Most of the interesting activity in type design happens on independent foundries’ own sites long before — sometimes long instead of — it ever reaches a marketplace like MyFonts or FontSpring. If you only ever browse the big marketplaces, you’re missing a lot of what’s actually new. That’s exactly why it pays to track new font releases straight from the foundries, not just the marketplaces.
Where to Actually Track New Releases
Creative Boom publishes a genuinely useful monthly roundup of new typefaces from independent foundries worldwide — it’s one of the few sources that consistently covers releases before they’re widely known, and it’s where we found the examples below.
A Few Recent Releases Worth Knowing About
Rosebriar by Laura Worthington is a decorative titling serif with gothic ornamental details — wedge cross strokes, splayed terminals, a storybook character built specifically for book covers and heritage branding. It’s exactly the kind of distinctive display serif we’d point to for a literary or historical book cover that wants something more specific than a generic classic serif.
P22 Stickley 2 expands P22 Type Foundry’s existing Stickley family into a full optical size system — caption, text, headline, display, and banner sizes, each independently drawn rather than just scaled. The original Stickley Pro family this builds on has been a reliable Arts-and-Crafts-inspired choice on MyFonts for years.
CoFo Robert Sans by Liza Rasskazova takes an unusual approach: a humanist sans-serif whose proportions are derived from a slab serif, aiming for warmth without losing the functional clarity a sans needs to actually work as UI or body text.
Why This Matters If You’re Buying, Not Just Browsing
New independent releases are often direct-sale only when they first launch, reaching wider marketplace distribution later if at all — which means the “best new font this month” and “best font you can actually buy on a major marketplace right now” are sometimes different lists. If you want a specific brand-new release, check the foundry’s own site directly rather than assuming it’s already on MyFonts or FontSpring.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are brand-new font releases usually more expensive?
Not necessarily by design, though independent foundries set their own pricing — there’s no consistent pattern of new releases costing more than established typefaces.
Should I wait for a new release to reach MyFonts/FontSpring, or buy direct?
If you need it now and it’s only sold direct, buying from the foundry’s own site is completely legitimate — marketplace distribution is a business decision by the foundry, not a signal about whether a font is safe to buy elsewhere.
How often does Creative Boom publish new release roundups?
Monthly, making it one of the more reliable ways to keep track of what’s launching across independent type foundries without checking dozens of individual foundry sites yourself.
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