BLOGS
Type and Lettering
Ken Barber of House IndustriesÕ Blog
TypeCulture
Academic Resources, movies, essays, etc.
http://www.typeculture.com/academic_resource/
I Love Typography
Wonderful type blog, lots of cool stuff
Lettercult
Custom lettering blog
Typophile
Incredible resource for everything typographic
Lettercult
Custom lettering blog
The Book Design Review
Lots of great book cover designs, and of course great type
http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/
Typography Daily
NiceType
Typographica
Type reviews, books
and commentary
Twenty Six Types
TYPE FOUNDRIES
Fontshop Gallery
Examples of actual
typefaces in use
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/gallery/
TypeNavigator
FontShopÕs type selection system
P22 Type Foundry
Main websiteÉloads of
cool things to look at
Type Workshops by Underware
Great foundry with
wonderful personality from the Netherlands
Microsoft Typography
News and links
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/links/default.aspx
Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Fabulous historically
astute typefaces and info
ƒmigrŽ
The original
fashionable foundry
http://www.emigre.com/fonts.php
Ministry of Type
Jon Tan
Type For You
Typoretum
a
blog about
typography, letterpress and printing
Planet Typography
http://www.planet-typography.com
PLACES TO GO
Type Camp
Varied locations from
India to the West Coast to the Dessau Bauhaus
Hamilton Woodtype Museum
Two Rivers, Wisconsin
International Printing Museum
Carson, California
Buchstaben Museum
Berlin... discarded
signage! Wanna go?
http://www.buchstabenmuseum.de/
The Klingspor Museum
Offenbach, Germany
http://www.klingspor-museum.de
ORGANIZATIONS
The Type DirectorÕs Club
Based in NYCÉ lots of great
speakers and exhibitions.
http://tdc.org/
SOTA (Society of Typographic Afficionados)
An organization based
in the USÉ has the TypeCon conference every year,
well worth attending.
ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale)
An international
organization of type designersÉ holds the ATypeI
conference every year, in one glamorous place or anotherÉ on my bucket list!
STUFF TO LOOK AT
Flickr: Business Cards
Great ideas, gorgeous
type
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailypoetics/sets/72057594104389710/
The Font Feed
Lotsa, lotsa type and
lettering
Typography Served
Fresh works from
leading creative professionals
http://www.typographyserved.com/
Lubalin Now Exhibition @ the Cooper Union
Cutting edge exhibits
at one of the most progressive schools in the country
http://lubalincenter.cooper.edu/
A List Apart
For people who make
websites
Lovely Package
Drop-dead
gorgeous packaging featuringÉdrop-dead gorgeous type.
Post Typography
Team Nolen Strals and Bruce WillenÕs
all-inclusive site
Will-Harris House and Studio
Chock full of stuff on
the site of designer, Daniel Will-Harris
http://www.will-harris.com/index.html
Marian Bantjes
Canadian graphic
designer who really pushes the limits
The St Bride Printing Library
The seat of
typographic and printing knowledge off LondonÕs Fleet St,
closed temporarily, but still some good stuff on the web.
STUFF TO LISTEN TO
Type Radio
Marvelous interviews
with all the heavies of the type world
http://www.typeradio.org/loudblog/index.php?page=0
EDUCATION
Type @ Cooper (The Cooper Union)
Info about the Typeface Design
Certificate program and lots more good stuff.
University of Reading (UK)
The hot spot for
typeface design educationÉ good resources on the website.
http://www.reading.ac.uk/typography/
FREE STUFF
Smashing Magazine
Free fonts of the
monthÉ and theyÕre not too bad!
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/10/19/free-fonts-of-the-month-moderna-mido-liberation/
Dieter SteffmannÕs Typefaces
Tons of downloadable
historical typefaces, ornaments
http://moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/steffmann/index.htm
Luc Devroye
Faculty member from
McGill University in Montreal – great stuff!
The Free Font Manifesto
http://www.designwritingresearch.org/free_fonts.html
STUFF TO DO
Type Is Art
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