"Our Must-Have Fonts for 2025 list was our most popular ever, but our must-have fonts for 2026 list aims to set the bar even higher. Finding the best typefaces among thousands can be pretty daunting! So, to make things easier, we've curated a list of outstanding must-have typefaces for the coming year. The ten font families in the list share something important in common - an explicitly human touch, not machine-made or prompt-produced, but born from human minds and crafted by human hands."
"Pliego A classic old-style text typeface with calligraphic pedigree with roots in the Renaissance, Pliego has some beautiful modern details and plenty of flair, most evident in its optional swash letterforms and confident italics. Also features broad language support, including Latin Plus encoding and Vietnamese support. Comma Sans Joining Martin Majoor's growing Comma superfamily is the new Comma Sans. A thoroughly modern uniwidth sans serif"
"Gerard Unger's timeless masterpiece, Coranto 2, sought to bring style and sophistication to newsprint. Coranto 2 is designed for running text, while Coranto 2 Headline, with its taller x-height and condensed width, is ideal for headlines. Coranto 2 is a refined 'newsface' that possesses a timeless and distinctive character, along with supreme clarity, making it well-suited for any form of editorial design."
Ten typeface families are highlighted for 2026, unified by an explicitly human touch and handcrafted origins rather than machine-generated design. The selection includes classic old-style text faces, modern sans serifs, and refined newsfaces suited for editorial work. Pliego offers Renaissance calligraphic roots, swash options, italics, and broad language support. Comma Sans provides a uniwidth, warm sans with alternates and ligatures ideal for covers and web use. Coranto 2 balances running-text legibility with a condensed headline companion. Parisine favors pen-influenced warmth and exceptional legibility. Gieo Text represents a precisely crafted new text face from a fresh foundry. These families emphasize craft and editorial versatility.
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