Parry and Parry Grotesque by Artur Schmal have their roots in the robust slab serif and sans serif typefaces of the Victorian age, but they aren’t revivals. Soft curves and quirky serifs meet sharp-cut stroke endings, giving a text image that’s softer than most slab serifs. Get them at typenetwork.com

Retros by Rustam Gabbasov is a natural fit for beauty, lifestyle, and luxury brand identities, blending the softness of broad-nib brush calligraphy with the strength and precision of chiseled stone carving in its elegant curves. 👉 License Retros at typenetwork.com

Marat by Ludwig Übele began as a sans serif and gradually morphed into lively serif forms. Moderate contrast and strong serifs give the lighter weights a typewriter-like slab quality, while the underlying structure follows contemporary Antiqua proportions. Alternating angular and rounded corners keep it soft and friendly, and tense curves complement the roman cuts. 👉 License Marat at typenetwork.com

Spooky season calls for blackletter, but Schmaltzy by Matthijs Herzberg works well beyond Halloween. It's about as relaxed as a blackletter gets, with no sharp edges, only smooth curves flowing into one another, and a distinct personality that can anchor a brand identity. 👉 License Schmaltzy at typenetwork.com

Nickel Gothic by DJR in use for Waterford Walls Daily Bulletin. Waterford Walls is an international street art festival that brings more than fifty artists from around the world to Waterford each August for ten days of painting, music, and events. 👉 License Nickel Gothic at typenetwork.com

Our second Meet the Network episode features Valentina Casali, a type designer, junior engineer, and project manager at CAST Foundry, a cooperative based in Bolzano, Italy. Watch the full video at buff.ly/JuDFpHr

Looking for fonts that make some noise? Comicraft’s typefaces are made to be heard, from a quick ZAP to a full KA-BOOM. Here are a few of our favorite sound effects, each set in a different Comicraft font. 💥 Get these Comicraft fonts at typenetwork.com

Violeta by Quintana-Font in use for the book Hotel Love by Petra Piuk Vienna-based Sellerie Studio designed the book, developing a series of lipstick lettering along with the layout and typesetting. The typesetting pairs MT Baskerville for the main text with Violeta for titles and highlights, and Input Mono Compressed for the ISBN and the book’s sections. 👉 License Violeta at typenetwork.com

Want an elegant serif with a modern edge? Clarinetta, designed by Jürgen Huber, pairs deliberately pronounced serifs with striking contrast, bringing fresh energy to time-honored typographic principles. 👉 License Clarinetta at typenetwork.com

Late Serif by Henning Skibbe is a silky, contemporary text typeface. The typeface family supports 210 languages through its Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts. 👉 License Late Serif at typenetwork.com