“I originally drew the primary characters with a felt tip marker, scanned them and then proceeded to noodle on the computer,” says George Ryan of his new typeface, Koorkin.

Ryan’s first drawings for Koorkin were part of a branding project in the late 1990s. “But the project didn’t pan out,” recalls Ryan. “The commission was withdrawn and the product the typeface was intended to brand never saw the light of day.” After the project was dropped, Ryan saved his drawings, keeping them in a drawer for over 10 years.

One evening, Ryan came across his drawings, remembered what he had liked about the design and decided that, with a few changes, it could be “dusted off” and made into a fresh typeface.

Koorkin can be used in a range of display applications, from headlines to signage. The upright versions also perform comfortably as friendly faces in short blocks of copy. Fun, casual, and versatile – Koorkin is a personable addition to the Monotype typeface library.

Wiescher Design is the foundry of Gert Wiescher. Based in Munich, Germany, Wiescher produced one of the first truly faithful recreations of the classic Bodoni typeface – Bodoni Classic Hand – and has since added many of his own nuances to the family. The foundry has produced typefaces in a range of styles from faithful historical recreations to creative interpretations of well known classic typefaces and lettering styles.

Some of Wiescher Design's faces are decidedly unique, including the hand-drawn version of the Franklin Gothic typeface, aptly named Franklin Gothic Hand, as seen above.

Based in Kiev, Ukraine, Andriy Konstantynov is the man behind Mint Type foundry. A Web designer since 1998, a main motivation for Konstantynov’s typefaces is that they must possess Cyrillic character sets, as the major languages of Ukraine require them.

The Cytia Pro family is the first of Mint Type's typefaces to be offered through Fonts.com; a modern geometric sans with eight weights – as well as supporting Cyrillic and Greek scripts – the Cytia Pro family additionally offers upright and true italics.

Dalton Maag are experts in producing fonts for a wide range of platforms, and have recently released many of their typefaces for the Web. The Cordale Corp typeface (above, middle) is perfect for clear, readable body type online, and the Magpie and Greuber faces (top and bottom) are well-suited for body type as well as headline treatments. All three type families are now available for all your design projects through the Fonts.com Web Fonts service.

HVD Fonts is the foundry of Hannes von Döhren, an award-winning designer whose exceptional work includes typefaces for both display and text use. We’re happy to announce that HVD Fonts are now available through the Fonts.com Web Fonts service. From the deservedly praised Brandon Grotesque family, to the lively Reklame Script typeface, you will undoubtedly find designs from HVD Fonts that are perfect for your creative Web projects.

Based in South Carolina, Emily Lime Design is the foundry of Emily Conners. Her beautiful Carolyna script typeface was recently featured in the Fonts.com New Bestsellers newsletter. Now Conners' typefaces are available for online use through the Fonts.com Web Fonts service. The Logo Sans family, shown above, is a wide modern sans with quirky letterforms and a range of available weights. Conversely, the Emily Lime Pro design, also seen above, is both an expressive and readable script, and is available in 3 weights.

Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Yellow Design Studio commands a portfolio of extraordinary display type and beautiful scripts. The Melany Lane family, seen above, is comprised of 5 fonts – a script in two weights, a set of ornaments in two weights, and a remarkable set of tiling patterns in an additional font! Typefaces from Yellow Design Studio are now available for online use through the Fonts.com Web Fonts service.

Free this month is the bold weight of the Massif typeface family, designed by Steve Matteson for Monotype Imaging. Intended to impart an organic feeling of crisp readability both on screen and in print, the Massif family has a generous x-height, letterforms with an angular tension and smooth curves. The Massif family is quite dexterous – it works well at both text sizes as well as for display headlines.

Free with your Fonts.com purchase, Massif Bold will automatically be added to your cart at checkout. If you like it, be sure to check out all the available styles of this robust type family!

After a failed sign painting business and a brief bout as a radio DJ for a classic rock station, Terrance Weinzierl found himself studying art and design at Grand Valley State University. Thanks to his mom – who was a toy designer and calligrapher – and his artistic family, he was supported in his efforts toward a creative career.

After receiving his first lecture on typefaces from Michelle Bowers, Terrance was hooked on typography. He reflects on the epiphany by saying, “It taught me that type design is not a dead practice, but is alive and well, fueled by a rich history and changing technologies.”

Terrance works on a wide variety of type design and font development projects. He’s involved in custom font design, retail fonts and both productizing and testing fonts. He has had the opportunity to work on custom fonts for Microsoft, Google, Ubisoft, Goodyear, and Kellogg’s to name just a few. Some of his retail designs include the Romany, Stenblak, and Quartz MS typefaces as well as the Comic Sans Pro expansion and notable contributions to the Georgia Pro family.

Fonts.com is also proud to announce two of Terrance's new typefaces – JMC Engraver & Feldman Engraver, showcased above. These two typefaces were commissioned as companion fonts to Nancy Sharon Collins’ new book The Complete Engraver: A Guide to Monograms, Crests, Ciphers, Seals, and the Etiquette and History of Social Stationery. Available now on Fonts.com, these two fonts are FREE. Simply add to your cart, download and enjoy them in all your creative projects.