Typostrate Big List of
typography ressourcesThere are many articles about typography and inspirations, but as a must there has to be a list where you can find everything you need to get in touch with typography and to design your next project perfectly. On the Typostrate typography ressources big list you’ll find free fonts, the most famous must-have fonts in the industry, typographic tools for your website or your projects, font software sites to create your own font, interesting sites and articles, typography blogs, communities and some interesting bonus ressources.
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Free Font Ressources:
Dafont – The most popular Fontsite online
Urban Fonts – More than 8.000 fonts and dingbats
Better Fonts – Over 10.000 free fonts
Fawnt – Over 9.000 fonts
RFonts.com – Hundreds of fonts categorized by style
FlashDen – Commercial pixel fonts
Font Freak – 5.000 free fonts and 25.000 commercial fonts
High Fonts – 3.000 free fonts and 25.000 commercial fonts
Better Fonts – The easy preview font site with 10.000 fonts
Abstract Fonts – 10.000 free fonts
Daily Free Fonts – Thousands of free fonts
SearchFreeFonts – 13.000 free fonts, more that can be purchased
1001 Free Fonts – Nicely categorized
1001 Fonts – Free fonts by category
File Cart – Over 9.000 free fonts
Acid Fonts – Categorized free fonts
Absolute Fonts – Almost 7.000 fonts
The Font Pool – Over 40.000 fonts
SimplyTheBestFonts – A lot of different categories to choose from
Fonts 500 – The web’s top 500 free fonts
FontCubes – Over 9.000 free fonts
Free Mac Fonts – Over 6.000 fonts for Macs
WebPagePublicity – Over 6.000 fonts
Phil’s Fonts – Commercial
Fonts for Flash – Commercial
Font Garden – 1.500 fonts not very well categorized
2200FreeFonts – Not categorized
ShowFont – 10.000 fonts only in alphabetical order
GetFreeFonts.info – 2.500 fonts in alphabetical order
Creamundo – Almost 10.000 fonts, but difficult to find what you want
Acid Fonts - Lots of interesting fonts
WebDesign - 100 free fonts
Ript Apparel - 45 free brand fonts
Fine Print NYC - 50 fantatic free fonts
1st Web Designer - Awesome Fonts, mostly free
Web Design Ledger - 25 free experimental fonts
Mashable - 24 free fonts
Font Squirrel - Handpicked free fonts
The League of moveable type - Free font insider tip
Google Fonts - Free for web and personal design projects
1. Helvetica (1957 - Max Miedinger)
2. Garamond (1530 - Claude Garamond)
3. Frutiger (1977 - Adrian Frutiger)
4. Bodoni (1790 - Giambattista Bodoni)
5. Futura (1927 - Paul Renner)
6. Times (1931 - Stanley Morison)
7. Akzidenz Grotesk (1966 - G nter Gerhard Lange)
8. Officina (1990 - Erik Spiekermann)
9. Gill Sans (1930 - Eric Gill)
10. Univers (1954 - Adrian Frutiger)
11. Optima (1954 - Hermann Zapf)
12. Franklin Gothic (1903 - Morris Fuller Benton)
13. Bembo (1496 - Francesco Griffo)
1. Helvetica (1957 - Max Miedinger)
2. Garamond (1530 - Claude Garamond)
3. Frutiger (1977 - Adrian Frutiger)
4. Bodoni (1790 - Giambattista Bodoni)
5. Futura (1927 - Paul Renner)
6. Times (1931 - Stanley Morison)
7. Akzidenz Grotesk (1966 - G nter Gerhard Lange)
8. Officina (1990 - Erik Spiekermann)
9. Gill Sans (1930 - Eric Gill)
10. Univers (1954 - Adrian Frutiger)
11. Optima (1954 - Hermann Zapf)
12. Franklin Gothic (1903 - Morris Fuller Benton)
13. Bembo (1496 - Francesco Griffo)
14. Interstate (1993 - Tobias Frere-Jones)
15. Thesis (1994 - Lucas de Groot)
16. Rockwell (1934 - Frank H. Pierpont)
17. Walbaum (1800 - Justus Walbaum)
18. Meta (1991 - Erik Spiekermann)
19. Trinit (1982 - Bram De Does)
20. Din (1926 - Ludwig Goller)
21. Matrix (1986 - Zuzana Licko)
22. OCR (1965 - American Type Founders)
23. Avant Garde (1968 - Herb Lubalin)
24. Lucida (1985 - Chris Holmes / Charles Bigelow)
25. Sabon (1964 - Jan Tschichold)
26. Zapfino (1998 - Hermann Zapf)
27. Letter Gothic (1956 - Roger Roberson)
28. Stone (1987 - Summer Stone)
29. Arnhem (1998 - Fred Smeijers)
30. Minion (1990 - Robert Slimbach)
31. Myriad (1992 - Twombly & Slimbach)
32. Rotis (1988 - Olt Aicher)
33. Eurostile (1962 - Aldo Novarese)
34. Scala (1991 - Martin Majoor)
35. Syntax (1968 - Hans Eduard Meier)
36. Joanna (1930 - Eric Gill)
37. Fleishmann (1997 - Erhard Kaiser)
38. Palatino (1950 - Hermann Zapf)
39. Baskerville (1754 - John Baskerville)
40. Fedra (2002 - Peter Bil’ak)
41. Gotham (2000 - Tobias Frere-Jones)
42. Lexicon (1992 - Bram De Does)
43. Hands (1991 - Letterror)
44. Metro (1929 - W. A. Dwiggins)
45. Didot (1799 - Firmin Didot)
46. Formata (1984 - Bernd M llenst dt)
47. Caslon (1725 - William Caslon)
48. Cooper Black (1920 - Oswald B. Cooper)
49. Peignot (1937 - A. M. Cassandre)
50. Bell Gothic (1938 - Chauncey H. Griffith)
51. Antique Olive (1962 - Roger Excoffon)
52. Wilhelm Klngspor Gotisch (1926 - Rudolf Koch)
53. Info (1996 - Erik Spiekermann)
54. Dax (1995 - Hans Reichel)
55. Proforma (1988 - Petr van Blokland)
56. Today Sans (1988 - Volker K ster)
57. Prokyon (2002 - Erhard Kaiser)
58. Trade Gothic (1948 - Jackson Burke)
59. Swift (1987 - Gerald Unger)
60. Copperplate Gothic (1901 - Frederic W. Goudy)
61. Blur (1992 - Neville Brody)
62. Base (1995 - Zuzana Licko)
63. Bell Centennial (1978 - Matthew Carter)
64. News Gothic (1908 - Morris Fuller Benton)
65. Avenir (1988 - Adrian Frutiger)
66. Bernhard Modern (1937 - Lucian Bernhard)
67. Amplitude (2003 - Christian Schwartz)
68. Trixie (1991 - Erik van Blokland)
69. Quadraat (1992 - Fred Smeijers)
70. Neutraface (2002 - Christian Schwartz)
71. Nobel (1929 - Sjoerd de Roos)
72. Industria (1990 - Neville Brody)
73. Bickham Script (1997 - Richard Lipton)
74. Bank Gothic (1930 - Morris Fuller Benton)
75. Corporate ASE (1989 - Kurt Weidemann)
76. Fago (2000 - Ole Schafer)
77. Trajan (1989 - Carol Twombly)
78. Kabel (1927 - Rudolf Koch)
79. House Gothic 23 (1995 - Tal Leming)
80. Kosmik (1993 - Letterror)
81. Caecilia (1990 - Peter Matthias Noordzij)
82. Mrs Eaves (1996 - Zuzana Licko)
83. Corpid (1997 - Lucas de Groot)
84. Miller (1997 - Matthew Carter)
85. Souvenir (1914 - Morris Fuller Benton)
86. Instant Types (1992 - Just van Rossum)
87. Clarendon (1845 - Benjamin Fox)
88. Triplex (1989 - Zuzana Licko)
89. Benguiat (1989 - Ed Benguiat)
90. Zapf Renaissance (1984 - Hermann Zapf)
91. Filosofia (1996 - Zuzana Licko)
92. Chalet (1996 - House Industries)
93. Quay Sans (1990 - David Quay)
94. C zanne (1995 - Michael Want, James Grieshaber)
95. Reporter (1938 - Carlos Winkow)
96. Legacy (1992 - Ronald Arnholm)
97. Agenda (1993 - Greg Thompson)
98. Bello (2004 - Underware)
99. Dalliance (2000 - Frank Heine)
100. Mistral (1953 - Roger Excoffon)
14. Interstate (1993 - Tobias Frere-Jones)
15. Thesis (1994 - Lucas de Groot)
16. Rockwell (1934 - Frank H. Pierpont)
17. Walbaum (1800 - Justus Walbaum)
18. Meta (1991 - Erik Spiekermann)
19. Trinit (1982 - Bram De Does)
20. Din (1926 - Ludwig Goller)
21. Matrix (1986 - Zuzana Licko)
22. OCR (1965 - American Type Founders)
23. Avant Garde (1968 - Herb Lubalin)
24. Lucida (1985 - Chris Holmes / Charles Bigelow)
25. Sabon (1964 - Jan Tschichold)
26. Zapfino (1998 - Hermann Zapf)
27. Letter Gothic (1956 - Roger Roberson)
28. Stone (1987 - Summer Stone)
29. Arnhem (1998 - Fred Smeijers)
30. Minion (1990 - Robert Slimbach)
31. Myriad (1992 - Twombly & Slimbach)
32. Rotis (1988 - Olt Aicher)
33. Eurostile (1962 - Aldo Novarese)
34. Scala (1991 - Martin Majoor)
35. Syntax (1968 - Hans Eduard Meier)
36. Joanna (1930 - Eric Gill)
37. Fleishmann (1997 - Erhard Kaiser)
38. Palatino (1950 - Hermann Zapf)
39. Baskerville (1754 - John Baskerville)
40. Fedra (2002 - Peter Bil’ak)
41. Gotham (2000 - Tobias Frere-Jones)
42. Lexicon (1992 - Bram De Does)
43. Hands (1991 - Letterror)
44. Metro (1929 - W. A. Dwiggins)
45. Didot (1799 - Firmin Didot)
46. Formata (1984 - Bernd M llenst dt)
47. Caslon (1725 - William Caslon)
48. Cooper Black (1920 - Oswald B. Cooper)
49. Peignot (1937 - A. M. Cassandre)
50. Bell Gothic (1938 - Chauncey H. Griffith)
51. Antique Olive (1962 - Roger Excoffon)
52. Wilhelm Klngspor Gotisch (1926 - Rudolf Koch)
53. Info (1996 - Erik Spiekermann)
54. Dax (1995 - Hans Reichel)
55. Proforma (1988 - Petr van Blokland)
56. Today Sans (1988 - Volker K ster)
57. Prokyon (2002 - Erhard Kaiser)
58. Trade Gothic (1948 - Jackson Burke)
59. Swift (1987 - Gerald Unger)
60. Copperplate Gothic (1901 - Frederic W. Goudy)
61. Blur (1992 - Neville Brody)
62. Base (1995 - Zuzana Licko)
63. Bell Centennial (1978 - Matthew Carter)
64. News Gothic (1908 - Morris Fuller Benton)
65. Avenir (1988 - Adrian Frutiger)
66. Bernhard Modern (1937 - Lucian Bernhard)
67. Amplitude (2003 - Christian Schwartz)
68. Trixie (1991 - Erik van Blokland)
69. Quadraat (1992 - Fred Smeijers)
70. Neutraface (2002 - Christian Schwartz)
71. Nobel (1929 - Sjoerd de Roos)
72. Industria (1990 - Neville Brody)
73. Bickham Script (1997 - Richard Lipton)
74. Bank Gothic (1930 - Morris Fuller Benton)
75. Corporate ASE (1989 - Kurt Weidemann)
76. Fago (2000 - Ole Schafer)
77. Trajan (1989 - Carol Twombly)
78. Kabel (1927 - Rudolf Koch)
79. House Gothic 23 (1995 - Tal Leming)
80. Kosmik (1993 - Letterror)
81. Caecilia (1990 - Peter Matthias Noordzij)
82. Mrs Eaves (1996 - Zuzana Licko)
83. Corpid (1997 - Lucas de Groot)
84. Miller (1997 - Matthew Carter)
85. Souvenir (1914 - Morris Fuller Benton)
86. Instant Types (1992 - Just van Rossum)
87. Clarendon (1845 - Benjamin Fox)
88. Triplex (1989 - Zuzana Licko)
89. Benguiat (1989 - Ed Benguiat)
90. Zapf Renaissance (1984 - Hermann Zapf)
91. Filosofia (1996 - Zuzana Licko)
92. Chalet (1996 - House Industries)
93. Quay Sans (1990 - David Quay)
94. C zanne (1995 - Michael Want, James Grieshaber)
95. Reporter (1938 - Carlos Winkow)
96. Legacy (1992 - Ronald Arnholm)
97. Agenda (1993 - Greg Thompson)
98. Bello (2004 - Underware)
99. Dalliance (2000 - Frank Heine)
100. Mistral (1953 - Roger Excoffon)
Typetester – Floating text tester for articles
Riddle – Converting sizes to pixles for relative to text size
Lorem Ipsum – Tool for creating dummy texts
Lorem Ipsum German – Dummy Texts in german
What the font – Upload a file and find out what font it is
What the font – Determine contrasts of colors for web projects
Snook Contrast Colour – Determine contrasts of colors for web projects
Font Explorer – Manage your desktop fonts
Designer Palying – Typography and web colouring testing tool
Drewish Vertical Rhythm – Vertical rhythm for your css
Baseline Rhythm Calculator – Helps to generate a stylesheet
Fontsruct – Free online font making tool
Font Forge – Outline font editor
CR8 Software – Full freeware font editor
Your Fonts – Most popular font editor
Font Creator – Another popular font editor
Fontlab Fontographer – Editor for designers
Glyphs – Font editing tool for designer
Font Arc – New font editing tool
Smashing Magazine – Typography guidelines
Microsoft – Typography development
Wired – Create your own font guidelines
A Guide to Web Typography – I Love Typography
15 Excellent Examples of Web Typography – I Love Typography
The Anatomy of Web Fonts – SitePoint
The Principles of Beautiful Typography – SitePoint
How to Size Text in CSS – A List Apart
Power to the People: Relative Font Sizes – A List Apart
Typography Matters – A List Apart
The Non-Typographer’s Guide to Practical Typeface Selection – Cameron Moll
5 Simple Steps to Better Typography – Mark Boulton
The Effect of Website Typeface Appropriateness on the Perception of a Company’s Ethos – Usability News
How to Size Text Using Ems – Clagnut
13 Ways of Looking at a Type Face – Design Observer
Typography and Web Advertising: Making Every Opportunity Count – Digital Web Magazine
Better Font Management – Digital Web Magazine
CSS Typography – Digital Web Magazine
15 Tips to Choose a Good Type Text – Typies
Fonts on the Web and a List of Web Safe Fonts – Dustin Brewer
Serif vs. San Serif – KuraFire Network
Web Typography Cheat Sheet – Modern Life
Working with a Limited Font Set on the Web – Modern Life
Typography Tips and Advice for Graphic Design Students – David Airey
Logo Type Guide – RedSun
Typo Tips – The FontFeed
Choosing Type Alignments for the Web – Astheria
Motion Typography: 4 Approaches to Kinetic Text – Wisdump
It’s All About Legibility – Fonts.com
Know Your Type – iStockphoto
The Showcase of BIG Typography – Smashing Magazine
Design Work Life – Awesome Fonts 2012
Mines Press – Famous fonts over time
Wikipedia – Typographical symbols
Reddit – Typographical Inspirations
Designers Daily – List of great typography blogs