Font Recommendations for Unforgettable Bowls and Counters
Here are some recommendations, curated by our team for you to look at and see which of these fonts with eye-catching bowls and counters suit your ideas best.
1. Syne by Lucas Descroix
Syne is that perfect mix of modern geometric structure and unexpected Renaissance flair in its italic. If you need a font family with a Type Anatomy that’s stable yet surprising across seven different styles, this one designed by Lucas Descroix for Bonjour Monde is ideal to grab. Get it here.
Truculenta is an irregular sans designed by Iván Castro for Omnibus Type that brings a cool, mid-century vibe with a fun, distorted twist in its type anatomy. Try the “Dirty” version when your headline needs a distinctive grotesque edge and a little character. Find it here.
3. Fraunces by Phaedra Charles & Flavia Zimbardi
Fraunces is an Old Style soft-serif designed by Phaedra Charles and Flavia Zimbardi and has a bowl that makes it feel both classic and totally fresh. It’s perfect for creating a display type that has that warm, early 20th-century charm without looking dated. Check it out here.
4. Velvelyne by Mariel Nils and Manon Van der Borght
Velvelyne is a modern take that evolves from the classic Liberation Sans structure, making it a reliable, flexible choice for screen-based projects. Distributed by Velvetyne and designed by Manon Van der Borght and Mariel Nils with contributions by Raphaël Bastide and Benjamin Dumond, use this one when you need a clear, contemporary digital voice that’s available under a super friendly license. Get it now here.
Standard Graf is a fantastic stencil Gothic made by Germany-based designer Peter Wiegel that brings an industrial, cut-out look right to your desktop. If you’re designing something that needs a raw, impactful, or vintage signage feel, this digitized classic is your best friend. Look for it here.
Work Sans is your everyday sans-serif, inspired by historical Grotesque faces but fully optimized for today’s screens with its design by Wei Huang. It’s perfect when you need a font that’s reliably readable across body text sizes, whether online or in print. Have it here.
7. Destra by Cédric Rossignol-Brunet
Destra is a beautiful revival typeface, designed by Cédric Rossignol-Brunet and inspired by a tiny character found on an old Italian theater ticket. Use this font to bring a unique, historical touch and a sense of discovery to your branding projects. Take it here.
This is a distinctive unicase serif made by Christian Thalmann that gracefully blends uppercase and lowercase forms into a single visual style. Distributed by Catharsis Fonts Foundry, it takes its inspiration from 16th-century Garamond types but feels completely fresh and contemporary for display use. Find it here.
Fliege Mono breaks the usual rigidity of monospaced fonts by adding a unique human touch, like playful ink traps. Designed by Pavel Laptev, If you need a font that looks like clean code but still has plenty of character, this one is a great pick. Check it here.