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Friday find: FontShop Education

Joan and Erik Spiekermann’s foundry Fontshop has a very nice collection of typographic education resources available to download for free.

Published March 16, 2012
Categorized as Resources, Typography Tagged Erik Spiekermann, FontShop, Free

Snooping web fonts made easy

Sure, you can find out all you need to know about fonts on a web page by inspecting the code with Firebug or the likes, but the WhatFont bookmarklet makes font snooping super easy.

Published February 16, 2012
Categorized as Resources, Typography Tagged Chengyin Liu, Fonts, Illinois, Web Design, Web Fonts

Good Google web fonts

Having trouble finding the best Google web fonts for your next website design? Chad Mazzola wants to help you out…

Published January 31, 2012
Categorized as Resources, Typography Tagged Chad Mazzola, Fonts, Free, Google, Web Design, Web Fonts

Web Typography for the Lonely

Web Typography for the Lonely is an ongoing collection of experiments and writings on, you guessed it, web type. Each entry features a demo and write-up explaining how the result was achieved.

Published January 11, 2012
Categorized as Resources, Typography Tagged Baltimore, Chris Clark, CSS, HTML5, Javascript, Typekit, Web Design, Web Fonts

Free fonts from Fontfabric

Fontfabric has some really nice fonts on offer and many of them are available free of charge! Here are a few you might be interested in adding to your collection…

Published December 6, 2011
Categorized as Resources, Typography Tagged Bulgaria, Fontfabric, Fonts, Free

An unusual font from Bulgaria

Lemniscate is an intriguing font designed by Rositsa Gorolova of Sofia, Bulgaria. It is available as a free download.

Published November 14, 2011
Categorized as Resources, Typography Tagged Bulgaria, Fonts, Free, Rositsa Gorolova

The curious case of the missing canvas: How typographic scale will save design

For the last few days I have really been trying to wrap my brain around the concepts of scale and ratio in design and specifically typography. The intention of this post is to continue the conversation on these topics…

Published October 6, 2011
Categorized as Resources, Typography Tagged Alex Charchar, Ethan Marcotte, Golden ratio, Jason Santa Maria, Responsive design, Tim Brown, Typesetting, Web Design

Pay what you want for fonts from Lost Type Co-op

Lost Type Co-op is a font foundry with a unique philosophy: they distribute beautiful and unique typefaces, and you decide how much you want to pay!

Published September 22, 2011
Categorized as Resources, Typography Tagged Fonts, Free, Riley Cran, Seattle, Toronto, Tyler Galpin, Typeface

The three-letter kerning technique

Ilene Strizver explains how kerning your display type three letters at a time can help beginners get a feel for this essential typographic skill.

Published September 19, 2011
Categorized as Resources, Typography Tagged Ilene Strizver, Tips

Wish list: Explorations in Typography / Mastering the Art of Fine Typesetting

This beautiful typographic reference book with its yellow gilded edges looks like an absolute must-have.

Published September 8, 2011
Categorized as Resources, Typography Tagged Book, Carolina de Bartolo, San Francisco, Typekit, Typesetting

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