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Typography


Typography is the art of creating and using letterforms as a graphic design tool.


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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.
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TypeRight - Mission: to promote typefaces as creative works and to advocate their legal protection as intellectual property.
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Typographic - Information on typography from 3500 B.C. to the present day, including evolution, timeline, anatomy, image gallery, studies, glossary and related information.
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Types and Typography - A guide - A complete guide to the history and science of types, fonts and typography.
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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.
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typogRaphic - Exploration and experimentation between typography and imagery.
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ATypI - The site of the Association Typographique International, the organisation of the international type community. Information on events, ATypI publications and conferences.
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Type Books - Resource for publications concerning the letterform arts.
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Cavendish Typography - Gallery of images and text relating to typography and print through the ages.
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Name This Font - Encyclopedia of letterforms. Information on the author plus where to purchase the book.
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Encyclopaedia of Typography and Electronic Communication - A short-subject encyclopedia and glossary covering typography, printing, electronic publishing, and electronic communication.
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Press for Success - Typographic books and artworks by Jill Yelland.
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The Evolution of Type - Information on the main characteristics of the letterform, styles and elements of printing types, and the history of the alphabet.
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DigitalThread: TypeHaus - Contains featured foundries, honorable foundries, type resources, and typography links.
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ABC Typography - Virtual Museum of Typography.
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Dr. Leslie and The Composing Room - MFA thesis project by Erin K. Malone explores the history of typesetting firm located in New York City.
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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.
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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.
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The Typographic Circle - Membership organization providing information on committee, events, publications and membership.
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Character Design Standards - General rules for character shapes in Latin based languages in digital fonts. From Microsoft.com.
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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.
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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.
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LetterPerfect - Design services, lettering tours, publications, and fonts available for purchase and download.
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Loubet del Bayle, Jean-Christophe - Personal website devoted to typography. Available in English and French.
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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.
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Alphabytes - Dedicated to excellence in graphic design and the promotion of typography, calligraphy and the lettering arts.
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Arabic typography - Arabic typographical experiments.
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AdamAnt Designs Online - Graphic and typeface design online.
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Typotheque - Information about typography, free type utilities, articles on type and type design, and fonts for sale.
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Guide to Central European Typography - Information on Central European typography: rules, links and other valuable pieces of information.
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All Good Things Typography - Information about typography: history, classification, type choice and the fontpool.
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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.
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Counterspace - Features a history of typography, with classifications of type and structure of letterforms.
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Information Design Associates - Corporate, information design, and web design.
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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"
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International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication - Conference organized by the University of Macedonia and alterVision, typography and visual communication ltd
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Commonly Confused Characters - Unicode and graphic examples of proper quote, hyphen, and space encoding and typographical mistakes.
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daidala - A blog by Jon Coltz. Features reviews of typefaces and observations from the life of a type lover.
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Creative Pro : Fonts Department - Font news and software reviews links. Exclusive feature articles on typography from Creative Pro's staff of graphic design writers.
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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.
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A Brief History of Type - Read an essay discussing the times, technologies, and forms of type.
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Ban Comic Sans - Download and print stickers and flyers to campaign against the font, also free comic fonts to use instead.
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Arabic Type - Research on Arabic typography, its relationship to calligraphy and culture, and the development of new Arabic fonts.
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Greeking Machine - Lorem Ipsum generator supporting Latin and several humorous choices.
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Typographica. A Journal of Typography. - News, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design.
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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.
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The International Type Index - A directory of fonts and foundries with the ambitious goal of indexing all existing fonts in the world.
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