A test of our new display font-in-progress, Lydia. Lydia is a sans serif display font derived from a sign painter’s sample sheet from the early 20th Century and we are projecting a release date towards the end of March, 2024…if all goes as planned.

The quick brown foxes jumped over the lazy dogs, sir!

Lydia, a sans serif display family

Experiment with the font using the controls below.

The quick brown foxes jumped over the lazy dogs. But, you can enter your own text to test the font.

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