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Hot Type

[Ed. Note: PRINT is expanding its “Hot Type” coverage online, where every two weeks, we will review anything that's underused, under the radar, but worthy of report. We're launching with two headline faces this month, but the series will cover both text and display type.]

Tourette by Jonathan Barnbrook and Marcus McCallion, published by Virus Fonts

An aptly-named typeface, Tourette is a worthy psychological case study. If the best faces have personality, Tourette boasts two: one that demurely displays its content with silver-tongued eloquence, and another that can't help but interject its own exclamations and exhortations. Tourette Normal is a sweetly understated slab serif, while Extreme frenetically flaunts unexpected flourishes and embellishments — off its medication, if you will. And its extensive set of diacritics and ligatures? Each one is more fiendishly manic than the one before.
STEPHEN COLES and ANNA MALSBERGER

Stephen Coles is an editor at the online journal Typographica. Anna Malsberger is a filmmaker and designer for PBS's American Experience.

Want more "Hot Type"? Read Paul Shaw's review of FB Juliana from our October isssue and share your opinions about type in our forums .