Typography

Typography
Typeface Sellers, Designers, and Libraries 


Typography

The Font Glossary - Point Central 
The Typography Handbook - Point Central 
Adobe Type Library 
Apple - Font section 
Microsoft Typography 
TrueType Topography - Glossary, FAQs, and many other areas 
TypeRight - Advocate for legal and ethical issues regarding type 
Unicode Consortium 

Tools

Color Fazer - Freeware program for coloring text  
Embedding Font Tool - MS 
Font Finder
- Resources to help identify fonts 
Font Foundry - Utilities 
Font Gander Pro - View and print font samples without installing 
Font Pool, The - Typograf and Neuber 
Font Properties Extensions - MS
Font Properties Editor - MS 
Font Central - Rendering, creating, converting, organizing, fixing, unstuffing 
Font Central - Several previewing utilities 
3-D Keyboard - Useful for typing European languages

Font Managers 

Font Manager - MicroDraftsman 
ABC 95 Font Manager
 
Font Navigator
- Bitstream Inc. 
Font Foundry - Typograf and ABC shareware utilities 
Font Central - A half-dozen font management utilities 

Font Editors 

Softy - Shareware; simple font editing for Windows 3.1x and Windows 95 
Fontographer
- Macromedia font-creation program; pricey 
DTP-Software
- FontLab, ScanFont, TypeTool, SigMaker, FontExpert 


Corel Fonting Tutorial
- Rob Anderson 
Using CorelDraw to create Fonts - Laurie McCanna; free art also 

 

Font Viewers

Font Fusion - Bitstream font engine

FontExpert - DTP Software

FontViewer - PC Magazine 

akFontViewer 3.1.2 - Windows 95/98/NT/2000; Freeware 
FontLister 3.4.8
- Windows 95/98/NT; Shareware 
IC Font 1.2
- Windows 95/98/NT; Freeware 
The Font Thing 0.80 (beta 2)
- Windows 95/98/NT; Freeware 
Handy Dandy Font Viewer 1.0
- Cross-platform; Freeware 
VFont 1.00w
- Windows 3.x; Shareware 
FontExpert 2000 2.0
- Windows 95/98/NT/2000; Shareware 
FontTAB 1.8
- Font viewing, installing, and printing; Windows 95/98/NT; Shareware 
Font Viewer SF 1.0
- Windows 95/98/NT/2000; Freeware 
Characteristica 3.0
- Replaces Windows Character Map; Windows 95/98/NT; Freeware 
CSi Font Viewer 1.0
- Windows 95/98/NT/2000; Freeware 

ScanFont 3.13 - Convert images into vector characters for fonts.

 

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History 

Definitions

Brief History of Type - Also definitions of letterforms
Classification of types I-V
- TYPOlis; classifications with examples 
Counterspace
- The history of typography; guide to the anatomy of type; glossary
Creative Typography
- Dictionary of type and printing terms
Daniel Will-Harris, Typofile - For people who love type 
Disagreeably Facetious Type
- Glossary of font-related terms
Encarta - Typesetting - MSN Encyclopedia entry 
Essential Books on Type - ITC; recommended books on type design and history

Font Frame - Free font resource; tutorials on creation; history; free newsletter 
Goudy International Center
- Fredric Goudy: history; links and image gallery  
Graphion Typesetting
- Type museum; gallery; links 
Great Designers Library
- Profiles of the great typographers 
Herb Lubalin Study Center
- Gallery; past exhibitions; order pub 
History of Typography - Lesson 1
- History of letterforms; methods and machinery 
Information Design - Pioneers of Design
- Designers who made an impact 
Masters of Modern Typography
- Notable 20th-century type designers 
Microsoft Typography
- The benefits of True Type; links;
free utilities and fonts
Planet Typography - Links to foundries and institutions; history; biographies 
Printing Trivia - Important figures in printing and publishing industry 
Rainwater Press - Glossary of printing and type
Seven Stages of Type Appreciation
- The abuses of type on the Web; call for diversity 
The Commonplace - Typography, book history, online facsimiles, and the printed word  
TrueType Typography - Type components 

Type Books - Periodicals, interviews, reviews, and books on type 
Type Classification - Red Sun; classifications through history 
Type Design Notes
- Fabian; challenges of designing type; links 
Typefaces: Foreign Languages - Language Hub
Type High - Ancient, wooden font version of letterpress 
Typesetter Tips
- TypeArt; tips for design professionals; catalog of typefaces 

Typesetting and Publishing Glossary - typesetting and printing industries terms
Typographic - The importance of type; history including time-line, glossary, and bib. 
Typographic Circle, The
- UK forum on type; events  
Typography & Page Layout Tutorial
- Proper use of type in book and print design 

Typography Online - Notable typographers of the 20th century 
TYPOlis - Typography and Type
- Typographic style; history 
Virtual Museum of the Printing Press
- History of the printing press 
Where Does Type Come From?
- Typophile; history of type and writing 
World of Fonts
- History of type used by print designers 
Yamada Language Center Font Archive - Information and downloads for languages 

Typeface Sellers, Designers, and Libraries

FreewareFonts.com - Good directory of free font sites 

007Fonts & Logos - Free fonts and other stuff
1001 Free Fonts - Free fonts, screensavers, and font tools; PC, Mac, Top 20
1A Free Fonts - (Pop-ups) Freeware fonts and dingbats; PC and Mac 
3st
- Example of design ideas; collection, articles; message board 
5th Street Studio Fonts - Freeware fonts; Circle Dings, Dolphins, Geometrics, Hearts
Adobe - Type - Fonts and more 
Adobe Type Manager Deluxe for Macintosh
 
Agfa-Monotype  
Bitstream 
Device - Rian Hughes; free fonts 
Emigre
- Foundry and magazine; fonts and dingbats; print publication 
Eyewire Type Viewer 
Faces 
FontFont  
FontNet 
Fontworks - Fonts; guide to foundries, licensing; and books 
Garage Fonts
- Contemporary display typefaces; catalog 
Jeremy Tankard
- Examples of corporate designs using his typefaces 
Killer Fonts 
Linotype - Large and respected foundry; designer gallery, news, books 
Monotype
- Over 6000 fonts from Adobe and Monotype 
Paul Baker Typography
- Typefaces and layout design 
Shift
- Display typefaces; demo fonts, news 
Timberwolf Type
- Typefaces; guide to type usage 
Treacyfaces/Headliners
  
Twisty.com
- Brayshaw; fonts, books 
Virus 

AJ's Fonts - Free fonts; utilities 
Alien Fonts
- Star Trek and Dune freeware and shareware fonts 
All Freeware Font Archive
- Free fonts 
All-4-Free Fonts
- Free fonts and dingbats 
Alto Fonts
- Free fonts 
Amazon Free Fonts
- Free fonts 
Aquamarine's Fonts Place - Freeware and shareware fonts (pop-ups) 
Astigmatic One Eye Freeware Fonts
- Free different fonts 
Average Joe's Font Archive
- Free fonts  
Aye En Kae Fonts
- Free and shareware fonts, clip art, photographs 
B/W Fontworks
- Free fonts 
Bad Typewriters & Stale Piano Keys
- Shareware 
Baseline Oliver Conte Design
- Free fonts 
Billy Bear Fonts
- Free fonts and clip art for kids an holidays 
Blah Fonts
- Free fonts 
Blambot!
- Free comic fonts 
Blue Vinyl Free Fonts
- Free fonts 
Bozzieland
- Handwriting fonts 
Brandy's Collection
- Free and shareware dingbat fonts 
Bud's Hands Off Fonts
- Free fonts 
Buttfaces Digital Type Foundry
- Free fonts 
Caffeen
- Free fonts 
Calligraphy Fonts
- Shareware and free fonts 
Celtic Faery - Free Celtic fonts 
Chank
- Free fonts 
Cianan
- Typeface inspired by an old Irish manuscript 
Cool Archive
- Free fonts (>900) and dingbats 
Coron's Sources
- Fantasy fonts 
Csp Backgrounds
- Free fonts and dingbats 
Da3 Fonts
- Fonts and utilities
Dan Smith's Fantasy Fonts
- Fonts based on the writings of J.R.R.Tolkien 
Darksbane's Free Font Center
- Free fonts and dingbats 
Destiny's Fonts
- Free  dingbats 
Digital Type Slut
- Grunge and distressed fonts 
Dinc Fonts
- Free fonts 
Dingbat Originals Web Ring
- Links to dingbat sites 
Dingbats by Dizzinz
- Free dingbat fonts 
Dingbats Index
- List of sites 
Dingbats List
- Freeware and shareware dingbat fonts 
Divide By Zero Fonts
- Free fun fonts 
Dog Hause, The
- Animal free and shareware fonts  
Dr. Berlin's Foreign Font Archive
- Foreign language typefaces and utilities 
Ducky Fonts
- Fonts, utilities, etc. 
Eric Brooks Fonts
- Free fonts and dingbats 
Emerald City Fontwerks
- Free fonts 
Enlightened fonts
- Free fonts 
Everson Typography
- Gaelic and other free fonts 
Famous Fonts
- Free fonts used in TV, movies, and so on 
Figheadh
- Celtic knotwork 
Flaming Text Fonts
- Free fonts, clip art, buttons, borders, etc. 
Flat Earth Games
- Fantasy and medieval fonts 
Font Site
- Free fonts (some good ones); typography tips 
Fontosaurus
- Free 
Font Cellar - Free dingbats, clip art, etc. 
Font Club, The
- Freeware and shareware fonts 
Font Diner, The
- Some freebies 

Font Fiesta - 

Font Foundry - Free fonts, articles, utilities 
Font Frame
- Free fonts, clip art, Type School,
great links 
FreewareFonts.com
- Good directory of free font sites 
Fonthead
- Free fonts 
Font Machine, The
- Free and shareware fonts 
Font Mania
- Free fonts 

Font Master
- Free fonts, tutorials 

Font Pool, The - A thousand free fonts; tutorials, essays 

Font Party -  Free and shareware fonts 

Font Software - BuySoft.com - Visit this software superstore for an extensive inventory of font software, including custom design and stock library packages.

Font Source Paradise - Provides links to various freeware and shareware sources on the Web.
Font Warehouse - Free fonts, newsletter, discussion 

Font Zone - Download free fonts, read articles on the in's-and-out's of design and grab a free tool or two.

Font-a-licious Fonts - View a series of original fonts and dingbats available in most versions available for download.

Fontain, The - A collection of fonts, including original designs, dingbats and links.

Fontasia International - Presents a font club, style lists, character specifications, type glossary, and links to suggested resources.

Fontastic Index - Find more than 300 freeware and shareware fonts and dingbats. Also provides links and logos.

Fontastic! - OIffers an alphabetical font index, picks of the week and a Top 20 list.

Fontasy - Locate an alphabetical library of shareware and freeware fonts to download.

Fontation - Shockwave enhanced site presents a font archive arranged alphabetically.

Fontazm - Offers an archive of fonts, creation utilities and various suggested links.

Fontennium - Offers a collection of historical fonts, including BlackLetter, Roman, Egyptian and Art Deco.

FontFace - Examine and download the current and previous Fonts of the Day, play a quick game, and learn about the author's religious convictions.

FontHaus - Browse thousands of free and commercial fonts, photos and images.

Fonthead Design - Look through several volumes of fonts and order those of interest electronically. Find answers to font FAQs and learn how to design a font.

FontLab - Learn about the company's font editors and utilities, download demo versions, or explore a font database to identify a particular typeface.

FontLab Developers Group - Discover software for editing fonts and typefaces, download trial samples, or place an order.

Fonts - Offer an extensive font and dingbat archive, organized alphabetically.

Fonts & Things - Get a list of the top 20 fonts available for download. Includes file sizes and color thumbnails.

Fonts and Dingbats by Candeekiss - Personal homepage offers a number of free dingbat fonts to download.

Fonts by WindWalker64 - Offers freeware and shareware dingbats. Fonts include animal, floral and Native American designs.

Fonts for Kids - Browse a list of fonts designed by and for children of all ages.

Fonts in Cyberspace - A guide to finding various language fonts. Contains approximately 455 sources for 107 different languages.

Fonts Manager - Allows enabling and disabling of font suitcases and printer fonts in "sets." View screen shots or get registration information.

Fonts.tedesign.net - Alphabetically organized free font archive also offers creation tools and suggested links.

FontShow - Freeware utility for Windows95/NT for viewing True Type fonts installed on a computer system. Run multiple instances for font comparison.

FontWorld - Peruse fonts in different languages, learn how to order a custom typeface, and email an inquiry to the designer.

Free Font Fiesta - Offers various freeware fonts, an archive of Macintosh and Windows types and links to suggested resources.

Free Fonts - Get a large selection of over 800 FF Dingbat graphics. 

Free Fonts of the Television Age - Inspired by hand lettered typography appearing in magazines and books of the late 50's through early 60's.

Free Historical Fonts - Offers free medieval, Celtic, decorative, and historical fonts to download.

FreeFever Mac Fonts - Peruse an alphabetical listing of free Macintosh fonts. Also find animations, arrows, buttons, and backgrounds.

Frosty Fonts - Provides a collection of the author's recommended freeware and shareware fonts.

Fuel Fonts - Find a selection of freeware and shareware fonts available to download.

G Fonts - Browse a collection of author-created fonts available to download for free.

Gab's Graphics Original Fonts - Presents numerous freeware, shareware and author-created fonts.

Georgian TrueType Fonts - Features a list if 13 truetype fonts available for download in their entirety. Previews are also available.

GetFonts.com - Free fonts, tips and tools for Macintosh and Windows. Fonts organized alphabetically and by category.

Glowing Servo - Offers sets of handwriting-based original fonts available for download.

Graphic Heaven Dingbats - Presents an extensive list of freeware dingbat fonts for view and download.

Graphion's Online Type Museum - Details the history of typesetting. Includes elements of style and a glossary of typographic terms.

Graphx Edge Fonts - Download royalty free font packages, including Script, Headline, Cap and Dingbat.

Gray Graphics - Find a library of original freeware fonts available to download.

GregoryFonts - Features an extensive library of freeware and shareware fonts available to download.

Handwriting Fonts - Purchase a custom typeface which imitates a specific person's handwriting. Place an order electronically.

Handwriting Fonts - Specializing in fonts based upon different handwriting styles, available free to download.

Happy Hour - Includes categories for grunge, graffiti, foreign, television, film, music and dingbat fonts.

Happy Hour Fonts - Shareware and freeware fonts supposedly for Generation X. Titles include Graffiti, Grunge and Theme.

Harold's Fonts - Provides a selection of free and shareware fonts organized alphabetically and by category.

Historical Fonts - Find freeware and shareware medieval fonts for download and links to various other resources.

Honeybee's Free-Bee Fonts - Features a collection of freeware and shareware fonts gathered from various resources.

House of Eraser - Peruse and download a number of original shareware and freeware fonts for Windows and Macintosh.

Hybrid Space - Offers freeware fonts for download, comics and architecture resources.

I Shot The Serif - Find numerous freeware fonts created by the author.

Iconfactory Showroom - View or download Iconfactory's creations or upcoming icon sets. Most recent ones are at the top.

Iconian Fonts - Find freeware fonts for Windows and Macintosh available to download.

Inkabod - Shareware font features tall, bold letters. Includes numbers, letters and special characters.

Installing a New Font - Live! - LookSmart Live! community members describe how to install a new font to a Windows-based system so that it can be accessed by all programs.

International Typeface Corporation - Read magazine articles about graphic design, peruse and download typefaces, and examine the company profile.

Jack's Wonderfully Wide World of Fonts - Check out numerous freeware fonts and dingbats.

Jeff's Fonts and Dingbats - Presents an extensive collection of original fonts free for use, including several dingbats.

Jonathan Paterson's Font Download Page - Check out and download a quick list of shareware and freeware fonts.

Jubal Sans - Multiple Master font brings Apple's Espy Sans bitmap font to the printed page. Download a demo version.

Julesart Fonts - Locate a quick library of author-created fonts, available for free download.

Karawari - Offers Joal, a Mac font set that looks like a combination of Greek and Sanskrit.

KatGyrl's Fontain of Youth - Find pages and pages of seasonal, original and dingbat fonts.

KatGyrl's Fontain of Youth - Author provides a personal collection of fonts and dingbats to download.

Kemosabe's Font Source - Find free TrueType fonts to download, plus dingbats, shareware, freeware typefaces and links.

Ken Phipps - Offers a quick library of Macintosh fonts available to download.

Killer Fonts - Fonts mimic the handwriting of historical figures 

Kimberly's Fontz - Personal homepage offers different sets of freeware dingbat fonts to browse and download.

King's Tears Fantasy Font Archive - Find Forgotten Realms, calligraphy, script and handwriting fonts along with various types of dingbat.

KKWise's Fonts - Browse an alphabetically organized library of freeware and author-recommended fonts.

Larabie Fonts - Collection of colorful and funny fonts such as Pastor of Muppets and Angostura are available for download.

Legolas' RPG Font Repository - Find a collection of bizarre, gothic, historical, foreign language, runic, script and symbol fonts.

Lindkvist - Shockwave enhanced site offers original shareware fonts available for sale and download.

Link Ware Lane - Browse a list of original freeware dingbats available for download.

Live! - Creating a Font - Learn how to create a font with the tools provided in this LookSmart Live! Q&A.

Lower - Based on Herbert Bayer's universal alphabet, which consists of only lowercase letters cut to geometric forms. Demo includes a limited version.

Mac Font Vault - Offers various fonts for Macintosh, organized into categories such as arty and script.

MacFonts.com - Browse a large collection of fonts for Macintosh computers. Also find a font discussion group and chat area.

Macintosh Fonts - Offers Windows-style shareware fonts for the Macintosh platform. Check out various freeware applications.

Macworld - Font-Management Software - Profiles FontAgent 8.0 from Insider Software and FontReserve 2.5 from Diamond Soft. Research features and database options, prices and rating.

Magic Fonts - Find TrueType custom fonts for businesses and individuals. Font types include logo, image, symbol, signature, handwriting and multiple-language.

Magic-Rainbow - Presents a library of freeware and shareware fonts, including various originals.

Marty Bold - Freeware fonts are based on the author's handwriting. Download or get registration details.

Match Software - Fonts - Take a look at text, custom, foreign, calligraphy and display fonts, and make a purchase.

Matchfonts - Most of the fonts here are shareware and require some fees but there also freeware fonts that simply require filling out a form.

Media Builder Free Font Library - Download one or thousands of available fonts and text sets contained in this Web graphic and clip-art repository.

MenuFonts Specifications - Replaces the standard Font menu with one that displays fonts in their typeface and groups font families in alphabetical order. Download a demo. 

Microsoft Reader with ClearType - Software improves the readability of on-screen type. Find a list of features and contact information.

Microsoft Typography - Learn about typography on the Web and check out the free utilities and TrueType fonts. Includes news and links.

MMaak Imaging - Offers an alphabetical library of freeware and shareware fonts.

Mondo Graphics - Original dingbats of celebrities such as Star Trek, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien.

Monotype - Font foundry offers a variety of solutions for imaging professionals. Browse over 6000 fonts from Adobe and Monotype.

Moonbase Press - Locate a quick list of various freeware fonts and links to utilities helpful to fontographers.

Mountain Lake Software - Register to be notified when new software is released and get a free font to download.

MyFonts.com - Extensive font store lets visitors preview typefaces before purchase. Browse fonts by style or name, or match a typeface from a scanned document.

Netpedia Fonts - Archive of fonts, arranged alphabetically and by category, such as block, curly, and digital.

Nick's Fonts - Presents a library of alphabetically listed freeware and shareware fonts.

Noisecore Type - Find a library of freeware TrueType and Type 1 fonts available to download.

NonSoloParole - Find shareware and freeware fonts in categories such as handwriting, classical, innovative, fantasy and famous.

Nu Casual - Truetype font based on the Newton Casual bitmap font. Download a demo or get registration information.

Nu Sans by Marty Pfeiffer - Font family brings Apple's Espy Sans bitmap font to the printed page. View font samples or download a demo.

Nu Sans Monospaced - Mac-only, fixed-width version of Nu Sans is optmized for on-screen display. Get font previews or download a demo.

Omnibus Typefaces - Examine a selection of fonts created by Swedish designer Franko Luin. Place an order for those of interest and take delivery via the Internet.

Omnibus Typographi - View a collection of fronts created by this Swedish typography company or read what the designer says about his work.

Original Fonts by Peter Rempel - Offers various author-created fonts, including Celtic and symbol types.

P22 Type Foundry - Peruse a selection of fonts including such titles as "Acropolis Now" and "Il Futurismo." Look through the Japanese catalog, too.

Palm Palace Fonts - Repository for several types of fonts such as Asian-style and Blackletter typefaces.

Pfeiffer Tall - Tall font designed by the tall author. Download the shareware or get registration information.

Phat Fonts - Author offers various graffiti-type fonts free to download.

Phil's Fonts! - Order fonts from this follower of trends in typesetting and fonts.

Phontographics - Provides Asian, Arabic, extreme, sans serif and serif fonts free for download.

Pizza Dude - Nifty layout and cool fonts!

Point Central - E-zine documents and archives a database for public domain fonts. Find freeware, shareware and demo fonts.

Point Central Font Labs - Fonts categorized by name and style. Some available as freeware for download.

Popfont - Locate a library of alphabetically organized freeware and shareware fonts.

Post Micrographics - A small selection of original fonts available for Windows and Macintosh.

Prototype - Experimental Foundry - Browse this designer's menu of fonts and order those of interest. Requires Shockwave plug-in.

Rafael Dinner's Fonts - Pick and choose from this list of fonts and when something special comes along, register for a small fee.

Ralf's-Fontworld - Fonts organized by categories such as mystery, psycho and Star Trek. Available in English and German.

Rand Studio - Offers a collection of Macintosh freeware and shareware fonts.

Re-vision Fonts - Presents a selection of original fonts for Windows and Macintosh available to download.

RecordKeeper Shareware Software & Fonts - Lst of original fonts include Tombstone, Graveyard, Warlock and Pirate Bones.

Renny's Fonts - Browse an extensive listing of author-created dingbats and other fonts.

Ring-A-Ding Dingbats - Original and unique shareware dingbats for Windows and Macintosh.

Rixen.net - Presents a collection of Star Trek and movie-based fonts free to download.

RK Ancient Fonts - Check out ancient fonts such as Sanskrit, meroitic, ugaritic and Persian cuneiform. 

True Type Core Fonts for the Web - MS

 

 

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Launched on January 1, 2001 (01/01/01).