Looking ahead to 2026
Let’s rewind.
2025 had its standouts. One MVB release topped the charts, a few faces stayed on heavy rotation, and 13 new foundries joined Type Network along the way.
Here’s a quick look back at the type and the designers that defined the year.
13 new foundries
Thirteen new foundries joined the roster this year, broadening the range of designers, type cultures, and ideas shaping contemporary type.
Explore their work and get to know the voices moving the needle.
P.S. Three more are on the horizon, and they are worth the wait.
351 new type families
351 new families. A fresh field of ideas. Explore the latest additions to our library and uncover the typographic possibilities waiting to be put to work.
3216 new fonts
3216 new fonts. Take a spin through our library and see what’s new. With a myriad of styles, there’s a perfect typographic match just waiting for you.
Unsurprising staple
Sans took the crown.
They were the most licensed typefaces of the year by a wide margin. Clean, flexible, and endlessly reusable, these faces earned their keep.
If your lineup could use a few new workhorses, this is a good place to start.
Loica Sans
Variable Regular
Starting at $29
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On repeat
One sans stood out this year.
Sweet Sans Pro rose to the top as the most licensed sans in the catalog. If it is not already in your rotation, now is a good time to take another look.
MVB Fonts is a digital type foundry established in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1991 by type designer Mark van Bronkhorst.
Sweet Sans Pro
Regular
Starting at $79
BuyOldest, newest, and in-between
In type, foundries are the architects. They shape letters at their foundation, carrying language through print, digital, and through the systems we rely on every day, shaping culture at large. Meet the foundries that defined 2025.
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