This is the 16th installment of my monthly feature on Typewolf where I share my favorite type-driven websites from the previous month and then write a little about the typographic details behind the designs. You can check out last month’s post for April here.
I’m a huge fan of Samuel Hulick’s user onboarding teardowns so I thought it would be fun to try a new feature on Typewolf where I do a “typography teardown” of a popular website. I’ll review the design from a typographic perspective and discuss what makes the type work and what could potentially have been done better.
I first encountered TEFF Lexicon when type designer Kris Sowersby chose it as one of his top three favorite fonts. Having never heard of Lexicon or TEFF (the foundry that released Lexicon), I decided to do a bit of Googling around. I discovered a very beautiful typeface, but was a bit taken aback by the price — $391 for a single cut or $4,996 for the complete family.
Ever wonder what fonts your favorite designers have been using lately? I reached out to 41 of the most talented and influential designers in our industry and asked them to list their top 3 current favorite typefaces.