The Best New Typefaces For August 2026

Creative Boom: The best new typefaces for August 2026 What's been cooking up in typography over the summer? Quite a lot, actually. We share some of the latest typefaces to inspire your next design project. Se Micro by Gallery Type Se Micro by Gallery Type You don't expect much news over the summer months. We journalists see it as a barren period for anything exciting. Everyone's on holiday, including the government. So opening up my usual 'fonts' folder in my email was a relief. I was worried there wouldn't be anything there. Instead, it's been a bit of a bumper month. New specimens have come in.

One from F37, with a new typeface that surely has a bigger story behind the name... we know Rick Banks pretty well. We want the gossip. And there are updates from Chill Type, Mark Julien Hahn (Founder of Softdrive in Berlin), and designer Simon Stratford. But first, this just in from Ukrainian designer and developer, Dominik Levitsky. He's launched Fontalog – a free and "extremely fast" database that already indexes more than 3.5 million fonts. Instead of only relying on font names or broad categories, the site lets you search using measurable visual characteristics, such as weight, contrast, proportion, and x-height.

Unusually, it doesn't use AI to analyse the fonts. Definitely one to check out. And I also want to mention Arthur Schwarz, co-founder of Bolid System, a young type design studio based between Paris and Neuchâtel. They've just launched their font catalogue with loads of fonts and free trials to play with. We like Milkshake Display, a display typeface "born from anemoia", meaning a "longing for a time never experienced". Like the Gen Z kids hankering after the '90s. Or something to that effect. Yolo by Suitcase Type Foundry Yolo by Suitcase Type Foundry Oh, and one more bit of news before we begin: Suitcase Type Foundry has a new website.

But it's more than a redesign; it's a new platform for presenting its typefaces through interactive testers, editorial content and real-world applications. Plus, there's a simplified licensing system – music to our ears. In the meantime, what new treats do we have for August? Read on. 1. Lingo by Softdrive Mark Julien Hahn, founder and type designer at Softdrive Foundry, has just released Lingo – a transitional serif in 12 styles. That includes six weights plus true italics, built as a workhorse for long-form body copy.

Our kind of territory. It's inspired by 18th-century typefaces from the likes of William Caslon, John Baskerville and Louis Simonneau's Romain du Roi. It takes all their old-world charm, low stroke contrast and letterpress warmth as the foundation for this contemporary text face. But there's a twist. On closer inspection, you'll notice little drops on the 'g', 'f' and 'a' that give this serif personality and drama.

Alternates are available when pure legibility is the priority. It includes a full set of international glyphs through ten stylistic sets that swap classic letterforms for phonetic ones, built for expressive display type and logo work. The full family is now available, with a full trial version if you want to experiment first. 2. Sektor by Chill Type One of the best things about running this regular series is discovering new foundries. And Chill Type is one of them. Its founder, Vedad Siljak, reached out this month to tell us about its latest release: Sektor. It's a monumental slab serif with tight counters and even tighter spacing. Gorgeous.

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