FACEPLATE Limited Version 2.0, consisting of two weights based on the Faceplate Sans family, is now available as a free download.

CRASH NUMBERING is ten years old, and to celebrate we’ve updated and reissued the family. The two numerocentric fonts — a clean sans and a chunky serif style — now include OpenType features that swap in the alternate numerals, along with other small enhancements. Get it free.

Now live in the Gallery: S.P.O.R.K. VALENCE poster for the Table Manners typeface, and EFFLUXION for Luminance.

New in the Gallery: PRYSMIA VII a poster for Hydrous.

New in the Gallery: ECZES, a poster for Graficz; and XITLALI featuring Serus.

Several PSY/OPS typefaces are now available for web embedding at TYPEKIT. Making their debut are Vidange Pro (shown above), Adaptive Mono, Default Gothic and VM74, with more titles to follow in the coming months.

New in the Gallery: FULL SERVICE Poster for Vidange Pro.

New in the Gallery: Alembic’s poster, SUSPENSION, and Crucible’s PARTICLE CAPTURE.

New in the Gallery: FIRMAMENT for Contempo Elan, DISCO RAPTURE for Kryptoid, and Franzen’s BINARY SOLO.

New in the Gallery: TIKI TALKER a poster for Poole, NEW WEAVE a poster for Karolin, and UNITY for Shabash Pro.

New in the Gallery: PALPABLE and LLORONA, both posters for Eidetic Modern.

We welcome Alex Styc as our summer intern! She will be studying abroad for part of the summer session, but we look forward to working with her while she is here in the studio.

KRYPTOIDS™ are a decorative tribute to circuit boards and org charts, chemical structures and family trees, transit maps, crop circles and shift knob diagrams. Each Kryptoid font contains 300 pictomorphs, and each of those comes in three interlocking substyles — base, exo and cell — for a total of 900 unique glyphs per font. The substyles are accessible as OpenType features, and can be stacked and colored in your favorite OT-friendly drawing application. Includes a 76-page User Guide.

New in the Gallery: UMBRAL SHROUD poster for Catacumba Pro; CONVERSATION poster for Jeanne Moderno; and PARAGON for Exemplar Pro.

The GALLERY is the new home for PSY/OPS’ type-inspired posters. Great new designs, available in different formats (including iPhone wallpapers), will be added over the coming months, so make sure to visit often.

Just released: Vidange Pro, an eight-font typeface designed by Jack Usine and edited by PSY/OPS. Special pricing through June 30.

Fountain and PSY/OPS are proud to announce the joint release of Catacumba Pro, a typeface by Rui Abreu.The design is inspired by the painted inscriptions of the Igreja de São Francisco catacombs, and includes a wide selection of OpenType ranges and features. Special pricing through May 16.

COMPLETED: Production of RACETRACKS by Carlos Segura and Chris Manfre. 111 dingbats in three styles, now available at T26.

We are pleased to announce the arrival of Jeanne Moderno, a revisionary typeface by Steve Mehallo.

This month we completed the technical modernization of the Arthur Baker Type Collection, including the legendary Calligrapher’s most familiar designs: Hiroshige Sans, Sassafrass, Calligraphica and New Visigoth.

Completed: a complex multi-linking script system and design guide to coordinate with the Ventev logo developed by SALT Branding, San Francisco.

COMPLETED: 44 bitfonts for sign maker Watchfire. The fonts are specially built to work in Watchfire’s layout system and optimized for giant LED signboards with pixel widths of up to 35mm.