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Fontismo updated: more fab fonts for iOS folk

A new version of Fontismo, my iOS app that lets you install a selection of fonts on your iPhone or iPad, is now available.

The fontismo logo
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Fontismo 1.1.0 released — now with iPhone support

Fontismo, my iOS-based utility which provides completely free and account-less access to 50 great open licence typefaces, now works on iPhones as well as iPads. It’s also fully compatible with iOS 14 and features improved font previewing, including pinch-to-zoom scaling.

Fontismo on iPhone
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Want 50 great fonts for your iPad? Get my free app

iPadOS 13 (iOS 13 with knobs, basically) introduced user-installable fonts — or typefaces as we used to call them in the trade, especially in pre-digital times. Apple already bundles a host of fonts with iPadOS, but the addition of user-installable fonts ought to allow much greater scope for tablet-based typographical creativity.

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User installed fonts in iPadOS 13
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Font memories…

I recently updated the masthead of my software-focused site, smittytone.net. In a fit of nostalgia, I recast it as a series of fonts that I’ve been fond of for years, all of them 1960s, 70s and 80s classics.

Transfer deal: a page from the 1978 Letraset Catalogue
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Want 50 great fonts for your iPad? Get my new free app

iPadOS 13 (iOS 13 with knobs, basically) introduced user-installable fonts — or typefaces as we used to call them in the trade, especially in pre-digital times. Apple already bundles a host of fonts with iPadOS, but the addition of user-installable fonts ought to allow much greater scope for tablet-based typographical creativity.

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User installed fonts in iPadOS 13
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