Here are a few select typography resources, providing you with typography tips, tutorials and advice.
Typograpy tips and advice for graphic design students published on this site, and inspired from a conversation on Ben’s Noisy Decent Graphics.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface by Michael Beirut. Michael writes regularly on Design Observer, and this is another of his excellent insights into typography.
Web Design is 95% Typography, at Information Architects. A very interesting read, with some excellent online and offline resources.
A few good fonts from Thinking with Type. Tens of thousands of digital typefaces are available for use on desktop computers. Most of them are junk. Here are a few nicely chosen fonts from a great typography resource.
The Trouble With Em ‘n En (and other shady characters) by Peter K Sheerin at A List Apart. Hypens are not dashes… hyphens are not dashes…
Typography Articles and Essays from TypeCulture. A nice compilation of downloadable PDF articles and essays, with snippets to pique your curiousity.
Eric Gill got it wrong; a re-evaluation of Gill Sans from Typotheque. Quite a focused article, obviously, but it’s a revealing look at Gill Sans with some interesting alternatives.
20 free fonts for download pieced together by Vitaly Friedman. With so many free fonts available, it’s nice to see a collection of carefully chosen font downloads.
Where do you go for typography tips?
If you know of any other good typography articles or resources I’d most certainly appreciate you commenting, and of course, if you have any thoughts on the above resources, I’d also love to hear from you.
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