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Typography Links

• DigitalThread: TypeHaus Contains featured foundries, honorable foundries, type resources, and typography links.
  
• Cavendish Typography Gallery of images and text relating to typography and print through the ages.
  
• 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.
  
• Dr. Leslie and The Composing Room MFA thesis project by Erin K. Malone explores the history of typesetting firm located in New York City.
  
• Letterspace This site offers a variety of font and typography resources as well as its own font library.
  
• 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.
  
• Typography.nu A useful typeface identification guide.
  
• Name This Font Encyclopedia of letterforms. Information on the author plus where to purchase the book.
  
• typogRaphic Exploration and experimentation between typography and imagery.
  
• ATypI The site of the Association Typographique International, the organisation of the international type community. Information on events, ATypI publications and conferences.
  
• Encyclopaedia of Typography and Electronic Communication A short-subject encyclopedia and glossary covering typography, printing, electronic publishing, and electronic communication.
  
• Graphion Type Museum Typographic visionaries, elements of typesetting style, old phototypesetter tales, Q&A and glossary of typographic terms.
  
• Type Books Resource for publications concerning the letterform arts.
  
• Type & Typography Directory of articles on typographic design, historical information, printed materials, tutorials, tips and sources for fonts.
  
• Typographic Information on typography from 3500 B.C. to the present day, including evolution, timeline, anatomy, image gallery, studies, glossary and related information.
  
• ABC Typography Features the historical collection of the Virtual Museum of Typography.
  
• TypeReview.com News, articles, books, tools and links.
  
• Point Central: The Author's Corner Designing and building tips, naming information, legal protection and other suggestions and advice to keep in mind when create typefaces.
  
• 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.
  
• Press for Success Typographic books and artworks by Jill Yelland.
  
• Typography on the Web Tips on adapting typography to the new media.
  
• The Commonplace A site with information about manuscripts, books, illustration and illumination, typography, and fonts
  
• Alphabytes Dedicated to excellence in graphic design and the promotion of typography, calligraphy and the lettering arts.
  
• All Good Things Typography Wide range of information about typography: history, classification, type choice and the fontpool.
  
• The Typographic Circle Membership organization providing information on committee, events, publications and membership.
  
• Typotheque Information about typography, free type utilities, articles on type and type design, and fonts for sale.
  
• The Evolution of Type Information on the main characteristics of the letterform, styles and elements of printing types, and the history of the alphabet.
  
• Guide to Central European Typography Information on Central European typography: rules, links and other valuable pieces of information.
  
• TypeRight Mission: to promote typefaces as creative works and to advocate their legal protection as intellectual property.
  
• Planet Typography A portal dedicated to typography: directory, news, online manual and free fonts to download.
  
• Counterspace Devoted to typography and its history.
  
• 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.
  
• Loubet del Bayle, Jean-Christophe Personal website devoted to typography. Available in English and French.
  
• Types and Typography - A guide A complete guide to the history and science of types, fonts and typography.
  
• 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.
  
• Type-High Articles, books and resources for those interested in the history of wood type, as well as a gallery of current work by designers and book artists.
  
• & Type Extensive information on typography, fonts and type techniques.
  
• 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.
  
• Character Design Standards General rules for character shapes in Latin based languages in digital fonts. From Microsoft.com.
  
• 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.