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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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The Commonplace - Information about manuscripts, books,
illustration and illumination, typography, and fonts
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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-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.
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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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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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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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Type and Typography - Directory of articles on typographic
design, historical information, printed materials, tutorials, tips
and sources for fonts.
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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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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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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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TypeReview.com - News, articles, books, tools and links.
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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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Graphion Type Museum - Typographic visionaries, elements of
typesetting style, old phototypesetter tales, Q&A and glossary of
typographic terms.
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Typophile - Interviews with typographers, discussion board and
sign-up for mailing list.
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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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Finding Historical Typefaces on the Web - Resource for finding
accurate digital revivals of historic typefaces.
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Counterspace - Features a history of typography, with
classifications of type and structure of letterforms.
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Usability News - Analysis of the best font for older adults
online.
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Point Central: The Author's Corner - Designing and building
tips, naming information, legal protection and other suggestions
and advice to keep in mind when create typefaces.
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Retroglobe - A typeface identification guide.
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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 - MUFI - 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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Ban Comic Sans - Download and print a sticker to campaign
against the font.
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Typographica - Open blog for all things typographic, including
general design and readability issues, fine printing and book arts
issues.
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ATM for OS X - Grassroots effort to bring Adobe's font
management utility to OS X. Sign the petition, use the online
notification system to tell your friends.
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