Ivo Grabowitsch: Best of 2009

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Ivo Grabowitsch: Best of 2009 Ivo Grabowitsch presents the ten best fonts of 2009 and the honorable mentions. Ivo works at FontShop, so there is a bit of a bias towards FSI fonts, but it is still a good list. Ingeborg by Michael Hochleitner, Typejockeys. Ivo gives this subdued didone family first prize. And to think that this was started in 2008 as a student project at the University of Reading! FF Yoga & FF Yoga Sans, a type system by Xavier Dupré, FontFont. Novel, a serif typeface by Christoph Dunst. PTL Publicala, a sans family by Karl-Heinz Lange and Ole Schäfer from Primetype, a reworking and extension of an old VEB Typoart typeface called Publika done by Lange in the 1980s. FF Milo Serif is a large text family by Mike Abbink and Paul van der Laan, a FontFont product. Readable both on screen and in print. Klimax, a display typeface by Ondrej Jób, Typotheque. Biographer, a script typeface by Angel Koziupa and Alejandro Paul at Sudtipos. Ivo admits that the productivity, creativity and usefulness of the typefaces by this pair has no bounds. Loreto, a small serif family by Pablo Cosgaya and Eduardo Omar Rodríguez Tunni, at Tipo in Argentina. Let's applaud this and all other small x-height typefaces. Luxus Brut, a script typeface by Roland Hörmann, at phospho in Austria. FF Unit Slab, a slab serif by Ivo's boss, Erik Spiekermann, Christian Schwartz, and Kris Sowersby. The robust hit man in the FF Unit mafia. Also rans: Modern Suite by Nick Shinn (ShinnType) Galaxie Copernicus by Chester Jenkins and Kris Sowersby (Village) Kulturista by Tomás Brousil (Suitcase) Meadow by Göran Söderström (Fountain) FF Kava by Yanone (FontFont) Neutraface Slab by Kai Bernau and Susana Carvalho (House Industries) Alright Sans & Alright Display by Jackson Cavanaugh (OkayType) FF Mister K Dingbats [PDF] by Julia Sysmäläinen (FontFont) Aeronaut by Georg Herold-Wildfellner (FaceType) Leksa & Leksa Sans by Alexandra Korolkova FF Duper by Martin Wenzel (FontFont) PTL Vielzweck by Verena Gerlach (primetype) Malabar by Dan Reynolds (Linotype) Giorgio Sans by Christian Schwartz (Commercial Type) Dagny by Ørjan Nordling and Göran Söderström (FontFont) Lyon by Kai Bernau (Commercial Type)	EXTERNAL LINKS Ivo Grabowitsch: Best of 2009 MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Choice of fonts ⦿