News archivePrevious news items: 21st April 2008: Identifont now includes the Norwegian Fonts foundry of fonts from three Norwegian designers. 9th April 2008: Identifont now includes the Polenimschaufenster foundry of fonts by Hannes Siengalewicz. 24th March 2008: Identifont now includes the Corradine Fonts foundry from Colombian designer Manuel Corradine. 25th February 2008: Identifont now includes the Fontron foundry of original fonts by English designer Ronald Underwood. 18th February 2008: Identifont now includes the Grummedia foundry of fonts by English designer Graham Blakelock. 6th February 2008: Fonts from Lebbadesign. 12th December 2007: Identifont now features the fonts by Australian designer Melissa Lapadula. 12th December 2007: Identifont now includes the full range of original font designs from London-based type design consultancy Dalton Maag Ltd. 21st November 2007: Identifont now includes the new TypeTrust and Cabinet collections, distributed by Veer. 8th November 2007: Identifont now includes Microsoft's ClearType, included in Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. 31st October 2007: Identifont now includes the JonahFonts foundry of original typefaces by designer John Nahmias. 23rd October 2007: Identifont now includes fonts from the Pretty foundry featuring geometric fonts by Patric King. 2nd October 2007: Identifont now includes the Swedish Font Garden foundry of original handwriting fonts. 7th September 2007: Identifont now includes the Handselecta foundry, specialising in graffiti fonts. 6th September 2007: Identifont now includes the Canada-based 2Rebels foundry of original and experimental fonts. 13th August 2007: Identifont now includes the B&P Typefoundry from Switzerland. 23rd July 2007: Identifont now includes the AndrijType foundry from Ukraine. 23rd July 2007: Identifont now includes the Studiocharlie foundry of fonts by Italian designer Gabriele Rigamonti. 4th July 2007: Identifont now includes the Tokyo-based Wordshape foundry. 25th June 2007: Identifont now includes the Haiku Monkey foundry of original handdrawn fonts by Alec Julien. 21st June 2007: Identifont now includes the complete library of fonts from Harold's Fonts, by designer Harold Lohner, including a range of unusual monogram fonts. 26th May 2007: Identifont now includes the Andinistas foundry of fonts by Venezuelan designer Carlos Fabián Camargo Guerrero. 22nd May 2007: Identifont now includes the Swedish Samuelstype foundry of original fonts by Hans Samuelson. 22nd May 2007: Identifont now includes the E-Types foundry, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. 10th May 2007: Identifont now includes the Moretype foundry of original sans-serif fonts by Chris Dickinson. 8th May 2007: Identifont now includes the Scholtz Fonts foundry of fonts with an African flavour. 8th May 2007: Identifont now includes fonts by Australian design company Letterbox. 24th April 2007: Identifont now includes the TypeTogether foundry, based in Argentina. 23rd April 2007: Identifont now includes the German Profonts foundry, specialising in script fonts. 23rd April 2007: Identifont now includes the Kontour foundry of typefaces by designer Sibylle Hagmann. 16th April 2007: Identifont now features information about Companions: fonts designed to work well together in creative applications. 3rd April 2007: Identifont now includes the Swedish foundry Lars Törnqvist Typografi. 1st April 2007: Identifont includes fonts from the EstudioCrop partnership of four Brazilian designers. 28th March 2007: Identifont now includes the Karsten Luecke Type Foundry, featuring original designs by Karsten Lücke. 20th February 2007: Identifont now includes the FS Design foundry of fonts by Filippo Salmina. 29th January 2007: Identifont now includes the London-based Aviation Partners foundry. 29th January 2007: Identifont now includes the Anatoletype foundry. 22nd January 2007: Identifont now includes old west and sign lettering typefaces from FontMesa. 2nd November 2006: Identifont now includes Alphabet Soup Type Founders, Astigmatic One Eye, ByAndreas.com, Fontalicious, and Fontoville, all distributed by Font Bros. 23rd October 2006: Identifont now includes the Insigne foundry of fonts by Jeremy Dooley. 12th October 2006: Identifont now includes the French SMeltery foundry. 11th October 2006: Identifont features the Dilworth Typographics foundry of original fonts by Silas Dilworth. 29th August 2006: New foundry - Bomparte's Fonts - featuring original fonts by John Bomparte. 14th August 2006: Identifont now includes the Flat-it foundry of original fonts by Japanese designer Ryoichi Tsunekawa. 17th July 2006: Identifont now includes the Bogusky 2 foundry of typefaces by designer Bill Bogusky. 10th July 2006: Identifont now includes the Typecuts foundry of original fonts by Berlin-based designer Andrea Tinnes. 12th June 2006: Identifont now includes the Rimmer Type Foundry collection of original typefaces by typographic craftsman Jim Rimmer. 29th May 2006: Read about the changes to the Identifont Web site here: 30th April 2006: Identifont now features the Michael Browers library of fonts. 3rd April 2006: Identifont now includes the Suitcase Type Foundry foundry of original fonts by Czech designer Tomas Brousil. 21st March 2006: Identifont now includes the complete Berthold library of classic original typefaces. 8th March 2006: Identifont now includes fonts by the Danish font design partnership Fontpartners. 22nd February 2006: Identifont now includes the library of fonts from the Primetype foundry which specialises in text and corporate typefaces. 4th February 2006: Identifont now includes the House Industries General Collection of original fonts. 25th January 2006: Identifont now includes the library of typefaces by Jeff Levine. 23rd January 2006: Identifont now includes new releases from Linotype; see Latest additions. 24th December 2005: Identifont now includes new releases from Jukebox and Umbrella Type. 22nd December 2005: Identifont now includes the Sparklefonts foundry of original fonts by British designer Geoff Andersen. 12th December 2005: Identifont now includes new releases from Device Fonts. 19th November 2005: Identifont now includes the Dutchfonts library of original typefaces by Dutch designer Ko Sliggers. 8th October 2005: Identifont now includes the Zang-O-Fonts library of original fonts by Jamie Nazaroff. 10th September 2005: Identifont has added the Wilton Foundry library of fonts designed by Robbie de Villiers. 9th September 2005: Identifont now includes the Puckertype foundry of fonts designed by Christopher Risdon. 30th July 2005: Identifont now includes the Font City library of original typefaces inspired by Russian cities. 23rd July 2005: Identifont now includes the CakeType library of typefaces by Dutch designer Pieter van Rosmalen. 11th July 2005: Identifont now includes the complete library of original typefaces by a range of designers from GarageFonts. 20th June 2005: 42 new fonts from Canadian foundry Canada Type. 20th June 2005: Identifont now includes the BA Graphics library of fonts designed by designer Robert Alonso. 23rd May 2005: Identifont now includes the LetterBe foundry of fonts by Russian designer Rustam Gabbasov. 23rd May 2005: Identifont includes the Fontmill foundry of fonts by English designer David Lawless. 23rd May 2005: Identifont now includes the DSType foundry of typefaces by Portuguese designer Dino dos Santos. 16th April 2005: Designer of many famous typefaces, Alan Meeks has now launched his own foundry AlanMeeks.com. 16th April 2005: Identifont now includes the Wiescher Design foundry of typefaces by German designer Gert Wiescher. 11th April 2005: Identifont now includes the Lanston Type collection of classic typefaces, now digitized and published by P22. 7th April 2005: Original fonts from foundry Suomi Type Foundry, just launched by Finish designer Tomi Haaparanta. 31st March 2005: Microsoft's core fonts for the Web are now available for purchase for the first time from Ascender Corp. 15th March 2005: Identifont now includes the library of fonts originally owned by the dry-transfer lettering company Mecanorma. 28th February 2005: Identifont now includes several new releases from Elsner+Flake. 28th February 2005: Identifont now includes the Alphabet Design library of original fonts by Boris Mahovac. 24th January 2005: New fonts from FontFont. 9th January 2005: New foundry Protimient which features typefaces by English designer Ben Jones. 28th December 2004: Identifont now includes the German Volcano foundry, featuring fonts by designer Lars Harmsen. 28th December 2004: Forty new fonts from Nick's Fonts. 13th December 2004: Identifont now features the Lunchbox Studios library of typefaces by Adam Roe. 8th December 2004: Identifont now includes the complete Chank Company library of alternative fonts designed or commissioned by Chank Diesel. 16th November 2004: Identifont now includes the Fontsmith library of typefaces by Jason Smith. 29th October 2004: Identifont now features the library of revivals, originals, and picture fonts by Prime Graphics. 29th October 2004: Identifont has now added the Altemus Creative library of picture and symbol fonts by designer Robert Altemus. 18th October 2004: Identifont now includes the Misprinted Type foundry of distressed typefaces by Brazilian designer Eduardo Recife. 18th October 2004: Identifont now includes the MADType foundry of typefaces by Matt Desmond. 14th October 2004: Identifont now includes the ABC Types collection of original type designs by Tony Mayers. 7th October 2004: Identifont now includes the Pizzadude foundry of typefaces by Jakob Fischer. 27th September 2004: Identifont now includes the Sherwood Type collection of original typefaces by Ted Staunton, distributed by P22. 27th September 2004: New and updated fonts from Elemeno. 13th September 2004: Identifont now includes the PreussTYPE foundry of original designs by Ingo Preuss. 13th September 2004: Two new volumes from Fonthead Design. 13th September 2004: Identifont now features the Churchward Type foundry of designs by Joseph Churchward. 16th August 2004: Identifont now includes the Providence Type library, featuring fonts designed by Nate Piekos. 16th August 2004: Identifont has just added the Toronto-based Canada Type foundry of typefaces. 5th August 2004: Identifont now includes the JMFonts collection of fonts by Jonathan Macagba. 2nd August 2004: Identifont now includes Alessio Leonardi's BuyMyFonts.com foundry. 3rd July 2004: Identifont includes the complete library of fonts from Stereo Type Haus. 30th June 2004: Identifont now includes the Type Revivals collection of fonts by Tim Ryan. 26th June 2004: New fonts from Holland Fonts. 21st June 2004: New fonts from Union. 30th May 2004: Identifont now includes the E-phemera foundry of period typefaces by Andrew Leman. 26th May 2004: Identifont features the Aerotype library of typefaces by designer Steve Miggas. 18th May 2004: New typefaces from Typadelic and Typodermic. 12th May 2004: Identifont now includes the library of original typefaces from German foundry Apply Design. 5th May 2004: Identifont now includes the latest TakeType 5 update to the Linotype Library. 5th May 2004: Identifont now includes the Aruban Font Foundry, featuring typefaces by George Ryan. 26th April 2004: Identifont includes the Fatchair foundry of typefaces by Alan Rimmer. 26th April 2004: Identifont now features the Umbrella Type collection of typefaces published by Veer. 12th April 2004: Identifont includes the Gerard Unger foundry. 12th April 2004: Identifont now includes the complete library of alternative and experimental typefaces from T.26. 22nd March 2004: Identifont features the Cape-Arcona foundry from Germany. 22nd March 2004: Identifont now includes the Blambot foundry of comic-book fonts by Nate Piekos. 11th January 2004: Identifont now includes the OurType foundry, established by Fred Smeijers. 8th December 2003: Identifont now includes the Identikal foundry of futuristic typefaces by identical twins Adam Hayes and Nick Hayes. 1st December 2003: Identifont now includes the Type Associates foundry of fonts by Russell Bean. 22nd November 2003: Latest addition - the Elemeno foundry of fonts by Alex Grecian. 10th November 2003: Identifont now includes the Ingrimayne Type foundry of fonts by prolific designer Robert Schenk. 13th October 2003: Identifont adds two new foundries: Process Type Foundry and Astype. 6th October 2003: Identifont now includes Jonathan Barnbrook's Virus foundry of original, subversive typefaces. 29th September 2003: Identifont now includes the Union foundry, set up earlier this year and featuring original fonts by new designers. 1st September 2003: Identifont now features the full Test Pilot Collective collection of techno and computer-age fonts. 26th July 2003: Identifont now includes the Cool Fonts library of fonts by California designer Todd Dever. 14th July 2003: The popular Image Club library of original fonts by mainly Canadian designers has now found a new home with Fonts.com. Identifont has all the information. 30th June 2003: Identifont now includes Linotype's TakeType 4 collection of original typefaces. 23rd June 2003: Identifont now includes the Coniglio Type library of fonts by Joseph Coniglio. 10th June 2003: Jason Walcott has relaunched his JAW Fonts collection as Jukebox, and added several new and original fonts. 27th May 2003: Identifont now includes the complete library of original typefaces by Galápagos Design Group. 19th May 2003: Identifont now includes the Device Fonts library of original contemporary fonts designed by Rian Hughes. 16th April 2003: Identifont welcomes the range of original fonts from MVB Fonts. 24th March 2003: Identifont now includes the library of unconventional typefaces published by the Swedish foundry Fountain. 10th March 2003: Identifont adds the typefaces by independent foundry Delve Media Arts. 7th February 2003: Identifont now includes the typefaces from Portuguese foundry Feliciano Type Foundry. 3rd January 2003: Identifont now includes the full FontFont library of original typefaces, covering the complete range from multidimensional type families for corporate identity, through to experimental fonts for graphic design. 11th November 2002: Welcome to No Bodoni. 5th November 2002: Identifont now includes the Holland Fonts library of new designs by Max Kisman. 4th November 2002: Identifont now features the ParaType library of fonts, which includes many original designs with a Russian flavour, as well as revivals of classic Russian typefaces. 21st October 2002: Welcome to Baseline Fonts. 21st October 2002: Identifont now features the library of original fonts and revivals from Nick's Fonts. 9th October 2002: Identifont now includes the library of typeface commissions, original designs, and meticulous revivals from Font Bureau. 9th September 2002: We now include the Spiece Graphics library of typefaces, featuring revivals of many classic type designs. 19th August 2002: Identifont now includes the Aboutype library of poster and display typefaces by Joffre LeFevre. 13th August 2002: We now include the comprehensive PIXymbols range of picture and symbol fonts by Page Studio Graphics. 12th August 2002: Identifont now features the SelfBuildtype library of techno typefaces by Craig Stainton. 10th July 2002: Identifont now includes the Red Rooster Collection foundry of both classic revivals and original designs, originally published under the name International TypeFounders Inc (ITF). 3rd July 2002: We now include the Australian Type Foundry featuring original typefaces by Wayne Thompson. 7th June 2002: Identifont now includes the Typadelic foundry of handwriting and hand-drawn typefaces by Canadian designer Ronna Penner. 28th May 2002: Identifont now includes the Enrich Design library of typefaces by designer Richard Hubbard. 21st May 2002: Identifont now includes the extensive Elsner+Flake library of over 500 font families, containing both classic typefaces and original designs. 20th May 2002: Identifont now includes the PampaType foundry from Argentina. 22nd April 2002: Identifont now includes the Jukebox library, featuring many original script and hand-drawn fonts by Jason Walcott. 2nd April 2002: Identifont includes the original and unusual fonts by former punk rock photographer, model, and photo assistant Kate Peters. 25th March 2002: We now include the Flashfonts foundry, featuring retro fonts from the 1950s and 1960s by designer Leslie Cabarga. 18th March 2002: Identifont now includes the unusual and original typefaces from stylish Web-based foundry Psy/Ops. 10th March 2002: We now provide specially commissioned biographies for many of the designers featured in Identifont. 4th March 2002: Identifont has now added the foundry Outside the Line. 4th March 2002: Identifont now includes the extensive library of classic fonts from URW++. 4th February 2002: We now include the experimental fonts from Italian design company Fabrizio Schiavi Design. 28th January 2002: Identifont now includes the library of typefaces from JY&A Fonts in New Zealand. 7th January 2002: Identifont welcomes the Altered Ego of typefaces and picture fonts by designer Brian Sooy. 4th January 2002: We have now added the Gerald Gallo library of typefaces and picture fonts by designer Gerald Gallo. 3rd January 2002: Identifont now includes the Costello library of original typefaces by Chris Costello. 21st December 2001: Identifont now includes the Timberwolf foundry of typefaces by Swedish designer Lars Bergquist. 10th December 2001: Identifont now includes typefaces from the Typotheque foundry. 6th December 2001: Welcome to the Calligraphics foundry of typefaces by designer Paul Veres. 5th December 2001: Identifont now includes the Nuevo Deco Typography foundry of typefaces by writer, teacher, and designer David Bergsland. 3rd December 2001: Identifont now includes the typefaces from the Mark Simonson Studio foundry. 19th November 2001: Identifont includes the Victory Type foundry of typefaces by Noah Rothschild. 12th November 2001: Identifont now includes fonts from the International House of Fonts foundry, set up this year by Richard Kegler. 29th October 2001: Identifont now includes the library of typefaces designed by Jason Castle in his CastleType library. 9th October 2001: Identifont now includes the distinguished Storm Type Foundry library of typefaces designed by Frantisek Storm. 8th October 2001: Identifont includes the ShinnType foundry of original fonts by designer Nick Shinn. 24th September 2001: Welcome to several new innovative foundries, each based in London, UK, and distributed by Fontworks UK: Acmefonts, Alias, G-Type, Club-21, and Identikal. 20th September 2001: Identifont now includes the Electric Typographer library of delightful fonts designed by Judith Sutcliffe. 7th September 2001: NEW! Find a font containing any picture or symbol using the new Find a picture/symbol option. 3rd September 2001: Identifont now features the Fonthead Design library of over 100 original fonts. 6th August 2001: Identifont now includes the latest Gold 1.6 and TakeType 3 updates to the Linotype Library. 27th July 2001: Identifont has now added Agfa-Monotype's Creative Alliance Partner's Library of over 600 typeface families from a range of independent font publishers, including DsgnHaus, T.26, and Lunchbox. 25th June 2001: Identifont now includes the libraries of two specialist UK-based font publishers: Dalton Maag Ltd and Club Type. 15th June 2001: Identifont is featured in the latest issue of MacUser, the UK's leading Macintosh magazine, with the report: "Surprisingly enough, unless presented with extremely obscure faces from odd foundries, this service proved to be surprisingly accurate." 4th June 2001: Identifont now includes the Monotype classic fonts, from Abadi to Zeitgeist, available in the Agfa-Monotype Creative Alliance Library. 7th May 2001: Identifont has just added the ITC library of over 400 typefaces, famous for its display faces widely used in publishing and advertising. 17th April 2001: Identifont now incorporates the extensive Linotype library of over 800 font families, containing both world-famous classics and innovative new designs. 24th March 2001: Apple's new Mac OS X operating system for the Macintosh includes 13 new typefaces, licensed from Linotype and ITC: ITC American Typewriter, Baskerville, Big Caslon, Copperplate, Didot, Futura, Gill Sans, Helvetica Neue, Herculanum, Marker Felt Wide, Optima, Papyrus, and Zapfino. 22nd February 2001: Identifont has been selected for the "Top 10" design sites of the month "Top 10" design sites of the month. 29th January 2001: Identifont now includes the Bitstream library of over 500 fonts, containing the most important classic typefaces as well as many unique original designs. 3rd December 2000: Identifont now includes the complete P22 library of unusual and artistically interesting fonts. 8th November 2000: Identifont goes live! |
