Typography

History

ABC Typography
"A Virtual Museum of Typography." Website designed by Jean-Christophe Loubet del Bayle to "underline the fact that every typeface has its own history."

Counterspace
"A website devoted to typography and its history.

The Evolution of Type
"From pictograms to pixel fonts" information on the history of the alphabet, styles, letterforms and printing.

typographic
An "an interactive experience informed by type and typography." History, timeline, gallery, more.

Fonts and Design

The Adobe Type Showroom
Offers a selection of more than 2,200 innovative fonts and classic styles. This collection is searchable by keyword, font style, use, theme, classification or designer.

CreativePro Fonts Department
Part of the larger graphic design and printing resource focusing on fonts: news, reviews, books, software, events, etc.

Encyclopaedia of Typography and Electronic Communication
A searchable and browsable encyclopedia and dictionary.

Fonts.com
Powered by AFGA Monotype, this site provides font services, sells fonts, features new releases and has a database of font types.

Microsoft Typography
"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." Main sections include "About fonts," "Links, news & contacts" (with a database of over 700 type and typography related sites on the Web), "Developing fonts," and "Tools and utilities."

MyFonts.com
An "online source for finding, trying, and buying fonts." You can sign up for a monthly e-mail newsletter. There's a "what's new" area at the site.

Planet Typography
A portal dedicated to typography, typefaces, calligraphy, and the history of printing. A Jean-Christophe Loubet del Bayle website. Links to ABC Typography, the virtual museum. Free fonts to download.

TypeIndex.org
Free and shareware font archive. Tutorials, type handbook.

Typographica
A blog for typography, described as "a journal of typography featuring news, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design."

Web Font List
There are a lot of ads on the page, and a scrolling marquee, but the fonts are searchable by such descriptions as "cartoonish," "drippy," "messy," "roundish," "high-tech," etc. The site offers another option for finding a specific type of font for a particular use. Some must be purchased, some are shareware, some are freeware.

Interactive Typography - Flash Design

Bembo's Zoo
Click on each letter of the alphabet to see constructions.

Behind the Typeface: Cooper Black
A Flash "biography" of a typeface, hosted on the Veer site. See also Type City