Typographica: Best of 2007

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Typographica: Best of 2007 Typographica's Oscars for 2007, the unofficial but highly respected list of best types of the past year. Double and triple winners are Tomáš Brousil, Kris Sowersby and Christian Schwartz. Calligraphic: Burgues Script by Alejandro Paul. Scripts and bouncers: Kinescope by Mark Simonson, MVB Sacre Bleu by Mark van Bronkhorst, Olicana by Nick Cooke, Scriptonah and Casual Script by John Nahmias, Los Niches by Juan Pablo de Gregorio, BistroScript by Tomáš Brousil, Beorcana by Carl Crossgrove (too brushy to be labeled a sans), Burbank by Tal Leming (too bouncy to be called a sans). Sans family: National by Kris Sowersby, Graphik by Christian Schwartz, Taz III by Luc(as) de Groot, Gloriola by Tomáš Brousil, Urbana by César Puertas. Octagonal/mechanical: Purista by Tomáš Brousil. Serif text family: Arno Pro by Robert Slimbach, FF Meta Serif by Spiekermann, Schwartz, and Sowersby, Feijoa by Kris Sowersby, Greta by Peter Bilak. All purpose families: Leitura by Dino dos Santos, Anselm by František Štorm. Slab or heavy serif: Malaga by Xavier Dupré, Lineare Serif by Eduardo Tunni. Special purpose: Beowolf & BeoSans by Erik van Blokland and Just van Rossum, Fab by Patrick Griffin. Small sizes, pixelish: Minuscule by Thomas Huot-Marchand, Restraint by Marian Bantjes with Ross Mills. Blackletter: Blaktur by Ken Barber. Vogue: Giorgio by Christian Schwartz.	EXTERNAL LINKS Typographica: Best of 2007 MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Choice of fonts ⦿ Past type competitions ⦿ Brush script typefaces ⦿ Fashion mag typefaces ⦿