January 2026's best new typefaces: functional design meets historical inspiration
By
Tom May
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Summary
A review of the best new typeface releases for January 2026, highlighting fonts that are functional, confident, and well-considered. The article covers typefaces that engage with typographic history, including a resurrected 126-year-old script and a serif based on an 1830s design, emphasizing problem-solving design over unnecessary embellishment.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledThere's a refreshing lack of faff here; these are typefaces that know exactly what job they're meant to do, and they get on with it.
No apologies, no hedging. Just confident, well-considered design that actually solves problems.
Many of these fonts engage with history in meaningful ways.
We've got a 126-year-old script that's been lovingly resurrected from archival specimens.
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