English · Version 7

Good Timing

Good Timing typeface specimen.

I released Good Timing on June 5, 2019, as a direct response to long-standing requests for a lowercase companion to Good Times. I had resisted adding lowercase to Good Times because it never meshed well with the original capitals. Good Timing allowed me to start fresh, reworking the concept so that uppercase and lowercase could coexist without conflict.

The family carried forward the futuristic aesthetic of Good Times but expanded it with seven weights and italics. The heavier weights were particularly bold, giving designers the option to create strong contrasts in hierarchy. I also broadened its functionality with Greek and Cyrillic support, ensuring it could serve more than just Latin-based languages. While Good Times was conceived solely as a display typeface, Good Timing was designed to work in both display settings and short runs of text at larger sizes.

To make the release accessible, I issued the Bold weight with a free commercial desktop license, while all other styles were commercial only. I haven’t revised the typeface since its release, and I’m not aware of any notable uses. Despite its wider character set and expanded family structure, Good Times continues to outpace it in downloads, underscoring how sequels in type design often struggle to eclipse their predecessors.

222 of 666 reading sections