Resources
Peruse the list of resources to learn more about this timeless art form.
Blogs:
Typophile
One of the major on-line type design communities with forums, blogs, and wikis
Typographica
Type Reviews, Books, Commentary related to type design and typography
I Love Typography
Popular blog on type, font releases and type historical essays
see also:
Type and Lettering
Ken Barber's blog about samples of custom lettering and type observations
Workshops and Design Guides:
Typeworkshop
Companion site to ongoing workshops conducted by Underware
Thinkingwithtype
Companion website to Ellen Lupton's handbook of basic introduction to type
Designing with Type
James Craig's website devoted to the art and appreciation of typography
see also:
Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography is a unique combination of textbook and professional reference.
Radio:
Type Radio
Podcasts featuring interviews and performances with type designers, letterers, and graphic designers
Software:
FontLab
Software developers of the most popular digital type design software, such as Fontographer, FontLab Studio, and TypeTool, among many more
Fontstruct
Great tool for designing modular types
Organizations / Conferences:
Type Directors Club
Best known for their annual type competitions and year books. See also TDC Tokyo and TDC Deutschland
TypeCon
The largest American typography conference, upcoming in New Orleans
ATypI
Association Typographique Internationale is the largest international typographic organization. Their next type design conference is in Reykjavik, Iceland
Films:
Helvetica the Film
Ubiquitous font and its applications; type designers discuss their likes and dislikes about it. Can even enchant a non-designer audience
Typography School
A film by Omair Barkatulla about the learning of the ground rules of typography and type setting at the London College of Printing
Typography references:
TDC Type dictionary
Typographic terms in alphabetical order
Briem's Notes on Handwriting, Lettering, and Type Design
Some helpful guidelines for first time type designers
Microsoft Typography
Technical resource for type design with toolkits and specifications for developers of OpenType fonts
Letterpress:
Briar Press
A community of printers and artists dedicated to the preservation of letterpress
Museums:
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
Museum dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type. Two Rivers, WI
The Type Museum, London
This museum holds largest typographic collections
St Bride Library, London
Collections of printing and related subjects such as paper and binding, graphic design, typography, typefaces and calligraphy, etc.
Books on Type / Type Design:
Bringhurst, Robert: The Elements of Typographic Style, Hartley and Mark Publishers, 2004
Hochuli, Jost: Detail in Typography, Hyphen Press, 2008
Bruce Willen and Nolen Strals: Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces, Princeton Architectural Press, 2009
Cheng, Karen: Designing type, Yale University Press, 2005
Noordzij, Gerrit: The Stroke, Hyphen Press, 2005
Noordzij, Gerrit: Letterletter, Hartley and Mark Publishers, 2001
Harris, David: The Art of Calligraphy, DK Publishing Inc., 1995
Tracy, Walter: Letters of Credit, David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., 1986
Lawson, Alexander: Anatomy of a Typeface, David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., 1990
Dowding, Geoffrey : An Introduction to the History of Printing Types, Oak Knoll Press, 1961
Resources contributed by Sibylle Hagmann
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