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Websites in Typography

1. A Brief History of Type
   Read an essay discussing the times, technologies, and forms of type.
   http://www.redsun.com/type/abriefhistoryoftype/
   
   
2. ABC Typography
   Virtual Museum of Typography.
   http://abc.planet-typography.com/
   
   
3. ATypI
   The site of the Association Typographique International, the organisation of the international type community. Information on events, ATypI publications and conferences.
   http://www.atypi.org/
   
   
4. AdamAnt Designs Online
   Graphic and typeface design online.
   http://adamantx.freeservers.com/
   
   
5. All Good Things Typography
   Information about typography: history, classification, type choice and the fontpool.
   http://www.redsun.com/type/
   
   
6. Alphabytes
   Dedicated to excellence in graphic design and the promotion of typography, calligraphy and the lettering arts.
   http://www.alphabytes.com
   
   
7. Arabic Type
   Research on Arabic typography, its relationship to calligraphy and culture, and the development of new Arabic fonts.
   http://www.arabictype.com/
   
   
8. Arabic typography
   Arabic typographical experiments.
   http://www.arabictypography.com
   
   
9. Ban Comic Sans
   Download and print stickers and flyers to campaign against the font, also free comic fonts to use instead.
   http://bancomicsans.com/
   
   
10. 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.
    http://wally.rit.edu/cary/carypress.html
    
    
11. Cavendish Typography
    Gallery of images and text relating to typography and print through the ages.
    http://www.typography.org.uk
    
    
12. Character Design Standards
    General rules for character shapes in Latin based languages in digital fonts. From Microsoft.com.
    http://www.microsoft.com/typography/developers/fdsspec/default.htm
    
    
13. Commonly Confused Characters
    Unicode and graphic examples of proper quote, hyphen, and space encoding and typographical mistakes.
    http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ggbaker/reference/characters/
    
    
14. Counterspace
    Features a history of typography, with classifications of type and structure of letterforms.
    http://counterspace.motivo.com/
    
    
15. Creative Pro : Fonts Department
    Font news and software reviews links. Exclusive feature articles on typography from Creative Pro's staff of graphic design writers.
    http://www.creativepro.com/category/home/228.html
    
    
16. DigitalThread: TypeHaus
    Contains featured foundries, honorable foundries, type resources, and typography links.
    http://www.digitalthread.com/typehaus/index.html
    
    
17. Dr. Leslie and The Composing Room
    MFA thesis project by Erin K. Malone explores the history of typesetting firm located in New York City.
    http://www.drleslie.com/
    
    
18. Encyclopaedia of Typography and Electronic Communication
    A short-subject encyclopedia and glossary covering typography, printing, electronic publishing, and electronic communication.
    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/profirst/encycl2.htm
    
    
19. Greeking Machine
    Lorem Ipsum generator supporting Latin and several humorous choices.
    http://www.duckisland.com/greekmachine.asp
    
    
20. Guide to Central European Typography
    Information on Central European typography: rules, links and other valuable pieces of information.
    http://euro.typo.cz/
    
    
21. Information Design Associates
    Corporate, information design, and web design.
    http://www.ida.org.uk
    
    
22. International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication
    Conference organized by the University of Macedonia and alterVision, typography and visual communication ltd
    http://www.uom.gr/uompress/news.html
    
    
23. LetterPerfect
    Design services, lettering tours, publications, and fonts available for purchase and download.
    http://www.letterspace.com/index.htm
    
    
24. Loubet del Bayle, Jean-Christophe
    Personal website devoted to typography. Available in English and French.
    http://jcldb.free.fr/welcome.html
    
    
25. Medieval Unicode Font Initiative
    Non-profit group of scholars working toward a solution to the problem of encoding special characters in Medieval texts written in the Latin alphabet.
    http://www.hit.uib.no/mufi/
    
    
26. 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.
    http://www.microsoft.com/typography/default.asp
    
    
27. Name This Font
    Encyclopedia of letterforms. Information on the author plus where to purchase the book.
    http://www.namethisfont.com/
    
    
28. 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.
    http://ireland.iol.ie/~npmuseum/
    
    
29. New Series
    In-depth essays and interviews on typography from writer Andy Crewdson, formerly of Lines and Splines.
    http://new-series.org/
    
    
30. 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.
    http://www.planet-typography.com/
    
    
31. Press for Success
    Typographic books and artworks by Jill Yelland.
    http://www.press4success.com.au/
    
    
32. 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.
    http://www.typesociety.org/
    
    
33. The Evolution of Type
    Information on the main characteristics of the letterform, styles and elements of printing types, and the history of the alphabet.
    http://www.concentric.net/~brandt58/home.html
    
    
34. 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.
    http://www.cgan.com/english/english/cpg/indexen.htm
    
    
35. 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.
    http://www.rit.edu/~goudyctr/
    
    
36. The Typographic Circle
    Membership organization providing information on committee, events, publications and membership.
    http://www.typocircle.co.uk/
    
    
37. Type Books
    Resource for publications concerning the letterform arts.
    http://www.typebooks.org/
    
    
38. TypeRight
    Mission: to promote typefaces as creative works and to advocate their legal protection as intellectual property.
    http://www.typeright.org/
    
    
39. Types and Typography - A guide
    A complete guide to the history and science of types, fonts and typography.
    http://www.cyber-north.com/fonts
    
    
40. 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"
    http://fawny.org/typoblog.html
    
    
41. Typographic
    Information on typography from 3500 B.C. to the present day, including evolution, timeline, anatomy, image gallery, studies, glossary and related information.
    http://www.rsub.com/typographic/
    
    
42. 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.
    http://www.typolis.de/version1/
    
    
43. Typolis - typography, type and design
    In German and English, a 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.
    http://www.typolis.de/version1/indexe.htm
    
    
44. Typophile
    Interviews with typographers, discussion board and sign-up for mailing list.
    http://www.typophile.com/
    
    
45. Typotheque
    Information about typography, free type utilities, articles on type and type design, and fonts for sale.
    http://www.typotheque.com/
    
    
46. 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.
    http://www.will-harris.com
    
    
47. daidala
    A blog by Jon Coltz. Features reviews of typefaces and observations from the life of a type lover.
    http://www.daidala.com/
    
    
48. typogRaphic
    Exploration and experimentation between typography and imagery.
    http://www.typographic.com/
    
    

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