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Information Design Associates
Corporate, information design, and web design.
http://www.ida.org.uk/
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"
http://fawny.org/typoblog.html
All Good Things Typography
Information about typography: history, classification, type choice and the fontpool.
http://www.redsun.com/type/
Ban Comic Sans
Download and print stickers and flyers to campaign against the font, also free comic fonts to use instead.
http://bancomicsans.com/
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.
http://www.will-harris.com
The Evolution of Type
Information on the main characteristics of the letterform, styles and elements of printing types, and the history of the alphabet.
http://www.mediumbold.com/04_thinking/type...
TypeRight
Mission: to promote typefaces as creative works and to advocate their legal protection as intellectual property.
http://www.typeright.org/
National Print Museum
Contains a short tour of the museum, description of exhibits, a brief history of printing in Ireland and visitor information.
http://ireland.iol.ie/~npmuseum/
Character Design Standards
General rules for character shapes in Latin based languages in digital fonts. From Microsoft.com.
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/develo...
Pixel Fonts Explained
In-depth look at the history of bitmap (pixel) typography.
http://www.bestflashanimationsite.com/tuto...
typogRaphic
Exploration and experimentation between typography and imagery.
http://www.typographic.com/
Creative Pro : Fonts Department
Font news and software reviews links. Exclusive feature articles on typography from Creative Pro's staff of graphic design writers.
http://www.creativepro.com/category/home/2...
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.
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/defaul...
Name This Font
Encyclopedia of letterforms. Information on the author plus where to purchase the book.
http://www.namethisfont.com/
Types and Typography - A guide
A complete guide to the history and science of types, fonts and typography.
http://www.cyber-north.com/fonts/
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.
http://www.typophiles.org/
Arabic Type
Research on Arabic typography, its relationship to calligraphy and culture, and the development of new Arabic fonts.
http://www.arabictype.com/
Typo.cz
Portál o typografii a grafickém designu, digitální písmolijny a distributoři, klasifikace a programy pro editaci písem.
http://www.typo.cz/
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.
http://gandalf.aksis.uib.no/mufi/
Typographic
Information on typography from 3500 B.C. to the present day, including evolution, timeline, anatomy, image gallery, studies, glossary and related information.
http://www.rsub.com/typographic/
Cavendish Typography
Gallery of images and text relating to typography and print through the ages.
http://www.typography.org.uk/
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.
http://www.planet-typography.com/
Typotheque
Information about typography, free type utilities, articles on type and type design, and fonts for sale.
http://www.typotheque.com/
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.
http://www.cgan.com/english/english/cpg/in...
The Typographic Circle
Membership organization providing information on committee, events, publications and membership.
http://www.typocircle.co.uk/
Cary Graphic Arts Press
The publication arm of the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. The collection is a resource for those studying printing history, bookbinding, typography, papermaking, calligraphy, and book illustration processes.
http://wally.rit.edu/cary/carypress.html
Dr. Leslie and The Composing Room
MFA thesis project by Erin K. Malone explores the history of typesetting firm located in New York City.
http://www.drleslie.com/
Commonly Confused Characters
A discussion of characters that are commonly confused in typography.
http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ggbaker/reference/ch...
LetterPerfect
Design services, lettering tours, publications, and fonts available for purchase and download.
http://www.letterspace.com/
ABC Typography
Virtual museum presenting information on classical and contemporary typefaces.
http://abc.planet-typography.com/
The International Type Index
A directory of fonts and foundries with the ambitious goal of indexing all existing fonts in the world.
http://typeindex.org/
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.
http://www.typesociety.org/
ATypI
The site of the Association Typographique International, the organisation of the international type community. Information on events, ATypI publications and conferences.
http://www.atypi.org/
Typophile
Active discussion board with font identification and type design critique forums. Sporadic features include interviews with typographers, news feed, and type design courses.
http://www.typophile.com/
Arabic typography
Arabic typographical experiments.
http://www.arabictypography.com/
Typographica. A Journal of Typography.
News, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design.
http://typographi.com/
Type Books
Resource for publications concerning the letterform arts.
http://www.typebooks.org/
Alphabytes
Specializing in hand lettering and typographic design, Rob Leuschke creates lettering and graphic designs for a variety of products and services.
http://www.alphabytes.com/
Greeking Machine
Lorem Ipsum generator supporting Latin and several humorous choices.
http://www.duckisland.com/greekmachine.asp
Encyclopaedia of Typography and Electronic Communication
A short-subject encyclopedia and glossary covering typography, printing, electronic publishing, and electronic communication.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/p...
daidala
A blog by Jon Coltz. Features reviews of typefaces and observations from the life of a type lover.
http://www.daidala.com/
DigitalThread: TypeHaus
Contains featured foundries, honorable foundries, type resources, and typography links.
http://www.digitalthread.com/webdesignlink...
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.
http://www.typolis.de/version1/
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