USA World Cup bid

Speaking of WC bids, USA has a crappy logo for sure, but the display type is excellent. When making modular type like this one, Pentagram could have easily gotten away with over-analized symmetry, but it is the irregular touch (A, M, N) that makes it so playful. Great work.

Also notice how the web version is less complex than the print version: clever and functional.

 The rest of the bids' identities are pretty underwhelming judging from the Wikipedia page. Qatar has a nice symbol, but bad typography.

England World Cup 2018 bid logo

I think it's great, too bad the bid logos are almost always better than the ones for the actual event. Good luck, England!

Tanger Serif

Finally, Tanger Serif is available though MyFonts! I've been a fan of this family for a long time, 3 widths, 16 styles each will accomplish any typographical task (has its price though). Also see the other faces from the new Typolar foundry, great stuff.

Kade

Kade from Re-Type is based on harbour lettering. May look ugly at first glance, but you will learn to love finely balanced no-nonsense roundness and whimsical cuts. Anything that has to do with honest manufacturing: Kade is your typeface.

Mafra Display

DSType has been releasing excellent stuff lately (Apud, Finura, Velino are all outstanding), but it is Mafra Display that really knocks me off. Buy it, buy it now, $26 for a style is such a steal

Runda released

 

Mark Caneso of p.s.type has just released a new 10 style family, Runda. Although it looks very different from the initial designs, which were soft and, well, rounded, it is a great take on a classic grotesue.

Conqueror: a set of free fonts

Jean François Porchez has released a set of wonderful fonts, with swashes, old style and lining figures, ligatues, extensive language support and everything. Download here.

P.S. Don't confuse it with Coqueror by Yuri Gordon, a great superfamily you will have to pay for ;)