Introducing: Global font rankings and stats! Now you can view global font usage, watch daily leaderboards, track best fonts of the month, observe total usage numbers and ranking changes. All that for free an directly on our website. fontba.se/tools/rankings

We now officially support missing font auto-activation in Figma! You can get our plugin here: bit.ly/3TPZucn

License management in FontBase. Simply add some fonts, add licenses, set the number of maximum seats. And bada bing bada boom you and your team will now stay compliant!

⚠️ 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.

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. Read more: fontba.se/blog/fontba...

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

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.

We have a NEW logo!

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.

Oi, a thread about italics! 🧵👇 True italics aren't just slanted text! They're completely redrawn typefaces with cursive structure, like handwriting. Compare a true italic 'a' vs roman 'a' - totally different shapes.

We're giving away the complete Murs Gothic font family with 57 styles worth $399 — fontba.se/giveaway/jun...

FontBase — Murs Gothic Giveaway

FontBase is giving away the entire Murs Gothic font family — 57 styles worth $399 — by Maksym Kobuzan!

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