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Bibliography

Links to reference sites and books about Type Anatomy, Micro/Macro Typography and Composition.

Thinking With Type
This site is the on-line companion to the book Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students, by Ellen Lupton (Princeton Architectural Press, 2004). The book includes essays, examples, and practical guidance that does not appear on this site.

Blogs

Weblogs about Type Design, Typography and related subjects.

The Open Source Weblog - opensource.weblogsinc.com _
About The Open Source Weblog Coming soon. Scott Granneman
 
Contact: http://opensource.weblogsinc.com/contact/?Subject=0
 
 
Typomancy
Review: Fonts and Logos, by Doyald Young

Education

Research & Development. Covers subjects from Microtypography, Design, Anatomy all the way to Macrotypography and Composition.

Adobe Studio - OpenType
OpenType® is a new cross-platform font file format developed jointly by Adobe and Microsoft. Adobe has converted the entire Adobe Type Library into this format and now offers thousands of OpenType fonts.
Adobe Studio - Type Resources
Adobe Studio - Adobe Type Glossary
A glossary of typographic terms This section provides a small glossary of terms frequently used in the type world.

Counterspace - Microtipografia, class, gloss., timeline, colophon
Anatomy, Classification, Hot Metal, Timeline, Glossary & Colophon

Diacritics Project @ Typo.cz
This website is based on the Wikipedia model for sharing information. Anybody could modify texts and pictures published on this website. Register to create an account and then Login to correct existing texts, upload new pictures or append missing information. When creating and placing accents, it is necessary to be aware of the fact that typesetting multiple languages may cause the various accents to appear together. That is why the accents must harmonize not only with the characters, but also with each other. When cutting a new face which supports multiple languages, the shapes of the accents should be standard and acceptable, rather than eccentric. The menu on the left does not give a full list of all European accents; it is more likely an introduction into the field, with emphasis on the diacritics used in Central and Eastern Europe. We apologize for any inaccuracies; all comments and ideas that could improve or correct the following are welcome.
Contact: filip@designiq.cz

Ellen Lupton: Design Writing Research
See Thinking with type.
Contact: elupton@designwritingresearch.org

http://www.adobe.com/education/pdf/type_primer.pdf
Compreensive and concise PDF about anatomy and composition.

Linotype.com - Learn about type - Pleasures of design
Learn about composition.
Contact: info@linotype.com

Microsoft Typography - Free font information, TrueType, OpenType, ClearType
Microsoft's Typography group researches and develops fonts and font technologies, and supports the development of TrueType and OpenType formatted fonts by independent type vendors.
Contact: tsitebug@microsoft.com

P22 - The Terminal Typograpgy Journal
A journal about lettering & Typography arts.

Thinking With Type
Anatomy & Composition. This site is the on-line companion to the book Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students, by Ellen Lupton (Princeton Architectural Press, 2004). The book includes essays, examples, and practical guidance that does not appear on this site.
Contact: elupton@designwritingresearch.org
 
 

Typesetting practices #1
History & Glossary
 
Contact: webmaster@css.nu
 
unostiposduros. Teoria y práctica de la tipografía
Spanish Typography "Portal" Unostiposduros.com es una iniciativa de dos apasionados de la tipografía, Josep Patau y José Ramón Penela y su objetivo es el de proporcionar un lugar de encuentro para todos aquellos interesados en la tipografía haciendo hincapié en su evolución histórica pero sin olvidar las propuestas actuales.
Contact: tiposduros@wanadoo.es

Forums

Forums open to all users, from non-designers to experts. Topics range from microtypography to software development. The more users participate, the merrier.

Adobe Typography Forums - User to User Forums
Welcome to the Adobe User to User Forums, which enable you to participate in discussions with other users of Adobe products and services.

Forums | Typophile
Typographic Collaboration | Typophile
Foundries

Font Developers, Download Sites and General font providing sources.

(URW)++ Homepage
URW++ has established itself in the graphic design industry by continually developing and marketing innovative font and software products. Software and font development in the areas: - IKARUS for Type Design and Production - DTL FontMaster Utilities - Convertex (Document Exchange) - Fonts and Logos - Corporate Type - Barcode Master - Headliner - Internet (missing.link)
Contact: info@urwpp.de
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe is the world's leading provider of software solutions to create, manage and deliver high-impact, reliable digital content.
Contact: http://www.adobe.com/misc/csform.html

Baseline Fonts Design & Type Co.
New site almost complete! We have been working on many client projects including a new custom typeface project for an upcoming movie.
Contact: shop@baselinefonts.com

Berthold AG Typefoundry Berlin
Established Foundry
Contact: bertholdinfo@bertholdtypes.com

BuyMyFonts.com: a Leonardi's Company
We are a strong team and we love to work toghether. We love each other so much, that we decided to merry and get children.

Coolfonts.com
Free Fonts Download website

Dalton Maag Ltd
Dalton Maag works with design consultancies to create typefaces and logos for leading brands
Contact: info@daltonmaag.com

Dafont.com
Free Fonts Download website

Linotype.com
The day Ottmar Mergenthaler demonstrated the first linecasting machine to the New York Tribune in 1886, Whitelaw Reid, the editor-in-chief, was delighted: "Ottmar," he said, "you’ve cast a line of type!" Today, Linotype Library has one of the world’s largest font libraries (see text below), offering more than 6,000 high-quality typefaces.
Contact: info@linotype.com

Acid Fonts
Free Fonts Download website
You will find 4700 free fonts available. The pages show graphical examples of the fonts. To download the fonts you require, left click on the font graphic of choice.
Contact: webmaster@acidfonts.net

Dutch Type Library
The Dutch Type Library (DTL) is a publisher of digital types and a producer of software for the font production, which operates on an international basis.
Contact: info@dtl.nl

Emigre Home
Emigre, Inc. is a digital type foundry, publisher and distributor of graphic design related software and printed materials based in Northern California.
Contact: info@emigre.com

300 Free Truetype Fonts You Should Have
I've collected 300 of my favorite truetype fonts that can be used for design works. Here they are free to download in .ttf format (works on both MacOSX and Windows machines), organized into the following categories.

Find, try, buy and download fonts online : MyFonts
I've collected 300 of my favorite truetype fonts that can be used for design works. Here they are free to download in .ttf format (works on both MacOSX and Windows machines), organized into the following categories.
Contact: help@myfonts.com

FontFace.com
Free Fonts Download website
They're everywhere! FontFace.com now has more than 1000 free fonts and the archive grows literally everyday. Check out the Font of the Day for the latest free font. Browse through the archives for some of the greatest free fonts on the net. Or check out our Top 25 for the cream of the crop.

Fonts.com
Monotype Imaging
Fonts.com is the Internet’s number one font resource. On fonts.com, you’ll find the Internet’s best selection of fonts for preview, purchase and immediate download. Fonts.com is also the place to find the latest typographic news, tips, and typeface releases. Thousands of creative professionals rely on fonts.com’s resources every month.

Free UCS Outline Fonts
This project aims to provide a set of free outline (PostScript Type0, TrueType, OpenType...) fonts covering the ISO 10646/Unicode UCS (Universal Character Set).

Fuelfonts type foundry
Welcome to the fuelfonts type foundry website. Here you'll find shareware fonts designed by yours truly, ranging from having been made in 1997 up until the present.

Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Since 1989, Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones have helped some of the world's foremost publications, corporations, and institutions develop their unique voice through typography. Their body of work includes some of the world's most famous designs, typefaces marked by both high performance and high style.
Contact: info@typography.com

Holland Fonts Typefaces
Contact: info@hollandfonts.com

House Industries
Contact: lynn@houseind.com

ITC Fonts
An international leader in typeface design and marketing for over 30 years, ITC collaborates with world-class designers to provide a library of more than 1,500 classic typefaces and innovative new designs. ITC has also helped to raise the standards of design quality, and focused attention on the ethical issues related to design protection and licensing.
Contact: info@itcfonts.com

Jeremy Tankard Typography - Typography.net
Contact: info@typography.net

Larabie Fonts - hundreds of original, freeware fonts
Welcome to Larabie Fonts; a freeware font site created by Ray Larabie. There are more than 384 in fonts in 281 families here free for your personal or commercial use in TrueType format. Yes, you heard correctly. They are free. No charge. Nada. Zilch. Zip.
Contact: larabiefonts@typodermic.com

LettError: Typography, Fonts and Type
LettError offers type, fonts, and typography. Ever since 1989 (and online since 1995). Yes sir! FontFont Trixie is one of ours, and FF Beowolf as well. These days we license our fonts through our own LettError Shop. On this site you'll find tons of documentation, fonts from the LettError Foundry, pictures, background information, code, stuff, the LettError Shop, the LetterSetter, fun stuff, the LettError Portfolio, and much more.
Contact: info@letterror.com

Libertine Open Fonts Project
We work on a TrueType font family. It is designed to give you an alternative for - say T*mes New Roman. We're creating free software and publish our Fonts under terms of the General Public License, GPL. See following description: HTML / plain text.
Contact: PhilTheLion@users.sourceforge.net

Welcome to House of Lime
Shareware Fonts
Contact: lime@houseoflime.com

LucasFonts
Contact: info@lucasfonts.com

P22
P22 type foundry creates computer typefaces inspired by Art, History, and sometimes Science. P22 is renowned for its work with museums and foundations to ensure the development of accurate historical typefaces that are fully relevant for today's computer user.
Contact: http://www.p22.com/contact.html

Porchez Typofonderie [Fonts Typefaces] - Intro
Founded in 1994, Porchez Typofonderie is an independent digital type foundry in France, designing, manufacturing and selling high quality typefaces for adventurous digital typographers. This is the only place in the world to buy our typefaces.
Contact: info@typofonderie.com

shift: online font store: home
Conceived in 1993 by Joshua Distler as a way of marketing fonts created for the use in his own projects, Shift went online in 1995 to begin sales and distribution. For more than 4 years, Shift has been offering a small library of award winning fonts with predominantly technological themes, rendered in clean, thoughtful, and all original drawings. In September of 1998 the Shift web site was relaunched with a new web site, new fonts, new packaging, and the option to purchase and download fonts online.
Contact: shift@designobject.com

Stone Fonts for Text & Display at Stone Type Foundry
Contact: info@stonetypefoundry.com

T.26 Digital Type Foundry
Contact: http://www.t26.com/about/contact.php

The Enschedé Font Foundry
The firm of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen was established in Haarlem (Netherlands) in 1703. It is widely recognized as one of Holland’s finest printing houses. Enschedé prints banknotes and stamps for the Dutch government, fine art catalogues, and commercial high-quality work.
Contact: info@teff.nl

The Font Bureau, Inc.
Font Bureau was founded in 1989 by noted publications designer and consultant Roger Black and type designer David Berlow to serve the emerging needs of microcomputer-based magazine and newspaper publishers seeking unique typographic identities.
Contact: info@fontbureau.com

Thirstype.com
Thirstype is an international group of typographers creating and publishing new typefaces. Founded in 1994 by Rick Valicenti, the foundry was quickly expanded with the work of Barry Deck and Magnus Rakeng, and shortly thereafter by chester and Patricking. The core group was subsequently joined by Patrick Giasson and Claudio Piccinini.

Tiro Typeworks
Contact: ross@tiro.com


Typography – a Black Raindrop
Well, it seems like I'm stuck with this hobby of sorts … I happen to make typefaces. On a good day I enjoy it, on a bad I don't. I don't have a great affection for typography at large — if you ask around, people will probably tell you I am an outsider in this field. Or maybe that's how I want to be perceived, but let us refrain from psychoanalysing this too much. Typography is what I do, sometimes.
Contact: zooey@pisem.net

Typotheque, digital type foundry
Typotheque is a type foundry based in The Hague, the Netherlands, developing and marketing original fonts for the Mac and PC in Western, Central European (CE), Greek and Cyrillic encodings. Our commitment is to continue the traditions of independent type foundries, contributing our tiny bit to the continuous sequence of type history, creating quality typefaces that reflect our time and serve its needs.
Contact: info@typotheque.com

Underware
Underware is a graphic design studio which specializes in designing and producing typefaces. These are often conventional in terms of legibility - yet functional, having concepts that seek for new visual, typographic and linguistic possibilities. These typefaces are published for retail sale or are custom designed.
Contact: info@underware.nl

Vera Open Source Fonts
Bitstream Vera has be released for use under an open source license agreement announced with the GNOME Foundation, giving advanced font capabilities to all free and open source software developers and users.
Contact: oemsales@bitstream.com

Welcome to Fountain
Fountain is an independent and friendly digital type foundry. Our aim is to provide our discerning clients with modern, well-crafted fonts guaranteed to meet the most strenuous requirements of aesthetics, legibility and originality.
Contact: info@fountain.nu

TrueType/OpenType Tools
Though you'll not find any tools here that actually change glyphs' outlines, you may find some helper tools here. Mind: none of these works on OpenType fonts with Postscript outlines; however, some may be changed easily to enable this, I think. Please do email me (mailto:R.C.van.Dalen@umail.leidenuniv.nl) if you've got any plans in that direction: I may be able to help you on your way a bit.
Contact: R.C.van.Dalen@umail.leidenuniv.nl

Typodermic - Quality fonts designed by Ray Larabie
At Typodermic, we don’t do graphic design, websites or logo design. We make fonts. What’s the difference between a font and a logo you ask? This diagram will illustrate… (Ray Larabie from Larabie Fonts)
Contact: biz@typodermic.com
General

General Info on Typography, Magazines & Books

Baseline Magazine
Welcome to the new revised baseline website (last updated 06.07.05). Our current issue is 47. Please use the top drop-down menus to navigate through. You can subscribe, order back issues, and buy associated products such as Ken Garland’s ‘Metaphors’. We are also offering special sets which include rare back issues and the chance to buy individual baseline posters or a collection. This site also offers information about baseline and the people associated with it. The A–Z of Digital typefoundries can be found under Communicate, associated links
Contact: type@baselinemagazine.com
TYPO / English Info
An inspiring bi-monthly magazine on typography, graphic design and visual communication.

Porchez Typofonderie [Fonts Typefaces] - Gazette
The Porchez Typofonderie Gazette In this section, you will usually be able to find all published articles, some in english or french only, others in both versions. In the future, they will all comeback online. Note that some of the old stuff will be kept the original layout coding and in some cases will not display perfectly.
Projects
Ellen Lupton: Design Writing Research
We launched this Web site in January 2003 in order to revive the studio in the extra-curricular, quasi-underground spirit with which we founded it.
 
Contact: elupton@designwritingresearch.org miller@pentagram.com

Font Editor

Pure Java font rendering We are building a pure Java™ font-rendering technology - targetted at J2ME, Personal Java and Java 1.1 environments Contact: tim@tt1.org
Fountain - Fountaneer Project
Fountaineer is a section devoted to the Fountain community. Right now we are developing the concept, but soon you will be able to enjoy book reviews, font design tips and contests. You - yes, you! - will be able to win stuff and order merchandise that will make you the envy of other people who do not have this merchandise.
Contact: info@fountain.nu

Free UCS Outline Fonts
Free UCS Outline Fonts Summary: This project aims to provide a set of free outline (PostScript Type0, TrueType, OpenType...) fonts covering the ISO 10646/Unicode UCS (Universal Character Set).
Identifont - identify fonts and typefaces
Welcome to Identifont®, the unique font identifier that enables you to identify a font from a sample by answering a series of simple questions. It is ideal if you want to match an existing typeface, or identify a typeface you have seen in a publication.
Contact: info@identifont.com
Libertine Open Fonts Project
We work on a TrueType font family. It is designed to give you an alternative for - say T*mes New Roman. We're creating free software and publish our Fonts under terms of the General Public License, GPL. See following description: HTML / plain text.
Contact: PhilTheLion@users.sourceforge.net
Thinking With Type
This site is the on-line companion to the book Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students, by Ellen Lupton (Princeton Architectural Press, 2004). The book includes essays, examples, and practical guidance that does not appear on this site.
Type Invaders | Displayfonts
Contact: info@type-invaders.com
Typography – A black raindrop
Well, it seems like I'm stuck with this hobby of sorts … I happen to make typefaces. On a good day I enjoy it, on a bad I don't. I don't have a great affection for typography at large — if you ask around, people will probably tell you I am an outsider in this field. Or maybe that's how I want to be perceived, but let us refrain from psychoanalysing this too much. Typography is what I do, sometimes.
Contact: zooey@pisem.net
Unostiposduros. Teoria y práctica de la tipografía
Unostiposduros.com es una iniciativa de dos apasionados de la tipografía, Josep Patau y José Ramón Penela
Contact: tiposduros@wanadoo.es
Vera Open Source Fonts
Bitstream Vera Bitstream Vera has be released for use under an open source license agreement announced with the GNOME Foundation, giving advanced font capabilities to all free and open source software developers and users.
Contact: oemsales@bitstream.com
Werkplaats Typografie
Contact: mail@werkplaatstypografie.org

Software

Type Design and or Font creation programs. Commercial, Shareware, Freeware and Open Source. Know your options!

DoubleType - DoubleType
DoubleType is an open source type designer (font editor) that builds TrueType font file.
Dutch Type Library
The Dutch Type Library (DTL) is a publisher of digital types and a producer of software for the font production, which operates on an international basis.
Contact: info@dtl.nl
Font creation programs
Descriptive list of Font Creation Programs
Contact: luc@cs.mcgill.ca
Font Editor
Pure Java font rendering We are building a pure Java™ font-rendering technology - targetted at J2ME, Personal Java and Java 1.1 environments
Contact: tim@tt1.org
FontForge
FontForge -- An outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf) fonts, or edit existing ones. Also lets you convert one format to another. FontForge has support for many macintosh font formats.
Fontlab
Company Profile: Fontlab Ltd. The predecessor of Fontlab Ltd. was Pyrus North America Ltd. The company was established in 1992 to internationally market and distribute software produced by SoftUnion Ltd. of St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1993 the first product, FontLab 2.0 for Windows, one of the first digital typeface editors for the Windows environment, was released. Reviews and feedback from marketing research showed the product was very well received by a new and rapidly growing group of graphic designers who worked on the PC. Contact: Contact Fontlab
The FreeType Project
A Free, High-Quality, and Portable Font Engine

Wiki

Type Wikis... participate!

| TypoWiki | Typophile
Welcome to the Typophile Wiki, a user-created encyclopedia of all things type and design-related. Users create and edit Wiki entries with the aim of becoming a collaborative, useful, balanced and relevant resource.
TypeMediaResources - The LettError Wiki
Type]Media Resources A place for links.
Unsorted

Aha! What about all the links out there? Some of them are way better than the ones I've included above! Well... that's true. So, until I get my bookmarks right, and until I can check everything out I'll just leave the-ones I-know-but haven't-figured-out-yet-unsorted-and-or-unbrowsed-links here and sort+comment them later on. After all, this is supposed to be a dynamic and collaborative website. Why don't you give me a hand?

. : P22 Terminal - Typographic Links : .
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| TypoWiki | Typophile
about em - DoubleType
About Fonts - Fonts.com
Adobe Studio - Type Topics, Reference & Tips
Associação Portuguesa de Designers :: Homepage
baseline links
camouflage 2005
Counterspace
Custom Font Designer: Bliss, Shaker, Enigma, Aspect, Kingfisher Fonts + Typefaces UK
Ellen Lupton: Archive
Enlaces
Font creation programs
Font Editor
Pure Java font rendering We are building a pure Java™ font-rendering technology - targetted at J2ME, Personal Java and Java 1.1 environments Contact: tim@tt1.org
Font Editor - Links
Font Editor - Links
FontForge
Fontlab typography tools - font editors, convertors, and utilities for the design and creation of fonts
Fontlab typography tools – font editors, convertors, and utilities for the design and creation of fonts
Fontlab typography tools – font editors, convertors, and utilities for the design and creation of fonts
Fontlab typography tools – font editors, convertors, and utilities for the design and creation of fonts
Free UCS Outline Fonts
Free UCS outline fonts: Design notes
growingup
HTML and DHTML Overviews/Tutorials
I ♥ typeworkshop.com
I ♥ typeworkshop.com
ITC TypeTalk: ITC Fonts - Download PostScript and True Type Fonts
ITC TypeTalk: ITC Fonts - Download PostScript and True Type Fonts
LeFoNDs: about different subjects (typography, libraries), with different links
LettError Type and Typography: Library
LettError Type and Typography: Recommended Links and Emergency Exits
LettError Type and Typography: Recommended Links and Emergency Exits
LettError: Rotterdam Tour
links - DoubleType
Links: Design Sites
Linotype Font Links - Typography
Microsoft Typography - Font foundries
Microsoft typography font links news and contacts
resources – typography – a black raindrop
SketchingType - The LettError Wiki
The FREETYPE Project
The Open Source Weblog - opensource.weblogsinc.com _
Thinking With Type
Thinking With Type
Type Invaders | Exits
Type Invaders | Exits
Type, handwriting, and lettering
TypeMediaResources - The LettError Wiki
TypeMediaResources - The LettError Wiki
Typesetting practices #1
typography – a black raindrop
Typotheque: Links
unostiposduros. Teoria y práctica de la tipografía
Useful Links - Fonts.com
werkplaats typografie

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