The best new typefaces for February 2025 from leading foundries and designers

The second month of 2025 brings us a rich harvest of new typefaces that perfectly illustrate typography's dual nature: serving designers' practical needs while pushing creative boundaries.

This month's selection is particularly notable for how it spans the full spectrum of contemporary type design. We see the culmination of long-term projects like Typonym's seven-year development of Marsam, alongside rapid-response innovations like Inclusive Sans's expansion to meet user demand. Meanwhile, releases like Pangram Pangram's Model show how cultural influences—in this case, Japanese model kits—continue to inspire fresh approaches to type design.

Read on as we present seven of the best new font releases of February 2025. Each offers unique solutions to design challenges while pushing the boundaries of what type can be and do.

1. Inclusive Sans by Olivia King

Building on the success of its initial release, Inclusive Sans 2.0 marks a significant evolution in accessible typography. With over 1.25 million API serves in a single week, its impact on everyday typography is already profound. Now Olivia King has expanded this Google Fonts favourite with an impressive range of new weights, from Light through to Bold, plus a variable font option for ultimate flexibility.

The latest version of Inclusive Sans maintains its core mission of exceptional readability while introducing refined details that make it even more versatile. Its neo-grotesque foundations are enhanced by thoughtful features specifically designed for accessibility, making it an ideal choice for both digital interfaces and print applications.

2. Marsam by Typonym

Seven years in the making, Marsam represents a masterful reimagining of the slab serif genre. This extensive 20-font family bridges the gap between stern neo-grotesque slab serifs and traditional Clarendons, offering a distinctly modernist interpretation that feels fresh and contemporary.

Particularly noteworthy are the thoughtfully crafted a, c, g, r, and s glyphs and numerals, which demonstrate exceptional attention to detail. The italics shine with true cursive forms rather than merely slanted romans, while Marsam's ability to pair seamlessly with sans-serif Newsam makes it an invaluable addition to any typographic toolkit.

3. Resonay Text by TypeMates

Designer Andrej Dieneš brings us a gentle yet sophisticated text face that masterfully balances calligraphic expression with contemporary functionality. As the readable counterpart to Resonay Display, this new release features classical letterforms enriched by stone-cut lettering influences.

With over 2,000 glyphs per weight and support for more than 200 Latin languages, Resonay Text is remarkably comprehensive. Its 200+ ligatures, including specially designed initial and final swashes, provide sophisticated typographic control. Plus, the five-weight family, from Thin to Bold, includes true small caps and context-sensitive punctuation, making it particularly suitable for poetry, literary works and elegant editorial design.

4. Cedrat by Formagari

Emmanuel Besse's Cedrat family represents a thoughtful evolution of historical type forms, reimagined for contemporary use. Drawing inspiration from the Hollandaises typefaces of the Berthier & Durey foundry's 1895 specimen book, this extensive family spans three optical sizes: Display, Standard and Text.

Each variant offers six weights with matching italics, containing 1,030 glyphs per style. Crucially, rather than simply digitising historical forms, Besse has refined the design while maintaining its distinctive character. This is particularly evident in the italics, which draw inspiration from Times and ITC Caslon 223. Overall, the result is a versatile system that bridges display and text applications while honouring its 19th-century roots.

5. Lettra Mono by Pangram Pangram

This monospaced serif typeface is the latest take on an evergreen challenge: providing uniform spacing while maintaining visual interest. Drawing inspiration from typewriter fonts and botanical illustrations, Lettra Mono features strong vertical contrast and distinctive diamond-shaped details that set it apart from conventional monospaced designs.

Available in eight weights with matching italics, the family includes experimental alternates and unconventional ligatures that add personality while maintaining functionality. Its consistent weight distribution and careful attention to proportion make it suitable for both creative display work and technical applications where monospaced type is essential.

6. Model by Pangram Pangram

Paying homage to the precision and detail of Japanese model kits, particularly those from Tamiya, Model translates the mechanical aesthetic of plastic components into typography. This ambitious project encompasses four distinct families, including monospaced variants and experimental 'Plastic' styles, totalling 72 fonts.

The typeface goes beyond mere aesthetic tribute, though, incorporating practical features like extensive Latin support, Hiragana and Katakana alphabets, as well as specialised measurement characters. Model's modular forms and mechanical precision make it particularly suitable for technical documentation, industrial design, and contemporary branding applications.

7. Dysto by Joseph Dennis via The Designers Foundry

Channelling the visual language of 1980s science fiction, Dysto combines retro-futuristic aesthetics with cutting-edge type modern tech. This 36-style family (plus variable options) features monospaced architecture and reverse contrast strokes, creating a distinctive, future-forward appearance.

Designer Joseph Dennis has created a typeface that's both a tribute to retro-futuristic design and a practical tool for contemporary projects requiring a bold, technical aesthetic. The family's three axes of modification offer six widths, three weights and slanted variations, while six stylistic sets and extensive ligatures provide remarkable flexibility. Its vertical typing capabilities and distinctive 22.5-degree slant options make it particularly suitable for environmental graphics and digital applications.