Introducing the FontMarket provider!
We've partnered up with FontMarket to bring you 2164 high quality fonts inside your favorite font manager. Subscribe and use the fonts in a single click, just like Google fonts.
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⚠️ Our database provider Supabase is currently having some technical issues. FontBase login might nor work for some users. We continue to monitor the situation and will update as soon as this is recolved.
For the latest FontBase update we were required to change our signing certificate for Windows. Unfortunately, this causes an error during the update.
If you are getting this error, please download a new version of FontBase from our website manually.
If you are having issues with the latest 2.24.4 update, please refer to this forum topic forum.fontba.se/t/fontbase-2… for a temporary solution while we investigate this further.
Discover is now available in the latest FontBase release!
All new font releases from 60 foundries across the globe, gathered on a single page, updated daily. Get to know about new fonts before everyone else. Free to join for any foundry.
Check it out: bit.ly/4p0Cl2m
Typography is one of the most important elements in graphic design.
When we create our work digitally, fonts become a key part of the process.
While creative software helps us bring our ideas to life, one of the most powerful (and often overlooked) tools in a designer’s toolkit is a font management app, something that helps us organise, discover, and stay in control of our type library.
Looking for a smarter way to manage your fonts?
Meet FontBase, a clean, fast, and powerful font manager that makes organising and activating your fonts effortless.
In this quick video, I’ll give you a fast overview of FontBase, show you what it can do, and why it’s become a core part of my design workflow.
Let’s jump in and see how this works!
👀 WATCH HERE: youtu.be/7rZrIdJK3Rw@FontBaseApp
Remember the IDEO font map? Well, it's gone and not available anymore for quite some time now.
But guess who's doing a better (hopefully) version of it?
Font family page updates in FontBase! Here's what you may have missed:
1. Improved style selection. The select dropdown is now on top of the page. Double clicking a style now navigates to the Waterfall tab directly.
FontBase is a really cool program for syncing and managing fonts between systems. I can set up a Dropbox/Google Drive folder to store my fonts and access them across systems. Good stuff now that I'm working between multiple systems. fontba.se/
We are curretnly experiencing issues with logging in into the app.
We are working on a fix. We'll post an update here as soon as the issue is resolved.
Currently we're working on an updated Glyphs page in FontBase. It will have glyph search, Unicode groups displayed, and work faster with lots of glyphs.
What features would you like to see on the new Glyphs page?
A really short history of type. 🧵
Roman letters started as inscriptions carved in stone in 8th century BC. Romans adapted the Greek alphabet, creating the foundation for all Western scripts. These early letters had thick/thin strokes & serifs - still influencing type today.
Evolution continued: Transitional types (17th century) added more contrast, Baskerville's sharp forms were "shocking" in the 1700s, then came Baroque variations mixing roman & italic on same lines.
20th century: Sans-serif fonts emerged (no serifs, even thickness). Phototypesetting in the 1960s revolutionized production, leading to today's digital typography.