Surf these sites: AS Typography -- In German only, this site covers a variety of aspects regarding typography, including technical, design and Web oriented issues. Alphabytes -- Dedicated to excellence in graphic design and the promotion of typography, calligraphy and the lettering arts. BoyBeaver Foundry''s typographic bibliography -- An attractive and well organized presentation of both key people in typography and books on the history of type design. Invites visitors to add reviews of the books. Counterspace -- Learn about the anatomy of letters and discover which fonts work best in the modern world. Requires the Flash plug-in. Encyclopaedia of Typography and Electronic Communication -- A short-subject encyclopedia and glossary covering typography, printing, electronic publishing, and electronic communication. Font Frame -- Font-of-the-Day site offering freeware fonts for PC and Mac. Also houses a 500+ freeware archive, type history and tutorials, interviews with font designers and links. You can also learn how to create a font. FontNet -- A variety of services related to typography: products for sale, interactive magazines FUSE, new releases, downloads, bookstore, news, links FontPage -- In German only, a page dedicated to the detailed history of typography, including interesting text and illuminating graphics. Beautifully done. Fontmonster -- Free downloads of a huge variety of great font designs for PC and Mac. Glossary - Linotype Library -- Glossary of terms related to typography and publishing Glossary of Typographic Terms -- Terms describing page layout, arrangement, formatting and fonts. Graphion''s Online Type Museum -- Here you will find information about the history and practice of typesetting. Also a Glossary of Typographic Terms Internet Type Foundry Index -- Other than the obvious type foundry index, these pages include typography news, new fonts, feature articles, a bookstore and a newsletter. Impressive project. Letterspace -- This site offers a variety of font and typography resources as well as its own font library. Linotype Library GmbH -- Offers cutting edge font technology, an extensive library of original fonts, typography news and events and FontExplorer@Web, the font search engine to help you find and download any font, any time Meir Sadan -- A person, his thoughts, his rants, his life and his fonts - in english and hebrew, too! 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. Paul Baker Typography -- Includes typographic opinion pieces as well as information about setting typefaces, a section about Brad Thompson''s Alphabet 26 and a link collection. Planet Typography -- A directory of web sites dedicated to the history of printing and typography. Point Central® -- Includes tutorials, handbook of typography, technical data, software, and an extensive searchable database of free and original downloadable fonts. Published by a non-profit organization of French typographers, this site''s content and design are both exceptional. [Some areas still under construction] Press for Success -- Typographic books and artworks by typographer Jill Yelland. Quick Red Fox -- Quick Red Fox preserves lettering art knowledge while highlighting new letterform design and typographic accomplishments. Located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Site is very thin right now - just contact information. Serif: The Magazine of Type & Typography -- Get table of contents listings for current and past issues and subscribe. No free articles, but some industry news in the "Sans Serif" area. Smashing Type -- Interactive typography, independent lettering art magazine. Features individual fonts: new and historical, evolution, characteristics. Discussion groups, design tips and Year 2000 project celebrating letter art. [Still a work in progress-but good potential] The Commonplace -- A site with information about manuscripts, books, illustration and illumination, typography, and fonts TrueType Typography -- A production of TYPE*chimérique -- is a site for independent info about TrueType font technology. Type Books: For the Well-Read Typographer -- A Bibliography of Typography, Calligraphy and Type-Related books. A free resource for those who wish to learn more about these subjects through reading. Type-High -- Articles, books and resources for those interested in the history of wood type, as well as a gallery of current work by designers and book artists. TypeRight -- A diverse group of type designers, developers, foundries, and aficionados who are working together to promote typefaces as creative works and to advocate their legal protection as intellectual property. Types and Typography - A guide -- A complete guide to the history and science of types, fonts and typography. Typofile Magazine -- Daniel Will-Harris offers essays and information about typography, with an emphasis on readable fonts for the computer screen. Typographic -- Information on typography from 3500 B.C. to the present day. The source for all your typographical knowledge. Typography on the Web -- Tips on adapting typography to the new media. 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. Typotheque -- Information about typography, free type utilities, articles on type and type design, and fonts for sale. U&lc Online -- The online companion to the ITC foundry''s magazine. Features commentary on current topics and issues in typography and graphic design. What''s Type? -- Sections highlight the history of type, define typographic terms, describe the characteristics of different letter forms, illuminate the process of typeface design, offer examples of some type creations and provide an extensive link selection and bibliography. 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. Yousef''s page -- A Dutchman making Arabic and Islamic art, see what he is doing. More calligraphy than typography. Site is partly in Arabic. More is added weekly. fonts by Roc Mitchell Design -- Quality typography for the graphic art professional including Macintosh and PC fonts in PostScript or TrueType format. typogRaphic -- typographic.com : a digital design studio, specializing the exploration and experimentation between typography and imagery.
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