Future Fonts
A live marketplace for experimental fonts still in progress
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At a glance
What it does
A marketplace for experimental fonts still evolving in public.
Detailed overview
Future Fonts lets designers license and use typefaces before they become fully retail-polished. It embraces in-progress, versioned type instead of only finished catalogs. Most people still shop finished fonts and ignore living type projects, which is why this is a hidden gem for type designers, brand designers, and experimental typography fans. It's clearly alive: the team page names Travis Kochel as co-founder/owner, the about page describes a platform for in-progress fonts, and font pages show 2026 activity like Elmira (Apr 16), Gawhar (May 1), and Tatras (May 14, 2026).
Key features
- In-progress versioned fonts
- License early-access type
- Variable fonts
- Direct-from-designer marketplace
Who it's for
Best suited for designers looking for fonts tools. A live marketplace for experimental fonts still in progress
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