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typostrate:

Typostrate Big List of
typography ressources

There 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

Must Have Top 100 Industrial Fonts

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)

Font Tools

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

Font online maker and software

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

Interesting typography sites

Smashing Magazine – Typography guidelines

Microsoft – Typography development

Wired – Create your own font guidelines

Interesting Articles about typography

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


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Typography Blogs

I love Typography

Typographica

Typography Daily

Type Directors Club

Type Theory

Type for you

Nice Type

Typoretum

Typedia

Handmade Font

Typography Served

Friday Fonts

Daily Type

Typegoodness

Typenuts

Font Feed

Buro Destruct

Betatype

Hype for Type

Slanted

Typography Communities

We love typography

Typophile

We heart it

Vi.sualize.us

Deviant Art

Behance Network

Img Fave

Bonus

Design Work Life – Awesome Fonts 2012

Mines Press – Famous fonts over time

Wikipedia – Typographical symbols

Reddit – Typographical Inspirations

Youtube – History of typography

Designers Daily – List of great typography blogs


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