Typography is the art of creating and using letterforms as a graphic design tool.
This page was last updated on July 9th, 2008
This page was last updated on July 9th, 2008
Typography (from Graphic Design)
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Typophile
Active discussion board with font identification and type design critique forums. Sporadic features include interviews with typographers, news feed, and type design courses.
The Typophiles
Founded 70 years ago by Frederic Goudy, Paul Bennett, and others, an educational association that encourages the appreciation and production of fine typography and bookmaking.
Guide to Central European Typography
Information on Central European typography: rules, links and other valuable pieces of information.
typogRaphic
Exploration and experimentation between typography and imagery.
LetterPerfect
Design services, lettering tours, publications, and fonts available for purchase and download.
New Series
In-depth essays and interviews on typography from writer Andy Crewdson, formerly of Lines and Splines.
Will-Harris House Writing, Design and Typography
Home of Esperfonto, the web's only interactive typeface selection system, TypoFile magazine for people who use and love type, a design office with corporate ID's, business cards and illustrations, and the Point Reyes Chipmunk Observatory and Garden.
DigitalThread: TypeHaus
Contains featured foundries, honorable foundries, type resources, and typography links.
International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication
Conference organized by the University of Macedonia and alterVision, typography and visual communication ltd
Types and Typography - A guide
A complete guide to the history and science of types, fonts and typography.
Character Design Standards
General rules for character shapes in Latin based languages in digital fonts. From Microsoft.com.
AdamAnt Designs Online
Graphic and typeface design online.
The Glory of Chinese Printing
Online exhibit that details history of printing in China, from block printing through the invention of movable wood type, brass plates, and two-color techniques.
All Good Things Typography
Information about typography: history, classification, type choice and the fontpool.
Typolis
In German and English, this site is an ambitious private project which details the history of alphabets, describes type classifications and provides information about designers as well as about the art of graphic design.
Creative Pro : Fonts Department
Font news and software reviews links. Exclusive feature articles on typography from Creative Pro's staff of graphic design writers.
National Print Museum
Site of Ireland's National Print Museum. Contains a short tour of the museum, description of exhibits, a brief history of printing in Ireland and visitor information.
Typographic
Information on typography from 3500 B.C. to the present day, including evolution, timeline, anatomy, image gallery, studies, glossary and related information.
Typographica. A Journal of Typography.
News, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design.
TypeRight
Mission: to promote typefaces as creative works and to advocate their legal protection as intellectual property.
Cavendish Typography
Gallery of images and text relating to typography and print through the ages.
Loubet del Bayle, Jean-Christophe
Personal website devoted to typography. Available in English and French.
Planet Typography
This portal dedicated to typography includes directory, news, online manual and free fonts to download. Home of The Typographic Times, a font-related eZine with interviews of type designers and portraits of typefaces.
Counterspace
Features a history of typography, with classifications of type and structure of letterforms.
The Goudy International Center for Font Technology and Aesthetics
Provides research of typeface names to facilitate designers in name selection. Also provides information on Frederic Goudy and offers typographic links. From the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Greeking Machine
Lorem Ipsum generator supporting Latin and several humorous choices.
The Evolution of Type
Information on the main characteristics of the letterform, styles and elements of printing types, and the history of the alphabet.
ABC Typography
Virtual Museum of Typography.
Medieval Unicode Font Initiative
Non-profit group of scholars working toward a solution to the problem of encoding special characters in Medieval texts written in the Latin alphabet.
ATypI
The site of the Association Typographique International, the organisation of the international type community. Information on events, ATypI publications and conferences.
Alphabytes
Dedicated to excellence in graphic design and the promotion of typography, calligraphy and the lettering arts.
Name This Font
Encyclopedia of letterforms. Information on the author plus where to purchase the book.
A Brief History of Type
Read an essay discussing the times, technologies, and forms of type.
Arabic Type
Research on Arabic typography, its relationship to calligraphy and culture, and the development of new Arabic fonts.
Microsoft Typography
Typography news headlines, 'link of the day','book recommendations' and a constantly updated database of over 500 type and typography related sites on the Web.
Typotheque
Information about typography, free type utilities, articles on type and type design, and fonts for sale.
Society of Typographic Aficionados
Rochester, NY based S{o}TA is an International Organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type, its history and development, its use in the world of print and digital imagery, its designers, and its admirers.
daidala
A blog by Jon Coltz. Features reviews of typefaces and observations from the life of a type lover.
Cary Graphic Arts Press
Publication arm of the Melbert Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology, offering publications on the history of the graphic arts.
Type Books
Resource for publications concerning the letterform arts.
Typolis - typography, type and design
In German and English, a private project which details the history of alphabets, describes type classifications and provides information about designers as well as about the art of graphic design.
Dr. Leslie and The Composing Room
MFA thesis project by Erin K. Malone explores the history of typesetting firm located in New York City.
Arabic typography
Arabic typographical experiments.
Ban Comic Sans
Download and print stickers and flyers to campaign against the font, also free comic fonts to use instead.
Press for Success
Typographic books and artworks by Jill Yelland.
Commonly Confused Characters
Unicode and graphic examples of proper quote, hyphen, and space encoding and typographical mistakes.
Information Design Associates
Corporate, information design, and web design.
Encyclopaedia of Typography and Electronic Communication
A short-subject encyclopedia and glossary covering typography, printing, electronic publishing, and electronic communication.
TypoBlog
Medium sized article, subtitled "How personal typographic Web sites are giving the musty, elitist field of typography is a stiff kick in the keister"
The Typographic Circle
Membership organization providing information on committee, events, publications and membership.
Active discussion board with font identification and type design critique forums. Sporadic features include interviews with typographers, news feed, and type design courses.
Founded 70 years ago by Frederic Goudy, Paul Bennett, and others, an educational association that encourages the appreciation and production of fine typography and bookmaking.
Information on Central European typography: rules, links and other valuable pieces of information.
Exploration and experimentation between typography and imagery.
Design services, lettering tours, publications, and fonts available for purchase and download.
In-depth essays and interviews on typography from writer Andy Crewdson, formerly of Lines and Splines.
Home of Esperfonto, the web's only interactive typeface selection system, TypoFile magazine for people who use and love type, a design office with corporate ID's, business cards and illustrations, and the Point Reyes Chipmunk Observatory and Garden.
Contains featured foundries, honorable foundries, type resources, and typography links.
Conference organized by the University of Macedonia and alterVision, typography and visual communication ltd
A complete guide to the history and science of types, fonts and typography.
General rules for character shapes in Latin based languages in digital fonts. From Microsoft.com.
Graphic and typeface design online.
Online exhibit that details history of printing in China, from block printing through the invention of movable wood type, brass plates, and two-color techniques.
Information about typography: history, classification, type choice and the fontpool.
In German and English, this site is an ambitious private project which details the history of alphabets, describes type classifications and provides information about designers as well as about the art of graphic design.
Font news and software reviews links. Exclusive feature articles on typography from Creative Pro's staff of graphic design writers.
Site of Ireland's National Print Museum. Contains a short tour of the museum, description of exhibits, a brief history of printing in Ireland and visitor information.
Information on typography from 3500 B.C. to the present day, including evolution, timeline, anatomy, image gallery, studies, glossary and related information.
News, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design.
Mission: to promote typefaces as creative works and to advocate their legal protection as intellectual property.
Gallery of images and text relating to typography and print through the ages.
Personal website devoted to typography. Available in English and French.
This portal dedicated to typography includes directory, news, online manual and free fonts to download. Home of The Typographic Times, a font-related eZine with interviews of type designers and portraits of typefaces.
Features a history of typography, with classifications of type and structure of letterforms.
Provides research of typeface names to facilitate designers in name selection. Also provides information on Frederic Goudy and offers typographic links. From the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Lorem Ipsum generator supporting Latin and several humorous choices.
Information on the main characteristics of the letterform, styles and elements of printing types, and the history of the alphabet.
Virtual Museum of Typography.
Non-profit group of scholars working toward a solution to the problem of encoding special characters in Medieval texts written in the Latin alphabet.
The site of the Association Typographique International, the organisation of the international type community. Information on events, ATypI publications and conferences.
Dedicated to excellence in graphic design and the promotion of typography, calligraphy and the lettering arts.
Encyclopedia of letterforms. Information on the author plus where to purchase the book.
Read an essay discussing the times, technologies, and forms of type.
Research on Arabic typography, its relationship to calligraphy and culture, and the development of new Arabic fonts.
Typography news headlines, 'link of the day','book recommendations' and a constantly updated database of over 500 type and typography related sites on the Web.
Information about typography, free type utilities, articles on type and type design, and fonts for sale.
Rochester, NY based S{o}TA is an International Organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type, its history and development, its use in the world of print and digital imagery, its designers, and its admirers.
A blog by Jon Coltz. Features reviews of typefaces and observations from the life of a type lover.
Publication arm of the Melbert Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology, offering publications on the history of the graphic arts.
Resource for publications concerning the letterform arts.
In German and English, a private project which details the history of alphabets, describes type classifications and provides information about designers as well as about the art of graphic design.
MFA thesis project by Erin K. Malone explores the history of typesetting firm located in New York City.
Arabic typographical experiments.
Download and print stickers and flyers to campaign against the font, also free comic fonts to use instead.
Typographic books and artworks by Jill Yelland.
Unicode and graphic examples of proper quote, hyphen, and space encoding and typographical mistakes.
Corporate, information design, and web design.
A short-subject encyclopedia and glossary covering typography, printing, electronic publishing, and electronic communication.
Medium sized article, subtitled "How personal typographic Web sites are giving the musty, elitist field of typography is a stiff kick in the keister"
Membership organization providing information on committee, events, publications and membership.
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