RECOMMENDED TYPOGRAPHY SOURCES

 

Designed as part of an Independent Study at the Rhode Island School of Design by Michael Brandt.

          An Adobe Flashpoint Award winner, and deservedly so.  

        

URL: http://www.mediumbold.com/04_thinking/type/

StrictIy speaking, this is an online periodical.  Topic areas. include: Writing and Style, a Production Artist Survival Guide, Rules of Typography,  Font Archives, and free Font and File Downloads 

 

URL: http://www.fontsite.com/

 

Women in Typography

Focuses on several women who have made important contributions within a largely male-dominated 
profession. 

 

URL:http://desktoppub.about.com/library/weekly/aa100200a.htm?iam=dpile&terms=%2Btypography

 A gallery of images and text relating to typography and print through the ages. 

 

URL: http://www.typography.org.uk/

Annotated links to over thirty typography/font publications from the Americas and Europe. 

 

URL: http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/fontmags.html

An assortment of linkages to helpful websites in typography.

 

URL: http://academy.smc.edu/vanallen/web_techniques/typography.html

"A virtual museum of typography." 

URL: http://abc.planet-typography.com/

An introduction to the world of type.  Your guide on this tour is Webmonkey. 

          URL: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/fonts/tutorials/tutorial3.html

Typography Rules and Guidelines

 The basic rules of typography and general typesetting guidelines.

 URL:  http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typerules/