marco Pradil.

May 1/2020, Jost: Font Library updated Jost, a dark sans-serif font with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞

Apr 28/2020, Trujillo: Font Library updated Trujillo, a sans-serif font based on Fira Sans, with 9 rich weights. NB: its version number is unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Vernon Adams.

Apr 24/2020, Rising Sun: Font Library updated Rising Sun, a sans-serif font based on Raleway, with 9 rich weights; NB: its version number is unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞

Apr 20/2020, Cheyenne Sans Novus: Font Library updated Cheyenne Sans Novus, based on Public Sans, with 9 rich weights; NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞

Apr 18/2020, Google Fonts: Google updated a large number of fonts, introducing many variable fonts.

Apr 18/2020, Josefin Sans: Google updated the Josefin Sans font, with 7 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Santiago Orozco.

Apr 18/2020, Vollkorn: Google updated Vollkorn, a serif font with 4 great weights; More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Friedrich Althausen.

Apr 18/2020, Vollkorn SC: Google updated Vollkorn SC, a small-caps serif font with 4 great weights, augmenting existing Vollkorn also with 4 great weights. details⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Friedrich Althausen.

Apr 18/2020, Yanone Kaffeesatz: Google updated Yanone Kaffeesatz, a narrow sans-serif font with 6 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Yanone.

Apr 17/2020, Open Sauce Sans: Font Library updated the Open Sauce Sans font, with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Creative Sauce Fz LLC.

Apr 17/2020, Open Sauce One: Font Library posted the Open Sauce One sans-serif font, with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Creative Sauce Fz LLC.

Apr 17/2020, Open Sauce Two: Font Library posted the Open Sauce Two sans-serif font, with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Creative Sauce Fz LLC.

Mar 29/2020, Ulagadi Sans: Font Library updated Ulagadi Sans, based on Poppins, with 9 rich weights. NB: its version number is unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Indian Type Foundry.

Mar 19/2020, Cursive: Font Library updated Cursive Sans & Cursive Serif, 2 interesting cursive fonts, each with 2 basic weights. NB: its version numbers are unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Wojciech Kalinowski.

Mar 10/2020, Khwan Sans: Font Library updated Khwan Sans, based on Sarabun, with 8 great weights. NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Cadson Demak foundry.

Mar 4/2020, Argentum Sans: Font Library updated Argentum Sans, based on Montserrat, with 9 rich weights. NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Julieta Ulanovsky foundry.

Feb 25/2020, Archivo Narrow: Font Library updated Archivo Narrow, a sans-serif font with 2 basic weights, augmenting the Archivo Black & Archivo fonts, creating an Arial-like superfamily with diverse widths & weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Omnibus Type, which makes more free fonts.

Feb 25/2020, Celtica: Font Library updated Celtica, a nice uncial font with 2 basic weights. NB: its version number is unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Wojciech Kalinowski.

Feb 25/2020, Oxanium: Google posted Oxanium, a squarish sans-serif font with 7 great weights; More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Severin Meyer.

Feb 25/2020, Spartan: Google posted Spartan, a sans-serif font with 9 rich weights; More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Matt Bailey.

Feb 22/2020, Coelacanth: Font Library posted the Coelacanth serif superfamily, based on Centaur — with Coelacanth, Coelacanth Caption, Coelacanth Display, Coelacanth Pearl, Coelacanth Subcaption, Coelacanth Subheading — each in 6 great weights. More⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞

Feb 20/2020, Ezarion: Font Library updated Ezarion, a sans-serif font based on Exo 2, with 9 rich weights. NB: its version number is unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Natanael Gama.

Feb 18/2020, Darker Grotesque: Font Squirrel updated Darker Grotesque, a pale sans-serif font with 7 great weights. NB: its version number is unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Gabriel Lam & Vietanh Nguyen.

Feb 12/2020, Be Vietnam: Font Squirrel updated Be Vietnam, a sans-serif font with 7 great weights. NB: its version number is unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Gabriel Lam.

2019

Feb 2/2019, Acari Sans Neue: Font Library updated Acari Sans Neue, with 7 great weights; NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alfredo Marco Pradil.

Feb 1/2020, Metropolis: GitHub updated Metropolis, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Chris Simpson.

Jan 29/2020, Bert Sans: Font Library updated Bert Sans, based on Groto, with 9 rich weights. NB: its version number is unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Google.

Jan 29/2020, Unicode Emoji 13.0: the Unicode Consortium revealed its Emoji 13 emojis, with 62 new emojis, which should start trickling into emoji fonts. More⮞

Jan 16/2020, Gelasio: Font Squirrel posted Gelasio, a serif font with 4 good weights. NB: its version number is unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Eben Sorkin.

Jan 15/2020, Readiness: Font Library updated Readiness, a sans-serif geometric font with 9 rich weights. NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Cadson Demak foundry.

Jan 14/2020, Sprat: Font Squirrel posted Sprat, a serif font in 3 widths, each with 6 good weights, but sadly with no semibold weight. Get It⮞ Sample⮞Made by Ethan Nakache.

Jan 5/2020, Petra Sans: Font Library updated Petra Sans, based on Cantarell, with 6 good weights. NB: oddly, the version number is lower. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Dave Crossland.

Dec 28/2019, Plata Sans: Font Library posted Plata Sans, based on Encode Sans, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Pablo Impallari, Andres Torresi, & Cristiano Sobral.

Dec 28/2019, Verano Sans: Font Library updated Verano Sans, based on Lato, with 9 rich weights; NB: once again, the version number wasn’t updated. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the tyPoland Lukasz Dziedzic foundry.

Dec 24/2019, Elaine Sans: Font Library updated Elaine Sans, based on Work Sans, with 9 rich weights. NB: as usual, the version number wasn’t updated. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Wei Huang.

Dec 13/2019, Betinya Sans: Font Library posted Betinya Sans, based on Karla, with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞Made by Jonathan Pinhorn.

Dec 11/2019, Courier Prime: Google posted Courier Prime, a monospace font with 2 basic weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alan Dague-Greene.

Dec 11/2019, Inria Serif: Google posted Inria Serif, with 3 basic weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Grégori Vincens & Jérémie Hornus.

Dec 10/2019, Dukas CF: Font Squirrel posted Dukas CF, similar to a dark Optima, with 3 good weights. Get It⮞ Sample⮞Made by Chuck Mountain.

Dec 9/2019, Zapus Sans: Font Library updated Zapus Sans, a coder’s font based on Iosevka Aile, with 9 rich weights. NB: its version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Belleve Invis foundry.

Dec 5/2019, Acari Sans: Font Library updated Acari Sans, with 7 great weights. The version number is again the same. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alfredo Marco Pradil & Stefan Peev.

Nov 26/2019, Solway: Font Squirrel posted Solway, a serif font with 5 basic weights, sadly lacking semibold. More⮞ Sample⮞

Nov 13/2019, Ibarra Real Nova: Google posted Ibarra Real Nova, a serif font with 3 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by José María Ribagorda & Octavio Pardo.

Nov 13/2019, Kulim Park: Google posted Kulim Park, a sans-serif font with 5 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Dale Sattler.

Nov 7/2019, Avrile Sans UI: Font Library updated Avrile Sans UI font with 7 basic weights, again sadly lacking semibold. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Monotype Imaging.

Oct 27/2019, Cheyenne Sans: Font Library updated Cheyenne Sans, based on Franklin, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Pablo Impallari & Rodrigo Fuenzalida.

Oct 21/2019, Unicode Emoji 12.1: the Unicode Consortium revealed the Unicode Emoji 12.1 emojis, with 168 new emojis, which should start trickling into emoji fonts. More⮞

Oct 19/2019, Assailand: Font Library posted Assailand, a sans-serif font with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Omnibus-Type.

Sep 30/2019, Roboto: Font Library posted Roboto, a sans-serif font with 6 basic weights, sadly lacking semibold. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Google.

Sep 30/2019, Roboto Mono: Font Library posted Roboto Mono, with 5 basic weights, sadly lacking semibold. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Christian Robertson.

Sep 29/2019, Acevedo: Font Library posted Acevedo, a monospace coder’s font with 1 basic weight. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Josue Acevedo Maldonado.

Sep 28/2019, Robert Sans: Font Library posted Robert Sans, based on Roboto, with 9 rich weights. NB: its version number wasn’t updated. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Google foundry.

Sep 22/2019, Fairfax HD: Font Library posted Fairfax HD, a monospace coder’s font with 1 basic weight. More⮞ Sample⮞

Sep 19/2019, Aneliza: Font Library updated Aneliza, a sans-serif font based on IBM Plex Sans, with 8 great weights. NB: as usual, the version number wasn’t updated. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Mike Abbink, Paul van der Laan, & Pieter van Rosmalen.

Sep 17/2019, Big Shoulders Display: Google posted Big Shoulders Display, a sans-serif font a companion to Big Shoulders Text, with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Patric King.

Sep 17/2019, Big Shoulders Text: Google posted Big Shoulders Text, a sans-serif font a companion to Big Shoulders Display, with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Patric King.

Sep 17/2019, Turret Road: Google posted Turret Road, a sans-serif font with 6 basic weights, sadly lacking semibold. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Dale Sattler.

Sep 16/2019, Rosa Sans: Font Library posted Rosa Sans, a sans-serif font with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Pentagram / MCKL foundry.

Sep 12/2019, Squarion: Font Library posted, then updated, Squarion, a sans-serif font based on Exo 1, with 9 rich weights. NB: its version number is unchanged. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Natanael Gama.

Sep 11/2019, Avrile Sans: Font Library updated Avrile Sans, a companion to the Avrile Sans Condensed & Avrile Serif fonts, each with 9 rich weights. NB: as usual, the version number wasn’t updated. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Monotype Design Team.

Sep 11/2019, Avrile Sans Condensed: Font Library updated Avrile Sans Condensed, a companion to the Avrile Sans & Avrile Serif fonts, each with 9 rich weights; NB: as usual, the version number wasn’t updated. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Monotype Design Team.

Sep 4/2019, Hezaedrus: Font Library posted Hezaedrus, a sans-serif font based on Rubik, with 5 weights: only a basic body font, since it has no semibold weight, but a good header font. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Hubert & Fischer foundry.

Aug 27/2019, Lingua Franca: Font Library updated Lingua Franca, a serif font based on Heuristica, based on Utopia, with only 2 basic weights, but with many glyphs useful in linguistics. NB: its version number wasn’t updated. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Andreas Nolda.

Aug 27/2019, Texpi Sans: Font Library updated Texpi Sans, based on K2D, with 8 great weights. NB: as usual, the version number wasn’t updated. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Cadson Demak foundry.

Aug 19/2019, MontSerrat Ace: Font Library posted MontSerrat Ace, a sans-serif font based on MontSerrat, with 5 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Julieta Ulanovsky foundry.

Aug 8/2019, Public Sans: Font Library posted Public Sans, based on Libre Franklin, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by US Web Design System.

Aug 5/2019, Cello Sans: Font Library posted Cello Sans, based on Orkney, with 4 basic weights, sadly lacking semibold. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Alfredo Marco Pradil foundry.

Jul 30/2019, Victor Mono: Font Squirrel posted Victor Mono, with 7 great weights, with regular, italic, and oblique variants. Get It⮞ Sample⮞Made by Rune Bjørnerås.

Jul 26/2019, Blinker: Google posted Blinker, a sans-serif font with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Juergen Huber.

Jul 26/2019, Livvic: Google posted Livvic, a sans-serif font with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Jacques Le Bailly.

Jul 26/2019, Farro: Google posted Farro, a sans-serif font with 4 basic weights, sadly lacking semibold. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Grayscale.

Jul 23/2019, Minipax: Font Squirrel posted Minipax, a serif font with 4 good weights. Get It⮞ Sample⮞Made by Raphaël Ronot.

Jul 10/2019, Brisa Sans: Font Library posted Brisa Sans, based on Breeze Sans, with 5 basic weights, but sadly lacking semibold. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Tizen Developers.

Jul 10/2019, Breeze Sans: Font Squirrel posted Breeze Sans, with 5 basic weights in 2 widths, but sadly lacking semibold. Get It⮞ Sample⮞Sample⮞ Made by the Tizen Developers.

Jun 8/2019, Morrison: Font Library updated Morrison, a sans-serif font based on the Franklin typeface, with 9 rich weights; NB: its version number wasn’t updated. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Pablo Impallari & Rodrigo Fuenzalida.

May 8/2019, Red Hat Display: Font Squirrel posted Red Hat Display, a sans-serif font with 4 weights: good weights for headers, but only basic weights for body text. Font Squirrel also posted Red Hat Text, a sans-serif font with 3 basic weights. Sadly, neither family has a semibold weight. Get It⮞ Sample⮞Sample⮞ Made by Red Hat.

May 1/2019, Grenze: Font Squirrel posted Grenze, a serif font with 9 rich weights. Get It⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Omnibus Type.

Apr 20/2019, Now: Font Library posted Now, a sans-serif light geometric font with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alfredo Marco Pradil.

Apr 16/2019, Public Sans: Font Squirrel posted Public Sans, with 9 rich weights. Get It⮞ Sample⮞ Made by US Web Design System.

Mar 24/2019, Saira Semi Condensed: Font Library posted squarish Saira Semi Condensed, a sans-serif font with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Omnibus Type Foundry.

Feb 4/2019, Manix Sans HL: Font Library posted Manix Sans HL, based on Inter, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Rasmus Andersson.

Feb 1/2019, Libertinus Serif: Font Squirrel posted Libertinus Serif, based on Linux Libertine, with 3 good weights; it comes with Libertinus Sans, based on Linux Biolinum, with only 2 basic weights; it also comes with Libertinus Mono, Libertinus Keyboard, Libertinus Math, Libertinus Serif Display, & Libertinus Serif Initials, each with 1 paltry weight. Get It⮞ Sample⮞

Jan 30/2019, Avrile Serif: Font Library updated Avrile Serif a companion to the Avrile Sans & Avrile Sans Condensed families, each with 9 rich weights. NB: as usual, the version number wasn’t updated. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Monotype Design Team.

Jan 11/2019, Sarabun: Font Library posted Sarabun, a sans-serif font with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Cadson Demak.

2018

Dec 20/2018, Noto Noto monospace, serif, & sans-serif fonts, including most localization fonts. More⮞ Made by Google.

Dec 15/2018, SF UI Display: Font Library posted SF UI Display, a sans-serif font with 9 rich weights, & SF UI Text, a sans-serif font with 6 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Apple.

Dec 13/2018, Literata Book: Font Squirrel posted Literata Book, a serif font based on Literata, with 4 good weights. Get It⮞ Sample⮞

Nov 15/2018, Merriweather: Font Library posted Merriweather, a serif font with only basic weights for body text, but good weights for headers; it’s a companion to Merriweather Sans. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Eben Sorkin Foundry.

Sep 26/2018, Google Fonts: Google posted 6 flexible fonts, all made by the Cadson Demak foundry: a squarish Bai Jamjuree, a sans-serif font with 6 good weights More⮞ Sample⮞; b squarish Chakra Petch, a sans-serif font with 5 good weights More⮞ Sample⮞; c squarish Fahkwang, a sans-serif font with 6 good weights More⮞ Sample⮞; d K2D, a sans-serif font with 8 great weights More⮞ Sample⮞; e Koho humanist, a sans-serif font with 6 good weights More⮞ Sample⮞; & f Krub, a sans-serif font with 6 good weights More⮞ Sample⮞.

Sep 24/2018, Font Library: Font Library posted Dizhitl, a serif font based on the Kanit font, with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by the Cadson Demak foundry.

Aug 9/2018, Gothic A1: Font Library posted Gothic A1, a sans-serif font with 9 rich weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by HanYang I&C Co.

Jul 30/2018, Objectivity: Bēhance posted Objectivity, a sans-serif font with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alex Slobzheninov.

Jul 30 ✦ Subjectivity Serif: Bēhance posted Subjectivity, a sans-serif font & Subjectivity Serif, a serif font each with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alex Slobzheninov.

Jul 5/2018, Manrope: Font Squirrel posted Manrope, a sans-serif font with 6 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Michael Sharanda.

Jun 20/2018, Markazi Text: Google posted Markazi Text, a serif font with 4 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Borna Izadpanah, Fiona Ross, & Florian Runge.

May 18/2018, Fivo Sans: Font Squirrel posted Fivo Sans, with 7 good weights, but sadly lacking semibold. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Alex Slobzheninov.

Mar 13/2018, Post No Bills Colombo: Font Squirrel posted Post No Bills Colombo sans-serif stencil font with 6 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by mooniak.

Mar 1/2018, WOFF 2.0: the W3C issued the WOFF File Format 2.0 Recommendation. Read⮞

Feb 21/2018, Selawik: Font Squirrel posted v1.01 Selawik, a sans-serif font with 5 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Microsoft, designed as an open source replacement for Segoe UI, though Selawik lacks Segoe UI’s black (900) weight.

Feb 2/2018, Assistant: Font Squirrel posted Assistant Hebrew, a sans-serif font with 6 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Ben Nathan. Designed to complement the great Source Sans Pro font.

Jan 25/2018, Google Design: Google Design issued a guide on choosing web fonts. Read⮞

Jan 17/2018, D-DIN: Font Squirrel posted D-DIN sans-serif signage with 2 basic weights & 3 widths. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Datto.

Jan 16/2018, Space Text: Font Squirrel posted Space Text, a sans-serif font with 5 good weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Florian Karsten.

Jan 1/2018, Spartan MB: Font Squirrel posted geometric Spartan MB, a sans-serif font with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Matt Bailey.

2017

Dec 22/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted an update to Mukta, a sans-serif font with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Ek Type, which offers additional fonts, some free, some for-pay.

Dec 20/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted an update to Heebo, a sans-serif font with 7 weights, adapted from Roboto: a great header font, but merely a basic body font. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Meir Sadan.

Dec 7/2017, fabric: fabric posted Vision, a sans-serif font with 6 weights: a great header font, but merely a basic body font More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Daniel Iglesias, who offers more free fonts.

Nov 17/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted Spectral SC small caps, a serif font with 7 great weights, augmenting existing Spectral also with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Production Type.

Nov 10/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted Yantramanav, a sans-serif font with 6 good weights More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Erin McLaughlin.

Nov 7/2017, Barlow: Google & Font Squirrel posted Barlow, a sans-serif font an extended font with 9 rich weights & 3 full widths. details⮞ More⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by a team led by Jeremy Tribby.

Nov 7/2017, Google Fonts: Google posted Spectral SC small caps, a serif font with 7 great weights, augmenting existing Spectral also with 7 great weights. details⮞ More⮞ Made by Production Type.

Oct 25/2017, Noto Sans: Google posted Noto Sans, now a very rich font with 9 weights in 4 widths; users should update. Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Get It⮞

Oct 25/2017, Noto Sans Display: Google posted Noto Sans Display, a very rich font with 9 weights in 4 widths. Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Get It⮞

Oct 25/2017, Noto Serif: Google posted Noto Serif, now a very rich font with 9 weights in 4 widths; users should update. Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Get It⮞

Oct 25/2017, Noto Serif Display: Google posted Noto Serif Display, a very rich font with 9 weights in 4 widths. Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Get It⮞

Sep 21/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted Arima Koshi, a sans-serif font with 7 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by NDISCOVER.

Sep 21/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted Arima Madurai, a sans-serif font with 8 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by NDISCOVER.

Aug 31/2017, Google Fonts: Google posted 6 barcode fonts, useful in specialized applications. details⮞ The barcode fonts were made by Lasse Fister.

Aug 15/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted Asap Condensed, a sans-serif font augmenting existing Asap creating an extended font with a basic set of widths & weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Omnibus Type, which makes additional free fonts.

Aug 15/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted Manuale, a serif font with 4 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Omnibus Type, which makes additional free fonts.

Aug 9/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted Faustina, a serif font with 4 great weights. More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Omnibus Type, which makes additional free fonts.

Aug 7/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted squarish Saira, a sans-serif font an extended font with 9 rich weights & 4 full widths. More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Omnibus Type, which makes additional free fonts.

Aug 3/2017, Archivo Narrow: Google posted Archivo, a sans-serif font with four weights, augmenting the existing Archivo Black & Archivo Narrow families, creating an extended Arial-like font with a good set of widths & weights. details⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Omnibus Type, which makes additional free fonts.

Aug 3/2017, Google Fonts: Google posted Asap Condensed, a sans-serif font augmenting existing Asap creating an extended font with a basic set of widths & weights. details⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Omnibus Type, which makes additional free fonts.

Aug 3/2017, Google Fonts: Google posted squarish Saira, a sans-serif font an extended font with 9 rich weights & 4 full widths. details⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Omnibus Type, which makes additional free fonts.

Jun 14/2017, Spectral: Google & Font Squirrel posted Spectral, a serif font with 7 great weights. details⮞ More⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Production Type.

Apr 1/2017, Font Squirrel: Font Squirrel posted existing Encode Sans creating an extended font with 9 rich weights & 5 full widths. More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Impallari Type, which makes additional free fonts.

Jan 30/2017, Google Fonts: Google updated existing Encode Sans creating an extended font with 9 rich weights & 5 full widths. details⮞ More⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Sample⮞ Made by Impallari Type, which makes additional free fonts.

Jan 29/2014, Fonts: c|net has news about an upcoming standard for multicolour fonts. Read⮞

Sep 14/2010, Web Fonts: Monotype is offering a service with nearly 8,000 downloadable web fonts for use in web pages; there is a charge for most. More⮞ learn more⮞

Sep 9/2010, New Resources About Character Encodings: the W3C issued 6 new articles regarding character encoding, & updated 5 more articles. find them⮞

May 20/2010, Google Open Source Fonts: Google posted 18 open source embeddable fonts.

Apr 1/2010, XML Entity Definitions for Characters: the W3C released this definitive document of XML entities. Read⮞

May 16/2007, Unicode: the W3C updated the Technical Note "Unicode in XML and other Markup Languages" for the Unicode 5.0 standard. Read⮞

May 2/2007, Core Web Fonts: Microsoft updated some core fonts — Arial, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, & Verdana — adding 6 Romanian and Bulgarian characters. Users should update. More⮞

Feb 25/2003, WEFT 3.2: Microsoft updated its tool for embedding fonts in web pages.

Sep 14/2002, Core Web Fonts [MacOS]: Microsoft updated 2 Mac fonts, Arial & Times New Roman. Users should get it.

Aug 12/2002, Core Web Fonts R.I.P.: Microsoft yanked its popular Windows & Mac web fonts from its typography site, now offering the fonts only in Microsoft products.

Jan 1/2002, Euro Currency: Microsoft has a site telling how to adapt its products to the new Euro currency. More⮞ Note that the Euro character is now in all of Microsoft’s recently updated core web fonts: users should upgrade.

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