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1 | /* CUSTOM RESET (mostly based on Josh Comeau's reset)
2 | https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/custom-css-reset/
3 | */
4 |
5 | @media screen and (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
6 | html {
7 | scroll-behavior: smooth;
8 | }
9 | }
10 | *, *::before, *::after {
11 | box-sizing: border-box;
12 | }
13 | * {
14 | margin: 0;
15 | padding: 0;
16 | font: inherit;
17 | appearance: none;
18 | border: unset;
19 | scroll-margin-top: 4rem;
20 | color: inherit;
21 | background: transparent;
22 | hyphens: inherit;
23 | font-synthesis: none;
24 | }
25 | body {
26 | /*
27 | font-smoothing: auto applies faux bold to all fonts on modern browsers,
28 | but we want the font to render as intended by the typeface designer.
29 | (Note: Chrome applies font-smoothing: auto up to font-size: 161px)
30 | */
31 | -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
32 | -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
33 | overflow-wrap: break-word;
34 | line-height: inherit;
35 | hyphens: none;
36 | }
37 | p {
38 | hyphens: auto;
39 | }
40 | em {
41 | font-style: italic;
42 | }
43 | strong {
44 | font-weight: bold;
45 | }
46 | button {
47 | cursor: pointer;
48 | }
49 | img, picture, video, canvas, svg, iframe {
50 | display: block;
51 | width: 100%;
52 | height: auto;
53 | }
54 | a {
55 | color: inherit;
56 | text-decoration: inherit;
57 | }
58 | *:focus-visible, *:focus-visible * {
59 | outline: none;
60 | color: var(--signal) !important;
61 | }
62 |
63 | /* FONTS */
64 |
65 | @font-face {
66 | font-family: Isenheim-Light;
67 | src: url(../fonts/Isenheim_Fin.woff2) format('woff2');
68 | font-display: block;
69 | }
70 | @font-face {
71 | font-family: Isenheim-Regular;
72 | src: url(../fonts/Isenheim_Regulier.woff2) format('woff2');
73 | font-display: block;
74 | }
75 |
76 | /* VARIABLES */
77 | :root {
78 | --fg: #000;
79 | --bg: #fff;
80 | --bg2: #ddd;
81 | --signal: #f8e;
82 | --signalClear: #f8e0;
83 | --pageMargin: max(1.25rem, 5vw);
84 | --underlineThickness: .125em;
85 | --paraGap: .5em;
86 | --itemGap: 1em;
87 | }
88 | @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
89 | :root {
90 | --fg: #fff;
91 | --bg: #000;
92 | --bg2: #222;
93 | --signal: #f0a;
94 | --signalClear: #f070;
95 | }
96 | }
97 |
98 | /* MAIN LAYOUT */
99 |
100 | :root {
101 | font-family: 'Sofia Sans', sans-serif;
102 | font-weight: normal;
103 | line-height: 1.2;
104 | line-height: 1.3;
105 | font-size: 1rem;
106 | color: var(--fg);
107 | background-color: var(--bg);
108 | }
109 | @media (min-width: 500px) {
110 | :root {
111 | font-size: 1.125rem;
112 | }
113 | }
114 | div.wrapper {
115 | padding: var(--pageMargin);
116 | }
117 | div.wrapper, main section {
118 | display: flex;
119 | flex-direction: column;
120 | gap: var(--itemGap);
121 | }
122 |
123 | div.wrapper > * {
124 | width: 100%;
125 | max-width: 44em;
126 | /* margin: 0 auto;*/
127 | display: flex;
128 | flex-direction: column;
129 | gap: var(--itemGap);
130 | }
131 |
132 | hr {
133 | border-top: 1px solid var(--fg);
134 | padding: 0;
135 | max-width: unset;
136 | margin: min(6vw, 4em) 0;
137 | }
138 | header {
139 | /* padding-top: min(4.5vw, 6rem);*/
140 | padding-top: 1em;
141 | }
142 | header > p:first-of-type {
143 | font-family: 'Spline Sans Mono', monospace;
144 | font-weight: 340;
145 | font-size: 5.5vw;
146 | font-size: 1.4em;
147 | font-size: min(5.5vw, 1.4em);
148 | line-height: 1.4;
149 | hyphens: none;
150 | }
151 | section.intro {
152 | /* background-color: var(--signal);*/
153 | border: 2px solid var(--signal);
154 | padding: 1.25em;
155 | }
156 | section.intro a {
157 | text-decoration-line: underline;
158 | text-decoration-color: var(--signal);
159 | text-decoration-thickness: var(--underlineThickness);
160 | }
161 | h1 {
162 | font-family: Isenheim-Light, serif;
163 | font-size: min(18vw, 9em);
164 | line-height: .9;
165 | letter-spacing: -.02em;
166 | }
167 |
168 | /* NAV */
169 |
170 | nav {
171 | display: none;
172 | flex-direction: column;
173 | gap: var(--paraGap);
174 | position: fixed;
175 | top: 0;
176 | left: 0;
177 | right: 0;
178 | bottom: 0;
179 | width: 100vw;
180 | height: 100vh;
181 | background-color: var(--bg);
182 | padding: var(--pageMargin);
183 | overflow-y: scroll;
184 | }
185 | nav a {
186 | display: block;
187 | text-decoration: none;
188 | box-sizing: content-box;
189 | border-left: .5em solid transparent;
190 | padding-left: .5em;
191 | }
192 | nav .active > a {
193 | /* background-color: var(--signal);*/
194 | border-left: .5em solid var(--signal);
195 | }
196 | nav ul ul li {
197 | margin-left: 1em;
198 | }
199 | nav li {
200 | display: block;
201 | list-style-type: none;
202 | }
203 | nav ul, nav > ul > li {
204 | display: contents;
205 | }
206 | nav ul.categories {
207 | font-size: 1.2em;
208 | }
209 | nav ul.subcategories {
210 | font-size: 1rem;
211 | }
212 | @media (min-width: 1300px) {
213 | body {
214 | display: flex;
215 | justify-content: space-between;
216 | }
217 | nav {
218 | max-width: 30rem;
219 | display: flex;
220 | position: sticky;
221 | order: 2;
222 | padding-left: 0;
223 | height: 100vh;
224 | }
225 | label[for=navButton] {
226 | display: none;
227 | }
228 | }
229 | label[for=navButton] {
230 | width: calc(var(--pageMargin) * 3);
231 | height: calc(var(--pageMargin) * 3);
232 | position: fixed;
233 | z-index: 99;
234 | top: 0;
235 | right: 0;
236 | color: var(--fg);
237 | background-image: linear-gradient(45deg, var(--signalClear), var(--signalClear), var(--signal));
238 | text-align: center;
239 | content: '+';
240 | line-height: calc(var(--pageMargin) * 2);
241 | font-size: 1.5rem;
242 | }
243 | #navButton {
244 | display: none;
245 | }
246 | #navButton:checked + label[for=navButton] {
247 | transform: rotate(45deg);
248 | background-image: unset;
249 | }
250 | #navButton:checked ~ nav {
251 | display: flex;
252 | }
253 | li.navBackToTop a {
254 | /* box-sizing: border-box;*/
255 | }
256 | li.navBackToTop a {
257 | box-sizing: content-box;
258 | text-decoration: none;
259 | display: block;
260 | position: fixed;
261 | bottom: var(--pageMargin);
262 | right: var(--pageMargin);
263 | background-color: var(--signal);
264 | width: 1.8em;
265 | height: 1.8em;
266 | border-radius: 1.8em;
267 | line-height: 1.8em;
268 | text-align: center;
269 | border-style: none;
270 | padding: 0;
271 | }
272 |
273 | /* MAIN */
274 |
275 | h2 {
276 | font-family: 'Spline Sans Mono', monospace;
277 | font-weight: 340;
278 | font-size: 1.8em;
279 | margin-top: var(--itemGap);
280 | background-color: var(--signal);
281 | padding: var(--paraGap);
282 | display: flex;
283 | flex-direction: column;
284 | gap: var(--paraGap);
285 | }
286 | h2 p {
287 | font-weight: 440;
288 | font-size: .8rem;
289 | }
290 | h2 a {
291 | text-decoration-color: var(--bg);
292 | }
293 | h3 {
294 | margin-top: var(--paraGap);
295 | font-weight: 400;
296 | font-size: 1.4em;
297 | display: flex;
298 | flex-direction: column;
299 | gap: var(--paraGap);
300 | }
301 | h3 p {
302 | font-weight: 400;
303 | font-size: 1rem;
304 | }
305 | h4 {
306 | font-size: 1.2em;
307 | }
308 | a[href] {
309 | text-decoration-line: underline;
310 | text-decoration-color: var(--signal);
311 | text-decoration-thickness: var(--underlineThickness);
312 | hyphens: none;
313 | }
314 | ul.items {
315 | display: flex;
316 | flex-direction: column;
317 | gap: var(--itemGap);
318 | }
319 | li.item {
320 | padding: 1em;
321 | border: 1px solid var(--fg);
322 | display: flex;
323 | flex-direction: column;
324 | gap: var(--paraGap);
325 | }
326 | ul.data {
327 | display: flex;
328 | gap: var(--paraGap);
329 | }
330 | ul.data li {
331 | list-style-type: none;
332 | margin: 0;
333 | font-style: italic;
334 | }
335 | ul.data li + li::before {
336 | content: "/";
337 | padding-right: var(--paraGap);
338 | }
339 | .description {
340 | display: flex;
341 | flex-direction: column;
342 | gap: var(--paraGap);
343 | }
344 | .links {
345 | display: flex;
346 | flex-direction: row;
347 | gap: 0 var(--paraGap);
348 | flex-wrap: wrap;
349 | }
350 | .offline, .abandoned {
351 | text-decoration-line: line-through;
352 | }
353 |
354 | /* FOOTER */
355 |
356 | footer strong {
357 | font-family: Isenheim-Regular, serif;
358 | font-weight: 400;
359 | font-size: min(18vw, 9em);
360 | line-height: .9;
361 | letter-spacing: -.02em;
362 | font-size: 3em;
363 | display: block;
364 | padding-bottom: .5rem;
365 | }
366 |
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1 | categories:
2 | - name: Learning type design
3 | subcategories:
4 | - name: Beginners guides to type design
5 | items:
6 | - name: Type Design School
7 | url: https://typedesignschool.com
8 | description: Video guide by Lynne Yun
9 | - name: Design with FontForge
10 | url: http://designwithfontforge.com/en-US/index.html
11 | description: This is a fantastic introduction to type design, regardless of what software you use.
12 | - name: Getting started with type design
13 | url: https://jonathanhoefler.com/articles/getting-started-with-typeface-design
14 | description: by Jonathan Hoefler
15 | - name: Glyphs Tutorials
16 | url: https://glyphsapp.com/learn
17 | description: most tutorials here would be useful to non-Glyphs users too!
18 | - name: GT Academy
19 | url: https://www.instagram.com/grillitype
20 | description: Ongoing series of Instagram posts on how to construct certain glyphs.
21 | - name: Ohno Type School Articles
22 | url: https://ohnotype.co/blog/tagged/teaching
23 | description: Series of articles teaching the basics of type design.
24 | - name: Ohno Essential RoboFont
25 | url: https://school.ohnotype.co/p/essential-robofont
26 | description: Video class introduction to the classic editor
27 | - name: Learning Type Design
28 | url: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-type-design/what-you-should-know
29 | description: A beginner type design course by Charles Nix on LinkedIn Learning.
30 | - name: Books
31 | items:
32 | - name: How to design fonts?
33 | url: https://learntype.eu/
34 | description: A 140-page PDF and print-on-demand book by Blaze Type Foundry.
35 | - name: "Designing Fonts: An Introduction to Professional Type Design"
36 | url: https://thamesandhudson.com/designing-fonts-an-introduction-to-professional-type-design-9780500241554
37 | description: by Chris Campe and Ulrike Rausch. A [German edition](https://typografie.de/produkt/making-fonts/) is also available.
38 | - name: Designing Type
39 | url: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300249927/designing-type/
40 | description: by Karen Cheng.
41 | - name: "How to create typefaces: From sketch to screen"
42 | url: https://www.tipo-e.com/publicaciones/how-to-create-typefaces.html
43 | description: by Cristóbal Henestrosa, Laura Meseguer, José Scaglione. Also available in a [Spanish edition](http://tipo-e.com/publicaciones/como-crear-tipografias.html).
44 | - name: "Italic: What gives Typography its emphasis"
45 | url: https://www.niggli.ch/en/produkt/italic/
46 | description: by Hendrik Weber. Also available in [German](https://www.niggli.ch/en/produkt/kursiv/).
47 | - name: "Legibility: How and why typography affects ease of reading"
48 | url: https://legible-typography.com/
49 | description: Book by Mary Dyson. Available online for free in English and Spanish.
50 | links:
51 | - name: English version
52 | url: https://legible-typography.com/en/
53 | - name: Spanish version
54 | url: https://legible-typography.com/es/
55 | - name: "The Ohno Book: A Serious Guide to Irreverent Type Design"
56 | url: https://ohnotype.co/info/book/
57 | description: by James Edmondson.
58 | - name: Recommended Type Design and Typography Books
59 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/1275/recommended-type-design-and-typography-books/p1
60 | description: discussion on TypeDrawers
61 | - name: Teachers, show us your reading lists
62 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/186/teachers-show-us-your-reading-lists
63 | description: discussion on typedrawers
64 | - name: Workshops
65 | description: "Tip: follow your favourite type [conferences](#conferences) – some of them present workshops and other events throughout the year."
66 | items:
67 | - name: Cyrillicsly
68 | url: https://twitter.com/cyrillicsly
69 | description: workshops for learning Cyrillic type design
70 | - name: Letterform Archive
71 | url: https://letterformarchive.org/events/
72 | description: presents a variety of workshops and other events
73 | - name: Type@Cooper
74 | url: http://coopertype.org/workshops/
75 | description: presents a variety of workshops and other events
76 | - name: Type Design Class
77 | url: https://www.typedesignclass.com/workshops
78 | description: Online workshops by Viktor Baltus for learning type design and typography.
79 | - name: Typographische Gesellschaft München
80 | url: https://tgm-online.de/angebot/?type=tgm-angebot-Fortbildung
81 | description: Typographic Society of Munich hosts a wide range of in-person workshops and courses on typography, including type design.
82 | - name: Courses
83 | items:
84 | - name: Expert class Type design
85 | url: https://www.plantininstitute.be/typedesign/index.html
86 | description: An online, comprehensive course on type design offered by The Plantin Institute of Typography.
87 | - name: Tipo-g
88 | url: https://tipo-g.com/
89 | description: A type design school in Barcelona, Spain. Currently teaching a 21-week part-time program with an emphasis on variable fonts.
90 | - name: Type Design Class
91 | url: https://www.typedesignclass.com/classes
92 | description: Self-guided courses by Viktor Baltus for learning type design and typography.
93 | - name: Practica Program
94 | url: https://practicaprogram.com/
95 | description: A two-part, 6 week + 18 week part-time program for learning type design.
96 | - name: Type Electives
97 | url: https://www.typeelectives.com/
98 | description: An online school with a range of type design and typography courses.
99 | - name: Variable Font Course
100 | url: https://www.variablefontcourse.com/
101 | description: An on-demand video course by Arthur Reinders Folmer on creating variable fonts, and variable colour fonts.
102 | - name: I Love Typography Academy
103 | url: https://ilovetypography.com/academy/
104 | description: ILT academy exists to promote expert teaching of type design, font production, and typography. Courses cover various script systems and are taught in a number of languages.
105 | - name: TypeParis
106 | url: https://typeparis.com/
107 | description: A 6-week intensive type design programme held each summer in Paris (in English).
108 | - name: Ohno Type School Courses
109 | url: https://school.ohnotype.co/
110 | description: A series of free courses for RoboFont users.
111 | - name: Knuth-Bigelow Type Design Incubator
112 | url: https://silicon.stanford.edu
113 | description: The Donald Knuth & Charles Bigelow Type Design Incubator (KBI) is a 5-week type design course. SILICON is a Stanford University initiative to advance digital inclusion and protect lower-resourced languages from extinction.
114 | - name: Typemasters
115 | url: https://typemasters.xyz
116 | description: Typemasters by Leinster Type offers type design courses, workshops, and coaching services.
117 | - name: TypeDesign.Asia
118 | url: https://typedesign.asia/
119 | description: A part-time 9-week online type design course, offered with various levels of coaching and mentorship.
120 | - name: Plau Education
121 | url: https://edu.plau.design/
122 | description: A collection of courses in Brazilian Portuguese by Brazilian type foundry Plau. Includes *FontePro*, a basic type design course.
123 | - name: Full-time programs
124 | items:
125 | - name: ANRT
126 | url: https://anrt-nancy.fr/
127 | description: at ENSAD (Nancy, France)
128 | - name: ECAL
129 | url: https://ecal.ch/en/courses-and-research/master/type-design/
130 | description: A two-year master’s degree program in Switzerland.
131 | - name: EsadType
132 | url: http://postdiplome.esad-amiens.fr/
133 | description: at Esad Amiens (Amiens, France)
134 | - name: MATD
135 | url: http://typefacedesign.net/courses/
136 | description: at University of Reading (Reading, UK)
137 | - name: Type@Cooper
138 | url: http://coopertype.org/
139 | description: at Cooper Union (New York City, USA)
140 | - name: Type & Media
141 | url: https://typemedia.org/
142 | description: MA in Type Design at the KABK (The Hague, Netherlands)
143 | - name: Type West
144 | url: https://letterformarchive.org/education/
145 | description: at Letterform Archive (San Francisco, USA)
146 | - name: Coaching
147 | items:
148 | - name: Typemasters
149 | url: https://typemasters.xyz
150 | description: Typemasters by Leinster Type offers a range of design coaching services for type designers and foundry teams.
151 | - name: ILT Academy Consulting
152 | url: https://academy.ilovetypography.com/consulting/
153 | description: Design consulting and tutoring for type designers and foundry teams.
154 | - name: Software
155 | description: Discounted student licenses are available with many of these applications.
156 | subcategories:
157 | - name: Commercial font editors
158 | items:
159 | - name: FontLab
160 | url: https://www.fontlab.com/
161 | description: An all-in-one font editor for Mac and Windows – first released in 1992.
162 | data:
163 | - $499 USD
164 | - Windows
165 | - Mac
166 | - name: Fontself
167 | url: https://www.fontself.com/
168 | description: Plugins for Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop for creating fonts within Creative Suite. Also available as an iPad app.
169 | data:
170 | - $39–59 USD
171 | - Windows
172 | - Mac
173 | - iPad
174 | - name: Glyphs
175 | url: https://glyphsapp.com/
176 | description: A fully-featured, Mac-based font editor with an active community.
177 | data:
178 | - €299
179 | - Mac
180 | - name: Glyphs Mini
181 | url: https://glyphsapp.com/
182 | description: A paired down version of the full Glyphs app, meant for beginners. Limited to designing single-style fonts (no multiple masters or variable fonts).
183 | data:
184 | - €49
185 | - Mac
186 | - name: High Logic Font Creator
187 | url: https://www.high-logic.com/font-editor/fontcreator
188 | description: A Windows-native font editor.
189 | data:
190 | - $49–199 USD
191 | - Windows
192 | - name: RoboFont
193 | url: https://robofont.com/
194 | description: A Python-based font editor that puts an emphasis on scripting and extendability.
195 | data:
196 | - €400
197 | - Mac
198 | - name: TypeTool
199 | description: A simpler font editor for beginners, from the makers of FontLab.
200 | url: https://www.fontlab.com/font-editor/typetool/
201 | data:
202 | - $49 USD
203 | - Windows
204 | - name: Drop & Type
205 | description: An application that generates Japanese or Latin fonts from Adobe Illustrator files.
206 | url: https://typeproject.com/fonts/dropandtype
207 | data:
208 | - ¥4,000 JPY
209 | - Windows
210 | - Mac
211 | - name: FontArk
212 | description: A browser-based font editor that’s currently in open beta.
213 | url: https://fontark.net/
214 | data:
215 | - Free (while in beta)
216 | - name: Free and open source (FOSS) font editors
217 | items:
218 | - name: Birdfont
219 | url: https://birdfont.org/
220 | description: A cross-platform, pay-what-you-want font editor written in the Vala programming language. Paid "Plus" version can export Color fonts, OpenType-CFF fonts, and single stroke fonts for CNC.
221 | data:
222 | - Windows
223 | - Mac
224 | - Linux
225 | - BSD
226 | - name: FontForge
227 | url: https://fontforge.org/
228 | description: A cross-platform, FOSS font editor written in C. Can export many formats. First released in 1994.
229 | data:
230 | - Free
231 | - Windows
232 | - Mac
233 | - GNU+Linux.
234 | - name: Fontra
235 | url: https://fontra.xyz/
236 | description: A browser-based FOSS font editor that allows distributed teams to work on a font together. Currently unfinished and in development (2023). Developed by [Black[Foundry]](https://black-foundry.com/) and [Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/).
237 | links:
238 | - name: GitHub
239 | url: https://github.com/googlefonts/fontra
240 | - name: FontStruct
241 | url: https://fontstruct.com/
242 | description: FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create modular fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks.
243 | - name: Gerb
244 | url: https://github.com/epilys/gerb
245 | description: A FOSS font editor written in Rust. Currently unfinished and in development (2023).
246 | - name: Modular Font Editor K
247 | url: https://mfek.org/
248 | description: A modular, Rust-based, FOSS font editor. Currently unfinished and in development (2023).
249 | - name: Runebender
250 | url: https://github.com/linebender/runebender
251 | description: A FOSS font editor, also written in Rust. Currently unfinished and in development (2023).
252 | - name: TruFont
253 | url: http://trufont.github.io/
254 | description: A cross-platform FOSS font editor, written in Python. Now discontinued (2023).
255 | discontinued: true
256 | links:
257 | - name: GitHub
258 | url: https://github.com/trufont/trufont
259 | data:
260 | - Windows
261 | - Mac
262 | - Linux
263 | - name: Glyphr Studio
264 | url: https://github.com/glyphr-studio/Glyphr-Studio-1
265 | description: A browser-based FOSS font editor.
266 | links:
267 | - name: GitHub
268 | url: https://github.com/glyphr-studio/Glyphr-Studio-1
269 | - name: Typlr.app
270 | url: https://typlr.app/
271 | description: A browser-based font editor by Evgeny Agasyants, currently in open beta.
272 | - name: Community
273 | items:
274 | subcategories:
275 | - name: Groups
276 | items:
277 | - name: Alphacrit
278 | url: https://www.alphacrit.alphabettes.org/
279 | description: Online event series of type critiques, by Alphabettes
280 | - name: Type Crit Crew
281 | url: https://typecritcrew.com/
282 | description: a free resource for type design students to meet 1–1 with experienced type designers for virtual critiques
283 | - name: TypeDrawers
284 | url: https://typedrawers.com/
285 | description: discussion forum for type designers
286 | - name: Type Twitter
287 | url: https://twitter.com/i/lists/15845166
288 | description: a list of over 400 type foundries to follow on Twitter
289 | - name: Fonts r Magic
290 | url: https://twitter.com/mrkvlmrvc
291 | description: an informal weekly Zoom meeting for type designers to chat and show their work, hosted on Friday afternoons by Mirko Velimirovic. Posting Zoom links publicly is probably asking for trouble, so I'd say just send Mirko a DM to join!
292 | - name: Conferences
293 | items:
294 | - name: ATypI
295 | url: https://www.atypi.org/
296 | description: A global type conference, hosted in a different country each year in September.
297 | - name: TypeCon
298 | url: https://www.typecon.com/
299 | description: Annual conference presented by [S{o}TA](https://www.typesociety.org/). Hosted in-person in Portland, Oregon.
300 | - name: Typographics
301 | url: https://typographics.com/
302 | description: Annually in June at The Cooper Union in New York City. Typographics hosts in-person and streaming events, plus workshops, a book fair, and [TypeLab](https://typographics.com/typelab/), an informal, multi-day, global typographic hackathon.
303 | - name: TypeWknd
304 | url: https://typewknd.com/
305 | description: An online-only type conference
306 | - name: Robothon
307 | url: https://twitter.com/robothonconf
308 | description: Triennial conference on font software & technology. Hosted in-person in The Hague, Netherlands.
309 | - name: Signs of the times
310 | url: https://signs-of-the-times.net/
311 | description: A two-day hybrid conference organized by Granshan, an organization that celebrates non-Latin typefaces and typography.
312 | links:
313 | - name: YouTube
314 | url: https://www.youtube.com/@granshanconference7285
315 | - name: DiaTipo
316 | url: https://www.instagram.com/diatiposp/
317 | description: A large community gathering for typography in Latin America, held annually in São Paulo & Belém do Pará.
318 | links:
319 | - name: Archived conference websites
320 | url: https://www.diatipo.com.br/
321 | - name: Dynamic Font Day
322 | url: https://dynamicfontday.com/
323 | description: A conference on digital typography and technology, presented by [Typographische Gesellschaft München](https://tgm-online.de/) (Typographic Society of Munich).
324 | - name: Inscript
325 | url: https://inscript.tf/
326 | description: A five-day online conference showcasing presentations at the overlap of typography and technology.
327 | - name: Fontstand Conference
328 | url: https://fontstand.com/conference/
329 | description: Annual typography conference organized by Fontstand, the typeface discovery and rental app.
330 | - name: Kerning
331 | url: https://kerning.it/
332 | description: Kerning is the first international conference in Italy dedicated solely to typography and web typography. Last event was in 2019, but the [organizers are keen to host future events](https://twitter.com/ssstofff/status/1547939771623755778) if sponsors come forward.
333 | discontinued: true
334 | - name: Multilingüe
335 | url: https://www.typedrivesculture.com/
336 | description: Online conference on writing and typography for native languages from Latin America. Hosted by the Type Directors Club.
337 | - name: Future of Reading
338 | url: http://www.futureofreading.de/
339 | description: Conference about the future of reading and typography. Hosted by FH Münster, Germany.
340 | - name: Leipziger Typotage
341 | url: https://typotage.de
342 | description: The Leipziger Typotage is an annual event on type design and typography organised by the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Druckkunst Leipzig e.V. since 1995 hosted at [Museum für Druckkunst Leipzig](https://www.druckkunst-museum.de/), Germany.
343 | - name: Now24
344 | url: https://typeparis.com/now24
345 | description: A one-day conference (in English) held in Paris each year by TypeParis.
346 | links:
347 | - name: Now23
348 | url: https://typeparis.com/now23
349 | - name: Face/Interface
350 | url: https://silicon.stanford.edu/face-interface/
351 | description: Global conference on type design and human-computer interaction, hosted by Stanford University.
352 | - name: Events & Lectures
353 | description: "Events that occur regularly (except [Conferences](#conferences)), or organizations that host regular events on type design and typography."
354 | items:
355 | - name: Future Fonts HyperTalks
356 | url: https://www.futurefonts.xyz/blog/243-announcing-hypertalks
357 | description: A new online event series, featuring lightning talks from designers, which may or may not be related to fonts.
358 | links:
359 | - name: YouTube
360 | url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gqD-rxqD_8
361 | - name: Letterform Archive
362 | url: https://letterformarchive.org/events/
363 | description: Letterform Archive in San Francisco hosts many lectures and events, both online and in-person.
364 | - name: St. Bride Foundation
365 | url: https://letterformarchive.org/events/
366 | description: St. Bride Foundation in London hosts many lectures and events on printing, design, and typography.
367 | - name: Type Electives
368 | url: https://www.typeelectives.com/events
369 | description: Type Electives hosts lectures and events that go beyond traditional type design topics.
370 | links:
371 | - name: YouTube
372 | url: https://www.youtube.com/@typeelectives
373 | - name: Words of Type
374 | url: https://wordsoftype.com/
375 | description: WoT hosts series of lectures and workshops as opportunities to learn and practice, get live feedback, and discuss with experts.
376 | - name: Associations
377 | items:
378 | - name: ATypI
379 | url: https://www.atypi.org/
380 | description: A global organization representing type designers and foundries. Holds an annual conference, hosted in a different country each year in September.
381 | - name: Granshan
382 | url: https://www.granshan.com/
383 | description: An organization that promotes and celebrates non-Latin type design and typography. Holds an annual or biannual type design competition, followed by a conference and exhibition.
384 | - name: SoTA
385 | url: https://www.typesociety.org/
386 | description: “An open community dedicated to supporting and advancing the typographic arts and design education.” Organizer of [TypeCon](https://www.typecon.com/).
387 | - name: Type Directors Club
388 | url: https://www.tdc.org/
389 | description: Type Directors Club is an international organization promoting typography and type design. Since 1946 they've hosted events, conferences, and competitions in New York City and around the world. Each year they produce Typography Annual, recognizing the year's best typographers and type designers.
390 | - name: Media
391 | description: Social media, multimedia, type news media
392 | subcategories:
393 | - name: Podcasts
394 | items:
395 | - name: Creative Characters
396 | url: https://www.monotype.com/podcast
397 | description: by Monotype — Bill Connolly interviews type designers and other creative characters
398 | - name: Designed This Way
399 | url: https://kawal.co/designedthisway
400 | description: conversations with designers and other creative folks, including several type designers
401 | - name: The Interrogang Podcast
402 | url: https://proofco.xyz/the-interrogang-podcast
403 | description: “A weekly briefing and discussion of type, design, and creativity.” by Proof&Co.
404 | - name: Ohno Radio
405 | url: https://ohnotype.co/info/ohno-radio
406 | description: James Edmondson chats with up-and-coming and well-established type designers
407 | - name: The Tiny Typecast
408 | url: https://glog.glennf.com/tiny-type-blog
409 | description: Glenn Fleishman talks with type designers, calligraphers, letterpress printers, historians, and more. [RSS link](https://tinytypemuseum.com/tinytypecast.rss)
410 | - name: Type Radio
411 | url: http://www.typeradio.org/
412 | description: the oldest and most beloved podcast for type designers – interviews at conferences from 2005–2020
413 | - name: The Weekly Typographic
414 | url: https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/podcast
415 | description: from The League of Moveable Type
416 | - name: Publications
417 | items:
418 | - name: Footnotes
419 | url: http://www.footnotes.ch/
420 | description: A print-only periodical dedicated to type design.
421 | - name: Typographica
422 | url: https://typographica.org/
423 | description: Typeface reviews, articles on type design and typography.
424 | - name: Type Magazine
425 | url: https://www.typemag.org/
426 | description: Print and online magazine on type and typography.
427 | - name: Font Review Journal
428 | url: https://fontreviewjournal.com/
429 | description: Deep-dive reviews of fonts, by Bethany Heck.
430 | - name: TYPE01
431 | url: https://type-01.com/
432 | description: News and articles from the world of type design. Online and print.
433 | - name: Design Regression
434 | url: https://designregression.com
435 | description: An academic mini journal publishing texts that are about design for reading and reading-related research
436 | - name: Typography papers
437 | url: https://typography.network/typographypapers/
438 | description: An academic journal published by the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading and the Hyphen Press. Free PDFs available.
439 | - name: Words of Type Encyclopedia
440 | url: https://wiki.wordsoftype.com/
441 | description: Words of Type brings together the terms used in typography, illustrated and explained in multiple languages.
442 | - name: Blogs
443 | description: Type foundry and type designer blogs, or blogs that frequently feature articles on type design.
444 | items:
445 | - name: "Type Design Class: Resources"
446 | url: https://www.typedesignclass.com/resources
447 | description: A series of articles and tutorials by Viktor Baltus on type design.
448 | - name: Entrelinha
449 | url: https://plau.design/entrelinha
450 | description: Blog by Plau on everything type. In Brazilian Portuguese.
451 | - name: Blaze Type Blog
452 | url: https://blazetype.eu/blog
453 | - name: Streamers
454 | description: Watch a type designer!
455 | items:
456 | - name: akimbo.black
457 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/akimbodotblack
458 | links:
459 | - name: Twitch
460 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/akimbodotblack
461 | - name: Alanna Munro
462 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/alannamun
463 | links:
464 | - name: Twitch
465 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/alannamun
466 | - name: YouTube
467 | url: https://www.youtube.com/@alannamun
468 | - name: Alex Slobzheninov
469 | url: https://www.youtube.com/@slobzheninov
470 | links:
471 | - name: YouTube
472 | url: https://www.youtube.com/@slobzheninov
473 | - name: Blaze Type
474 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/blazetype
475 | links:
476 | - name: Twitch
477 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/blazetype
478 | - name: YouTube
479 | url: https://www.youtube.com/@blazetype
480 | - name: Daniel Nisbet
481 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/danielnisbet/
482 | links:
483 | - name: Twitch
484 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/danielnisbet/
485 | - name: YouTube
486 | url: https://www.youtube.com/@danielnisbet
487 | - name: Eli Heuer
488 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/eli_gtl
489 | links:
490 | - name: Twitch
491 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/eli_gtl
492 | - name: YouTube
493 | url: https://www.youtube.com/@EliHeuer
494 | - name: SophiaTypeLove
495 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/sophiatypelove/
496 | links:
497 | - name: Twitch
498 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/sophiatypelove/
499 | - name: YouTube
500 | url: https://www.youtube.com/@SophiaTypeLove
501 | - name: Stephen Nixon (Arrow Type)
502 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/arrowtype
503 | links:
504 | - name: Twitch
505 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/arrowtype
506 | - name: YouTube
507 | url: https://www.youtube.com/arrowtype
508 | - name: typedesign_bk
509 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/typedesign_bk
510 | links:
511 | - name: Twitch
512 | url: https://www.twitch.tv/typedesign_bk
513 | - name: Adobe Fonts Livestreams
514 | url: https://www.behance.net/adobefonts/livestreams
515 | description: Discussing type with Adobe’s foundry partners.
516 | - name: Plau live streams
517 | url: https://youtube.com/plaudesign
518 | description: Live panels, font releases and typographic content in Brazilian Portuguese.
519 | - name: Character design
520 | subcategories:
521 | - name: Latin
522 | items:
523 | - name: Microsoft Character Design Standards
524 | url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/develop/character-design-standards/
525 | description: Guidelines and best practises for drawing the Latin alphabet, as well as figures, diacritics, punctuation and symbols.
526 | - name: How to draw a Capital Sharp S
527 | url: https://typography.guru/journal/how-to-draw-a-capital-sharp-s-r18/
528 | description: A guide to drawing the German capital eszett (ẞ) by Ralf Herrmann.
529 | - name: How to Draw a Proper Capital Eszett
530 | url: http://cinga.ch/eszett/
531 | description: A guide to drawing the German capital eszett (ẞ) by Christian Thalmann.
532 | - name: Vietnamese Typography
533 | url: https://vietnamesetypography.com/
534 | description: by Donny Trương, comprehensive resource typographic features and diacritics in Vietnamese
535 | - name: diacritics.typo.cz
536 | url: http://diacritics.typo.cz/
537 | description: by Filip Blažek
538 | - name: The Insects Project
539 | url: http://theinsectsproject.eu/
540 | description: Central European diacritics
541 | - name: On diacritics
542 | url: https://ilovetypography.com/2009/01/24/on-diacritics/
543 | description: A general introduction to the design of diacritics by David Březina
544 | - name: Diacritics resources Twitter thread
545 | url: https://twitter.com/aleksamul/status/1057350288061984770
546 | description: by Aleksandra Samuļenkova, thread listing many resources concerning diacritics and special characters of the Latin script
547 | - name: Context of Diacritics
548 | url: https://www.setuptype.com/x/cod/
549 | description: An analysis of languages that use Latin diacritics and the frequencies of letters and letter pairs with diacritics.
550 | - name: Italics & Obliques
551 | items:
552 | - name: Design an Italic Typeface
553 | url: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/design-an-italic-typeface
554 | description: On-demand course by Charles Nix for LinkedIn Learning. You might be able to access LinkedIn Learning for free via your local library.
555 | - name: Designing italics
556 | url: https://gaultney.org/jvgtype/italics/designing-italics/
557 | description: A thesis stemming from a five-year study by Victor Gaultney.
558 | - name: The essential italic
559 | url: https://gaultney.org/jvgtype/italics/essential-italic/
560 | description: A presentation at ATypI 2017 by Victor Gaultney.
561 | - name: The italic design process
562 | url: https://gaultney.org/jvgtype/italics/italic-design-process/
563 | description: A presentation at ATypI 2020 by Victor Gaultney.
564 | - name: Italics workflow
565 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/comment/18274
566 | description: A discussion on TypeDrawers.
567 | - name: Maintaining Contrast and Weight across Upright and Italics
568 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/comment/59107
569 | description: A discussion on TypeDrawers.
570 | - name: Why are italics lighter than their upright counterparts?
571 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/1106/why-are-italics-lighter-than-their-upright-counterparts
572 | description: A discussion on TypeDrawers.
573 | - name: Easy oblique
574 | url: https://glyphsapp.com/learn/easy-oblique
575 | description: Glyphs tutorial by Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer.
576 | - name: Cyrillic
577 | items:
578 | - name: Cyrillic script variations and the importance of localisation
579 | url: https://www.fontsmith.com/blog/2016/10/12/cyrillic-script-variations-and-the-importance-of-localisation
580 | description: by Krista Radoeva
581 | - name: Cyrillic local forms
582 | url: https://localfonts.eu/typography-basics/fonts-the-importance-of-localisation/local-features/cyrillic-local-forms/
583 | description: by Maria Doreuli
584 | - name: Cyrillicsly
585 | url: https://twitter.com/cyrillicsly
586 | description: workshops for learning Cyrillic type design
587 | - name: Extending Cyrillic (and later Latin) character sets
588 | url: https://blog.typekit.com/2006/08/01/defining_an_ext/
589 | description: by Thomas Phinney
590 | - name: How to design Cyrillic letters Њ (Nje), Љ (Lje), Ћ (Tshe), and Ђ (Dje)
591 | url: https://uxdesign.cc/design-guides-for-cyrillic-letter-%D1%9A-nje-how-to-design-cyrillic-letters-%D1%9A-nje-%D1%99-lje-%D1%9B-tshe-f9b565a477cc
592 | description: An article by Igor Petrovic on localizing your glyphs for Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic.
593 | - name: Some comments regarding Cyrillic glyphs
594 | url: https://github.com/CatharsisFonts/Cormorant/issues/14
595 | description: a lengthy GitHub issues discussion on Cyrillic glyphs in Catharsis Fonts' open-source typeface Cormorant
596 | - name: The relatively easy way to find out the quality of a Cyrillic typeface
597 | url: https://leksandra.livejournal.com/115861.html
598 | description: by Alexandra Korolkova
599 | - name: Cyrillic's links
600 | url: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pt-Hi_jeF0D7PlT4E7ib7oa2sKg9tazhOYuAl3hZKE8/edit?usp=sharing
601 | description: a collection of links to many online Cyrillic type samples and inspirations, by [Vika and Vita](https://vikavita.com/)
602 | - name: Greek
603 | items:
604 | - name: Greek type design
605 | url: https://leonidas.net/greek-type-design/
606 | description: by Gerry Leonidas
607 | - name: "Polytonic Greek: a guide for type designers"
608 | url: https://github.com/irenevl/Polytonic-tutorial
609 | description: by Irene Vlachou
610 | - name: Hebrew
611 | items:
612 | - name: Some guidelines and recommendations for the design of a Hebrew book typeface
613 | url: https://issuu.com/gerryleonidas/docs/2003_dissertation_adistern
614 | description: MA dissertation by Adi Stern
615 | - name: Canadian Syllabics
616 | items:
617 | - name: Lava Syllabics type specimen [PDF]
618 | url: https://www.typotheque.com/fonts/lava/syllabics/getpdf
619 | description: A well-researched and invaluable look at the process behind designing a Canadian Syllabics typeface, which includes many special features to support a wide range of local preferences for languages that use this script.
620 | - name: Math symbols
621 | items:
622 | - name: Fonts for Mathematics
623 | url: http://www.typoma.com/publ/20041002-atypi.pdf, presentation slides by Johannes Küster at ATypI 2004 in Prague [Mirror](https://web.archive.org/web/20201007161310/http://www.typoma.com/publ/20041002-atypi.pdf)
624 | - name: Mathematical symbols contrasted or not?
625 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/2965/mathematical-symbols-contrasted-or-not
626 | description: discussion on TypeDrawers
627 | - name: Maths glyphs in a non-maths font?
628 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/1649/maths-glyphs-in-a-non-maths-font/p1
629 | description: discussion on TypeDrawers
630 | - name: Math symbols for Latin 1
631 | url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/develop/character-design-standards/math
632 | description: from Microsoft's *Character design standards*
633 | - name: Box drawing characters
634 | items:
635 | - name: boxDrawing.py
636 | url: https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/box-drawing
637 | description: Script for generating box drawing characters and block elements
638 | - name: OpenType feature programming
639 | items:
640 | - name: Fonts and Layout for Global Scripts
641 | url: https://simoncozens.github.io/fonts-and-layout/
642 | description: An introduction to Unicode, the OpenType font format, and OpenType feature programming, by Simon Cozens.
643 | - name: The OpenType Cookbook
644 | url: http://opentypecookbook.com/
645 | description: Learn to code your own OpenType features with Tal Leming.
646 | - name: OpenType Feature File specification
647 | url: https://adobe-type-tools.github.io/afdko/OpenTypeFeatureFileSpecification.html
648 | description: Technical specification for the OpenType programming language.
649 | - name: Language support
650 | description: "Determining the true language support of a font is a complex problem that has not yet been completely solved. Most of these tools will simply report which languages a font *seems* to support, based solely on its character set, but some tools like Hyperglot and Shaperglot will also check OpenType features for some languages that require the use of them."
651 | items:
652 | - name: CharSet Checker
653 | url: https://www.alphabet-type.com/tools/charset-checker/
654 | description: and [CharSet Builder](https://www.alphabet-type.com/tools/charset-builder/) by Alphabet Type
655 | - name: FontDrop
656 | url: https://fontdrop.info/
657 | - name: Hyperglot
658 | url: https://hyperglot.rosettatype.com/
659 | description: by Rosetta Type. This is by far the most well-researched tool for checking language support. Hyperglot is available as a command line tool and a web interface. The command-line tool also checks OpenType support for some languages that require the use of OpenType features.
660 | links:
661 | - name: Web interface
662 | url: https://hyperglot.rosettatype.com/
663 | - name: Github repo
664 | url: https://github.com/rosettatype/hyperglot
665 | - name: Shaperglot
666 | url: https://github.com/googlefonts/shaperglot
667 | description: A Python library by Simon Cozens for testing a font's language support. It also checks the behaviour of a font's OpenType features in order to confirm support for languages that require the use of OpenType features.
668 | - name: Pyfontaine
669 | url: https://github.com/googlefonts/pyfontaine
670 | description: by Google Fonts
671 | - name: Validate
672 | url: https://underware.nl/latin_plus/validate/
673 | description: by Underware
674 | - name: Wakamai Fondue
675 | url: http://wakamaifondue.com/
676 | - name: Standardized character sets
677 | items:
678 | - name: Adobe Latin Character Sets
679 | url: https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/adobe-latin-charsets
680 | - name: Google Fonts Glyph Sets
681 | url: https://github.com/googlefonts/glyphsets
682 | - name: Koeberlin Latin Character Sets
683 | url: https://github.com/koeberlin/Latin-Character-Sets
684 | - name: Underware Latin Plus
685 | url: https://underware.nl/latin_plus/info
686 | description: Latin character set by Underware that offers decent language support with a relatively small character set.
687 | - name: Encoding borders and ornaments
688 | items:
689 | - name: "'ornm' feature"
690 | url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/features_ko#tag-ornm
691 | description: Microsoft OpenType spec
692 | - name: Ornaments and Unicode
693 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/1156/ornaments-and-unicode/p1
694 | description: discussion on TypeDrawers
695 | - name: "Border Ornaments and their implementation: questions & answers."
696 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/3799/border-ornaments-and-their-implementation-questions-answers
697 | description: discussion on TypeDrawers
698 | - name: Python and coding
699 | subcategories:
700 | - name: Learn Python with DrawBot
701 | description: "[DrawBot](https://drawbot.com/) is a free macOS app that allows you to draw graphics and typography with Python. It's one of the best ways for a type designer or graphic designer to start learning Python."
702 | items:
703 | - name: Python for Designers
704 | url: https://pythonfordesigners.com/
705 | description: tutorial series by Roberto Arista
706 | - name: Getting Started with DrawBot
707 | url: https://learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-drawbot?view=all
708 | description: tutorial by Andy Clymer
709 | - name: Getting started with parametric design in DrawBot
710 | url: https://www.typefloundry.com/getting-started-with-drawbot/
711 | description: 3-part tutorial series by Stephen Nixon
712 | - name: Animation tutorial screencast
713 | url: https://forum.drawbot.com/topic/5/animation-tutorial-screencast
714 | description: by Just van Rossum
715 | - name: "DrawBot: Drawing with Python"
716 | url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5h6NXC8ZoY
717 | description: by David Jonathan Ross (workshop recording)
718 | - name: Python for Visual Designers
719 | url: http://coopertype.org/event/python_for_visual_designers_sp23
720 | description: Type@Cooper course with David Jonathan Ross
721 | - name: Python scripting in Glyphs
722 | description: Learn from Glyphs' official tutorials, and from open-source scripts developed by other type designers.
723 | items:
724 | - name: Scripting Glyphs
725 | url: https://glyphsapp.com/learn/scripting-glyphs-part-1
726 | description: official tutorials from Glyphs
727 | - name: Glyphs 3 Python API
728 | url: https://docu.glyphsapp.com/
729 | description: documentation
730 | - name: Glyphs scripts
731 | url: https://github.com/mekkablue/Glyphs-Scripts
732 | description: "by Rainer Scheichelbauer (aka mekkablue) of the Glyphs team. This repo contains many useful tools and code examples to help you write your own scripts.\n\nThere are many more repos of Glyphs scripts by type designers and developers:"
733 | links:
734 | - name: Alex Slobzheninov
735 | url: https://github.com/slobzheninov/Glyphs-Scripts
736 | - name: Erik Moberg
737 | url: https://github.com/TypeNurse/Glyphs-Scripts
738 | - name: Federico Parra Barrios
739 | url: https://github.com/FEDER-CO/Glyphs-Scripts
740 | - name: Filipe Negrão
741 | url: https://github.com/filipenegrao/glyphsapp-scripts
742 | - name: Guido Ferreyra
743 | url: https://github.com/guidoferreyra/Glyphs-Scripts
744 | - name: Henrique Beier
745 | url: https://github.com/harbortype/glyphs-scripts
746 | - name: Hugo Jourdan
747 | url: https://github.com/HugoJourdan/Glyphs-Script
748 | - name: Jens Kutilek
749 | url: https://github.com/jenskutilek/Glyphs-Scripts
750 | - name: Jeremy Tribby
751 | url: https://github.com/jpt/font-scripts/
752 | - name: Juan Pablo del Peral and Andrés Torresi
753 | url: https://github.com/huertatipografica/huertatipografica-scripts
754 | - name: Kyle Benson
755 | url: https://github.com/kylewaynebenson/Glyphs-Scripts
756 | - name: Luke Prowse
757 | url: https://github.com/NaN-xyz/GlyphsApp-Scripts
758 | - name: Pedro Arilla
759 | url: https://github.com/pedroarilla/glyphs-scripts
760 | - name: Simon Cozens
761 | url: https://github.com/simoncozens/GlyphsScripts
762 | - name: Tosche Omagari
763 | url: https://github.com/Tosche/Glyphs-Scripts
764 | - name: Wei Huang
765 | url: https://github.com/weiweihuanghuang/wei-glyphs-scripts
766 | - name: Yanone
767 | url: https://github.com/yanone/Yanone-GlyphsApp-Scripts
768 | - name: Python Scripting for Type Design
769 | url: https://pnowell.com/python-type-design
770 | description: A workshop by Peter Nowell for type designers working in Glyphs or RoboFont with little to no coding experience.
771 | - name: Python scripting and extensions in RoboFont
772 | description: Learn from RoboFont’s official tutorials, and from open-source scripts developed by other type designers.
773 | items:
774 | - name: RoboFont documentation
775 | url: https://robofont.com/documentation/
776 | - name: RoboFont community Discord channel
777 | url: https://discord.gg/fbRmAFyZar
778 | - name: RoboFont mechanic
779 | url: https://robofontmechanic.com/
780 | description: Extension manager for RoboFont
781 | - name: RoboFont Script Database
782 | url: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uyeZXfwLe-vs1YmIDQvQwDBjTQohCd9dbRN2WqGJQf8/
783 | description: Spreadsheet by Ryan Bugden of useful extensions not in Mechanic.
784 | - name: Python Scripting for Type Design
785 | url: https://pnowell.com/python-type-design
786 | description: A workshop by Peter Nowell for type designers working in Glyphs or RoboFont with little to no coding experience.
787 | - name: Git and version control
788 | items:
789 | - name: Git for Type Designers
790 | url: https://github.com/frankrolf/git-for-type-designers
791 | description: by Frank Grießhammer
792 | - name: Hinting
793 | items:
794 | - name: How to hint variable fonts
795 | url: https://googlefonts.github.io/how-to-hint-variable-fonts/
796 | description: by Michael Duggan
797 | - name: Kerning tools
798 | items:
799 | - name: BubbleKern
800 | url: https://github.com/Tosche/BubbleKern
801 | description: by Toshi Omagari
802 | - name: Hands, Face, Space!
803 | url: https://gist.github.com/simoncozens/03da7e5ad7f52af711948ed52a797e23
804 | description: by Simon Cozens
805 | - name: HTLetterspacer
806 | url: https://github.com/huertatipografica/HTLetterspacer
807 | description: by Huerta Tipográfica
808 | - name: Kern-a-lytics
809 | url: https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/kernalytics-rf-ext
810 | description: by Frank Grießhammer [[live demo @ Robothon 2018](https://www.facebook.com/RoyalAcademyKABK/videos/1614287785322531)]
811 | - name: kerncritic
812 | url: https://github.com/simoncozens/atokern
813 | description: by Simon Cozens
814 | - name: Kern On
815 | url: https://kern-on.com/
816 | description: by Tim Ahrens
817 | - name: MetricsMachine
818 | url: https://extensionstore.robofont.com/extensions/metricsMachine/
819 | description: by Tal Leming
820 | - name: Proofing tools
821 | subcategories:
822 | - name: Font proofing software
823 | items:
824 | - name: Font Goggles
825 | url: https://fontgoggles.org/
826 | description: by Just van Rossum, a macOS desktop font viewer for testing fonts, specifically text shaping and variation behavior.
827 | - name: Font Proofer
828 | url: https://fontproofer.com/
829 | description: A commercial app for proofing fonts, by Peter Nowell. Integrates with Glyphs and RoboFont, allowing you to re-generate proofs anytime with a single click.
830 | - name: drawBotProofing
831 | url: https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/drawBotProofing
832 | description: A set of scripts for generating PDF proofs from a fonts or UFOs, by Frank Grießhammer.
833 | - name: Printer recommendations
834 | description: Discussions by type designers on printers they use for proofing type.
835 | items:
836 | - name: Twitter threads
837 | description:
838 | links:
839 | - name: 2023
840 | url: https://twitter.com/kaja_slojewska/status/1659265175038435343
841 | - name: 2023
842 | url: https://twitter.com/keyavadgama/status/1625959288643657730
843 | - name: 2022
844 | url: https://twitter.com/tulseytype/status/1533931491511656448
845 | - name: 2021
846 | url: https://twitter.com/mttymtt/status/1395395411830005766
847 | - name: 2017
848 | url: https://twitter.com/connordavenpo/status/881524083736940544
849 | - name: 2016
850 | url: https://twitter.com/rileycran/status/755086057599700992
851 | - name: 2013
852 | url: https://twitter.com/fostertype/status/306607673527382019
853 | - name: TypeDrawers threads
854 | links:
855 | - name: 2020
856 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/3560/printer-for-proofing
857 | - name: 2016
858 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/1917/not-too-expensive-printer-for-testing-font-printing
859 | - name: 2015
860 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/896/printer-for-type-design-proofing
861 | - name: 2013–2022
862 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/314/printer-recommendations-for-proofing/p1
863 | - name: Web-based proofing and testing
864 | description: There are a wide range of browser-based tools that you can drop your work-in-progress font into to test it. Most of these tools process your font using a client-side library like OpenType.js, which means your font is not uploaded to any server.
865 | items:
866 | - name: Axis Praxis
867 | url: https://www.axis-praxis.org/
868 | description: A playground for testing variable fonts. Made by Laurence Penney.
869 | - name: Bulletproof Font Tester
870 | url: https://bulletproof.italic.space/
871 | description: by Adam Jagosz
872 | - name: Coverslip
873 | url: https://simoncozens.github.io/coverslip/
874 | description: by Simon Cozens
875 | - name: Crowbar
876 | url: http://corvelsoftware.co.uk/crowbar/
877 | - name: Dinamo Font Gauntlet
878 | url: https://dinamodarkroom.com/gauntlet/
879 | description: A tool for proofing and animating variable fonts.
880 | - name: Impallari Type Font Testing Page
881 | url: https://impallari.com/testing/
882 | description: by Pablo Impallari
883 | links:
884 | - name: Github source
885 | url: https://github.com/impallari/font-testing-page
886 | - name: Mirror 1
887 | url: http://www.cyreal.org/Font-Testing-Page/
888 | - name: Mirror 2
889 | url: http://www.rosaliewagner.com/font-testing/
890 | - name: Mirror 3
891 | url: http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/~girish/test/
892 | - name: Mirror 4
893 | url: https://oketz.com/testing/
894 | - name: Mirror 5
895 | url: https://snapbuilder.com/tools/font_testing_page/
896 | - name: Mota Italic Font Testing Page
897 | url: https://www.motaitalic.com/tools/font-tester/latin/
898 | description: A modified version, by Mota Italic, of Pablo Impallari's Font Testing Page. See also the [Devanagari](https://www.motaitalic.com/tools/devanagari-font-tester/) and [Hebrew](https://www.motaitalic.com/tools/font-tester/hebrew/) versions.
899 | - name: FontDrop
900 | url: https://fontdrop.info/
901 | description: by Viktor and Clemens Nübel
902 | - name: Galvanized Jets
903 | url: http://www.galvanizedjets.com/
904 | description: by Samarskaya & Partners
905 | - name: Samsa Variable Font Inspector
906 | url: https://www.axis-praxis.org/samsa/
907 | description: by Laurence Penney
908 | - name: Validate
909 | url: https://underware.nl/latin_plus/validate/
910 | description: by Underware
911 | - name: TN Type Tools
912 | url: https://typetools.typenetwork.com/
913 | description: A set of layout tools for experimenting with variable fonts in various ways. Made by Font Bureau, when it was part of Type Network, to develop the first Decovar and Amstelvar variable fonts in 2016; deprecated by VideoProof and then TypeRoof.
914 | links:
915 | - name: Github source
916 | url: https://github.com/FontBureau/variable-type-tools/
917 | - name: FB VideoProof
918 | url: https://videoproof.appspot.com
919 | description: Proof large design space variable fonts by animating through instance locations as keyframes. Made by Font Bureau, to develop Roboto Flex and the full Amstelvar Roman and Italic avar1 fonts, 2019-2022; deprecated by TypeRoof.
920 | links:
921 | - name: Github source
922 | url: https://github.com/FontBureau/videoproof/
923 | - name: FB TypeRoof
924 | url: https://https://fontbureau.github.io/TypeRoof/
925 | description: Proof large design space variable fonts by animating through instance locations as keyframes on 'stages'. Made by Font Bureau, to develop Roboto Delta and the full Amstelvar Roman and Italic avar 2 fonts, since 2023.
926 | links:
927 | - name: Github source
928 | url: https://github.com/FontBureau/TypeRoof
929 | - name: Variable Font Playground
930 | url: https://github.com/imohanvadivel/variable-font-playground
931 | - name: Wakamai Fondue
932 | url: http://wakamaifondue.com/
933 | description: by Roel Nieskens
934 | - name: Waterfall
935 | url: https://workshop.mass-driver.com/waterfall
936 | description: A tool by Mass-Driver that generates words of equal length after you drop in a font. Great for proofing in early stages of a font, when you're still seeing how the forms interact with each other.
937 | - name: Stack & Justify
938 | url: https://max-esnee.com/stack-and-justify/
939 | description: Stack & Justify is a tool to help create type specimens by finding words or phrases of the same width. Inspired by Mass-Driver’s Waterfall tool.
940 | - name: Proofing texts
941 | items:
942 | - name: adhesiontext
943 | url: https://adhesiontext.com/
944 | description: by Miguel Sousa
945 | - name: Hoefler&Co Universal proofing text
946 | url: https://github.com/hoeflerco/proofs
947 | description: by Jonathan Hoefler
948 | - name: Just Another Test Text Generator
949 | url: https://justanotherfoundry.com/generator
950 | description: by Tim Ahrens
951 | links:
952 | - name: Github source
953 | url: https://github.com/justanotherfoundry/text-generator
954 | - name: Vietnamese and Pinyin proofing text
955 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/1952/vietnamese-and-pinyin-proofing-text
956 | description: discussion on TypeDrawers
957 | - name: Wordtips Word Finder
958 | url: https://word.tips/
959 | description: Handy tool for finding words that contain certain letter combinations, to help you build proofing texts for kerning and ligatures.
960 | - name: Font engineering
961 | description: "Font engineering is the technical side of making font files that work as intended on a wide range of systems."
962 | subcategories:
963 | - name: What is font engineering?
964 | items:
965 | - name: Font engineering and the importance of what you can't see.
966 | url: https://www.monotype.com/resources/expertise/font-engineering-explained
967 | description: by Tom Rickner
968 | - name: Font Engineering with Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
969 | url: https://ilovetypography.com/academy/font-engineering/
970 | description: A course from ILT Academy that will introduce you to font engineering.
971 | - name: Practical Font Engineering with Elí Castellanos
972 | url: https://tipastype.com/font-engineering/
973 | description: A course from Tipastype
974 | - name: "Font Engineering: Defining a Profession"
975 | url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aIYHYX4Dvc
976 | description: A presentation by Rosalie Wagner for ATypI 2022 Tech Talks
977 | - name: Font Engineering resources needed
978 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/4027/font-engineering-resources-needed
979 | description: Discussion on TypeDrawers
980 | - name: Fonts and Layout for Global Scripts
981 | url: https://simoncozens.github.io/fonts-and-layout/
982 | description: A free book about font design, Unicode and the computer processing of complex text, by Simon Cozens.
983 | - name: The Raster Tragedy at Low-Resolution Revisited
984 | url: http://rastertragedy.com/
985 | description: An essay on the problems of rendering text on-screen, with a focus on hinting. Updated several times since it was originally presented in 1997, this essay is considered required reading by many accomplished type designers.
986 | - name: Make Your Fonts Work in…
987 | url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmT4LfcIP5Q
988 | description: A presentation on font engineering by Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer of Glyphs, at ATypI Tech Talks 2022.
989 | - name: Font Engineering
990 | url: https://www.alphabet-type.com/fontengineering/
991 | description: An overview of Alphabet Type's font engineering workflow, including links to more resources on each topic.
992 | - name: Tools for font engineering
993 | items:
994 | - name: Fontbakery
995 | url: https://github.com/fonttools/fontbakery
996 | description: A quality-assurance tool for fonts, developed by Google but used by many foundries. Primarily a command-line tool, a web interface was recently added.
997 | links:
998 | - name: Github source
999 | url: https://github.com/fonttools/fontbakery
1000 | - name: Web interface
1001 | url: http://fontbakery.com/
1002 | - name: Font engineering tools
1003 | url: https://github.com/simoncozens/font-engineering
1004 | description: A collection of font engineering utilities by Simon Cozens
1005 | - name: Microsoft Typography Docs
1006 | url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/
1007 | description: A collection of resources for font engineering, including the OpenType specification, and various other articles and tools.
1008 | - name: fontTools (& ttx)
1009 | url: https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools
1010 | description: An indispensible toolkit for editing fonts via Python. Also includes ttx, a command line tool that quickly converts binary font files to human-readable XML, which can also be edited and converted back to binary.
1011 | - name: FontTableViewer
1012 | url: https://glyphsapp.com/tools/fonttableviewer
1013 | description: A simple app to view and compare the OpenType tables inside of your font files.
1014 | - name: DTL OTMaster
1015 | url: https://www.fontmaster.nl/otmaster.html
1016 | description: A dedicated app for font engineering that allows you to perform a wide range of proof tests, QA checks, and edits to your font files.
1017 | - name: VerticalMetricsTools
1018 | url: https://github.com/mathieureguer/VerticalMetricsTools
1019 | description: Managing vertical metrics is one of the most common font engineering problems. This set of Python tools includes a command line tool which generates a PDF to preview the vertical metrics of a font.
1020 | - name: FontDev
1021 | url: https://fontdev.app/
1022 | description: A web-based tool for viewing and editing the internal tables of a binary font file. Runs entirely in your browser, without uploading your font files to any server. By Olli Meier.
1023 | - name: Type specimens
1024 | description: "Type specimens are the original marketing tool for type foundries, going back hundreds of years. Today, many type foundries still design a PDF specimen (and sometimes printed copies) for each typeface release, to complement the web specimen.\n\nSee also: [Web specimen tools](#web-specimen-tools)"
1025 | items:
1026 | - name: DeliverGlyphs in InDesign
1027 | url: https://le-blog.jloupf.fr/indesign/scripts/deliverglyphs-importer-rapidement-tous-les-glyphes-dune-police
1028 | description: by Jean loup Fusz, InDesign script to list all glyphs in a font (site in French)
1029 | - name: Specimen Builder
1030 | url: https://github.com/markboulton/specimen-builder-print
1031 | description: by Mark Boulton
1032 | - name: SpecimenDropper
1033 | url: https://github.com/AlphabetType/SpecimenDropper
1034 | description: by Alphabet Type
1035 | - name: Text Fitting in InDesign
1036 | url: http://in-tools.com/article/scripts-blog/fun-with-text-fitting-in-indesign/
1037 | description: by In-Tools
1038 | - name: Type Specimens
1039 | url: https://typespecimens.xyz/
1040 | description: A research project by Mark Boulton about type specimens.
1041 | subcategories:
1042 | - name: Historic type specimens
1043 | items:
1044 | - name: Online Archive of Type Specimens
1045 | url: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/?dims=Format&vals0=Type%20Specimen&friendly0=Type%20Specimen&sortby=decade
1046 | description: by Letterform Archive
1047 | - name: Specimen Books of Metal & Wood Type
1048 | url: https://library.typographica.org/specimen-books-of-metal-wood-type
1049 | description: A directory by Typographica of type foundry catalogs available online
1050 | - name: "Mad, Bad (but Good to Know): A survey of type specimens offline and online"
1051 | url: https://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2023/02/mad-bad-but-good-to-know-a-survey-of-type-specimens-offline-and-online/
1052 | description: by Paul Shaw
1053 | - name: Resources on the history of type specimens
1054 | url: https://twitter.com/HoeflerCo/status/1304801378628513792
1055 | description: Twitter thread by Hoefler&Co, a list of books
1056 | - name: Printing Types, a Digital Edition
1057 | url: https://www.c82.net/printing-types/
1058 | description: Nicholas Rougeux has lovingly put together a digital edition of the famous 1922 book *Printing Types* by Daniel Berkeley Updike, and the 1937 second edition.
1059 | - name: Naming your font
1060 | items:
1061 | - name: Typeface name check
1062 | url: https://namecheck.fontdata.com/
1063 | description: Use this tool by Lars Schwarz to check if your font name might already be taken.
1064 | - name: WoLiBaFoNaGen
1065 | url: https://github.com/jenskutilek/WoLiBaFoNaGen
1066 | description: WordListBasedFontNameGenerator, an app by Jens Kutilek.
1067 | data:
1068 | - macOS
1069 | - Windows
1070 | - name: Open-source your fonts
1071 | items:
1072 | - name: SIL Open Font License
1073 | url: https://scripts.sil.org/OFL
1074 | description: The most common open-source license used for fonts. Required if you want to add your fonts to the Google Fonts library.
1075 | - name: Google Fonts
1076 | url: https://fonts.google.com/
1077 | description: Used by millions of websites, it's the world's largest repository of high-quality open-source fonts. Google Fonts has also funded the development of many open-source fonts.
1078 | links:
1079 | - name: Google Fonts Contribution Guide
1080 | url: https://googlefonts.github.io/gf-guide/
1081 | subcategories:
1082 | - name: Open source type foundries
1083 | description: Foundries that primarily release open-source fonts
1084 | items:
1085 | - name: Velvetyne
1086 | url: https://velvetyne.fr/
1087 | - name: The League of Moveable Type
1088 | url: https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
1089 | description: The O.G. of open-source foundries
1090 | - name: Tunera
1091 | url: https://www.tunera.xyz/
1092 | - name: Collletttivo
1093 | url: https://www.collletttivo.it/
1094 | - name: Selling your fonts
1095 | subcategories:
1096 | - name: Marketplaces & distributors
1097 | items:
1098 | - name: Monotype
1099 | url: https://www.monotype.com/
1100 | description: Sell your fonts through MyFonts, FontShop, Linotype.com, Fonts.com, etc. Royalty rate 50%.
1101 | links:
1102 | - name: Getting started
1103 | url: https://foundrysupport.monotype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028863311-Get-Started
1104 | - name: Fontspring
1105 | url: https://fontspring.com/
1106 | description: Formerly known as the world's largest independent font marketplace, Fontspring is now owned by Creative Market, and has since reduced royalty rates from 70% to 50%.
1107 | links:
1108 | - name: Foundry Signup
1109 | url: https://www.fontspring.com/account/foundries/info
1110 | - name: Fontstand
1111 | url: https://fontstand.com/
1112 | description: Font rentals distributor. 50% royalty rate.
1113 | links:
1114 | - name: Foundry Signup
1115 | url: https://www.fontspring.com/account/foundries/info
1116 | - name: Adobe Fonts
1117 | url: https://fonts.adobe.com/
1118 | description: Anyone with an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription can use your fonts, and you get paid based on usage.
1119 | - name: Creative Market
1120 | url: https://creativemarket.com/
1121 | description: A marketplace for all types of creative assets, including fonts. Seems to be geared more toward hobbyists and freelancers rather than companies. Royalty rate 50%.
1122 | links:
1123 | - name: Open a Shop
1124 | url: https://creativemarket.com/sell
1125 | - name: Type Network
1126 | url: https://typenetwork.com/
1127 | description: A network that distributes for many of the world's best type designers.
1128 | - name: I Love Typography
1129 | url: https://fonts.ilovetypography.com/
1130 | description: A new distributor with a large roster of some of the best indie type foundries.
1131 | - name: YouWorkForThem
1132 | url: https://www.youworkforthem.com/
1133 | description: Opened in 2001, it's one of the longest-running marketplaces for fonts and stock assets.
1134 | links:
1135 | - name: Submissions
1136 | url: https://www.youworkforthem.com/submissions
1137 | - name: Learn about licensing
1138 | items:
1139 | - name: Type Right
1140 | url: http://www.typeright.org/
1141 | - name: Why don’t EULA’ve me?
1142 | url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVJCs-y39I
1143 | description: ATypI presentation by Joyce Ketterer, Font Licensing Expert
1144 | - name: Why Addenda?
1145 | url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fN9_KYfoaQ
1146 | description: ATypI presentation by Joyce Ketterer, Font Licensing Expert
1147 | - name: Three Ways to Improve Your EULA
1148 | url: https://medium.com/type-thursday/three-ways-to-improve-your-eula-4cdb7c2515e8
1149 | description: Thomas Jockin interviews Joyce Ketterer for TypeThursday
1150 | - name: 15 Things I Learned from Joyce Ketterer about EULAs
1151 | url: https://alexjohnlucas.com/type/joyceketterer
1152 | description: by Alex John Lucas
1153 | - name: Exploring End User Licensing Agreements
1154 | url: https://alexjohnlucas.com/type/eula
1155 | description: by Alex John Lucas
1156 | - name: XYZ Type – Foundry Documents
1157 | url: https://github.com/XYZ-Type/Foundry_Documents
1158 | description: A collection of documents (EULA and business documents) from XYZ Type, provided under Creative Commons CC0 license.
1159 | - name: Criticising the status quo
1160 | items:
1161 | - name: Licenses to Heal
1162 | url: http://www.revue-backoffice.com/en/issues/01-making-do-making-with/frank-adebiaye-licenses-to-heal
1163 | description: by Frank Adebiaye
1164 | - name: Font licensing is ill, please help heal it
1165 | url: https://fontsarena.com/blog/font-licensing-is-ill-please-help-heal-it/
1166 | description: by Alina Sava
1167 | - name: Developers, IT, and tech people criticising font licenses
1168 | description: Comments on HackerNews
1169 | url: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26441594
1170 | - name: A rant on web font licenses
1171 | description: Blog post by web developer Manuel Moreale. It's a good summary of how some web developers feel about web font licenses, but far more interesting is the [comments thread on HackerNews](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35095393).
1172 | url: https://manuelmoreale.com/a-rant-on-web-font-licenses
1173 | - name: "Innovative licensing: pricing based on company size"
1174 | items:
1175 | - name: ABC Dinamo
1176 | url: https://abcdinamo.com/news/about-our-pricing
1177 | - name: Mass-Driver
1178 | url: https://mass-driver.com/licensing
1179 | - name: Newlyn
1180 | url: https://newlyn.com/licensing
1181 | - name: Production Type
1182 | url: https://licensing.productiontype.com/
1183 | - name: "Innovative licensing: all-in-one licenses"
1184 | description: Desktop/web/ebook/app combined into a single license.
1185 | items:
1186 | - name: Swiss Typefaces
1187 | url: https://www.swisstypefaces.com/
1188 | description: probably one of the first to do this?
1189 | - name: Fontwerk
1190 | url: https://fontwerk.com/
1191 | - name: New Glyph
1192 | url: https://beta.newglyph.com/licence/
1193 | - name: DJR
1194 | url: https://djr.com/
1195 | - name: Tiny Type Co
1196 | url: https://tinytype.co/
1197 | - name: Alanna Munro
1198 | url: http://alannamunro.com/
1199 | - name: License enforcement
1200 | items:
1201 | - name: FontRadar
1202 | url: https://www.fontradar.com/
1203 | description: Crawls the web to help you find and correct authorized and unauthorized usage of your fonts.
1204 | - name: Starting a foundry
1205 | description: Thinking about starting a foundry, or setting up a website to support your shop? Here are some tools that might come in handy.
1206 | subcategories:
1207 | - name: Running a type foundry
1208 | items:
1209 | - name: Type Foundries Today
1210 | url: https://census.typographica.org/
1211 | description: A 2013 census and report on the state of type foundries, published by Typographica.
1212 | - name: Ohno Radio
1213 | url: https://ohnotype.co/info/ohno-radio
1214 | description: A podcast hosted by James Edmondson, where he chats with type designers and often discusses what it's like to run a foundry.
1215 | - name: Starting Your Own Type Foundry
1216 | url: https://medium.com/type-thursday/starting-your-own-type-foundry-1ef7c768308a
1217 | description: Ulrik Hogrebe (TypeThursday) talks with Jesse Ragan and Ben Kiel about starting their new type foundry.
1218 | - name: "Starting a type foundry 101: a checklist"
1219 | url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9EDHxHgc2A
1220 | description: A presentation at ATypI 2016 by Jean-Baptiste Levée.
1221 | - name: Why did I start a type foundry?
1222 | url: https://ilovetypography.com/2010/05/06/why-did-i-start-a-type-foundry/
1223 | description: by Christian Schwartz
1224 | - name: Type Foundry Survey
1225 | url: https://abcdinamo.com/news/type-foundry-survey-1
1226 | description: Dinamo talks with 15 type foundry owners in 2022.
1227 | - name: Is it realistic to want to start up a type foundry?
1228 | url: https://www.quora.com/Is-it-realistic-to-want-to-start-up-a-type-foundry
1229 | description: A Quora post with answers from several well-known type designers and foundry owners.
1230 | - name: "Taking Your Fonts to Market: Foundry, Reseller, or Go Solo?"
1231 | url: https://typographica.org/on-typography/taking-your-fonts-to-market-foundry-reseller-or-go-solo/
1232 | description: by Stephen Coles for Typographica.
1233 | - name: 2022 Annual Report & Almanac
1234 | url: https://proofco.gumroad.com/
1235 | description: Statistics, facts and data from 2022 in the world of independent type foundries, by [Proof&Co](https://proofco.xyz/).
1236 | - name: The Autobiography of an Independent Type Foundry
1237 | url: https://www.adobe.com/max/2022/sessions/na-the-autobiography-of-an-independent-type-found-s301.html
1238 | description: Presentation by James Edmondson of OHno Type Co at Adobe Max 2022.
1239 | - name: Type foundry directories
1240 | items:
1241 | - name: Type Foundries Archive
1242 | offline: true
1243 | url: https://type-foundries-archive.com/
1244 | links:
1245 | - name: Archived copy
1246 | url: https://web.archive.org/web/20220829055903/https://type-foundries-archive.com/
1247 | - name: Type Foundry Directory
1248 | url: https://typefoundry.directory/
1249 | description: by Matthew Smith (also available as a [spreadsheet](https://airtable.com/shrFnmJDFKQuik6Ju/tblOOfWzc1JT33c6k/viw3GySxCmxqD37GN))
1250 | - name: Type Foundry Index
1251 | url: https://type.lol/
1252 | - name: E-commerce platforms
1253 | items:
1254 | - name: Fontdue
1255 | url: https://www.fontdue.com/
1256 | description: Developed by [Tom Conroy](http://tom.conroy.com.au/) and currently used by many type foundries.
1257 | - name: FoundryCore
1258 | url: https://foundrycore.tipografia.com.ar/
1259 | description: Developed by Guido Ferreyra and is currently used by foundries like [Blackletra Type Foundry](https://blackletra.com/), [Blaze Type](https://blazetype.eu/), and [Undercase Type](https://undercase.xyz/).
1260 | - name: Fountain
1261 | url: https://fountain.nymarktype.co/
1262 | description: An e-commerce plugin for Kirby CMS. Coming soon, from [Nymark Type](https://www.nymarktype.co/).
1263 | - name: Lttr Shop
1264 | url: https://www.lttrshop.com/
1265 | description: "Developed by Filip Paldia and currently used by foundries like [DizajnDesign](https://www.dizajndesign.sk/) and [Setup Type](https://www.setuptype.com). Appears to have been discontinued around mid-2023."
1266 | discontinued: true
1267 | - name: Discussion on e-commerce platforms for type foundries
1268 | url: https://typedrawers.com/discussion/1679/e-commerce-platform-recommendations
1269 | description: TypeDrawers
1270 | - name: Gumroad
1271 | url: https://gumroad.com/
1272 | description: A large e-commerce platform for creatives to sell digital products. Used by [Delve Fonts](https://delvefonts.com/), [Cinetype](https://www.cinetype.com/), [Justin Penner](https://justinpenner.ca/), [Nuform](https://nuformtype.com/).
1273 | - name: Website platforms
1274 | items:
1275 | - name: Craft CMS
1276 | url: https://craftcms.com/
1277 | description: Used by [DJR](https://djr.com/), [Positype](https://positype.com/), [TypeMates](https://typemates.com/)
1278 | - name: ProcessWire
1279 | url: https://processwire.com/
1280 | description: Used by [Velvetyne](https://velvetyne.fr/)
1281 | - name: Web specimen tools
1282 | items:
1283 | - name: BigText
1284 | url: https://github.com/zachleat/BigText
1285 | description: by Zach Leatherman
1286 | - name: FitText
1287 | url: http://fittextjs.com/
1288 | description: by Paravel
1289 | - name: fit-to-width.js
1290 | url: https://github.com/Lorp/fit-to-width
1291 | description: by Laurence Penney
1292 | - name: Font Face Observer
1293 | url: https://fontfaceobserver.com/
1294 | description: by Bram Stein
1295 | - name: Font Testing Page
1296 | url: https://github.com/impallari/Font-Testing-Page
1297 | description: by Pablo Impallari
1298 | - name: Font-To-Width
1299 | url: http://font-to-width.com/
1300 | description: by Nick Sherman and Chris Lewis
1301 | - name: slabText
1302 | url: https://github.com/freqDec/slabText
1303 | description: by Brian McAllister
1304 | - name: specimenTools
1305 | url: https://github.com/graphicore/specimenTools
1306 | description: by Lasse Fister
1307 | - name: Font tools for web development
1308 | items:
1309 | - name: FontFreeze
1310 | url: https://github.com/MuTsunTsai/fontfreeze
1311 | description: A JavaScript tool by Mu-Tsun Tsai for freezing OpenType features into a font file. Runs entirely in the user's browser without uploading font files to a server. This is accomplished by running fontTools in the user's browser via Pyodide, a Python distribution built in WebAssembly.
1312 | - name: fontkit
1313 | url: https://github.com/foliojs/fontkit
1314 | description: A JavaScript library by Devon Govett for parsing fonts. Supports a wide range of font formats and OpenType features. Does not support variable fonts.
1315 | - name: lib-font
1316 | url: https://github.com/Pomax/lib-font
1317 | description: A JavaScript library by Pomax for inspecting fonts. Supports a wide range of font formats.
1318 | - name: opentype
1319 | discontinued: true
1320 | url: https://github.com/bramstein/opentype
1321 | description: A JavaScript library by Bram Stein for parsing fonts.
1322 | - name: OpenType.js
1323 | url: https://github.com/opentypejs/opentype.js
1324 | description: A popular JavaScript library by Frederik De Bleser for parsing glyph outlines from font binaries. Note that it does not support the complete range of OpenType tables and formats that its name would suggest.
1325 | - name: Type testers
1326 | items:
1327 | - name: Flont
1328 | url: https://flont.chrislewis.codes/
1329 | description: by Chris Lewis
1330 | - name: Fontsampler
1331 | url: https://underscoretype.github.io/fontsampler-js/
1332 | description: by Johannes Neumeier
1333 | - name: TDF Type Tester
1334 | url: https://github.com/quitequinn/TypeTester_TDF
1335 | description: by Quinn Keaveney
1336 | - name: Type Neighbor
1337 | url: https://github.com/tiotype/type-neighbor
1338 | description: by Jon Young
1339 | - name: Typeshow
1340 | url: https://github.com/raureif/typeshow
1341 | description: by Frank Rausch
1342 | - name: Custom foundry site design and/or development
1343 | items:
1344 | - name: Chris Lewis
1345 | url: https://chrislewis.codes/
1346 | description: Clients include [I Love Typography](https://fonts.ilovetypography.com), [DJR](https://djr.com/), [Positype](https://positype.com/), [Laura Worthington](https://lauraworthingtondesign.com/).
1347 | - name: Ashler Design
1348 | url: https://www.ashler.design/
1349 | description: Clients include [Sudtipos](https://www.sudtipos.com/), [Nova Type](https://novatypefoundry.com/).
1350 | - name: Friends of The Web
1351 | url: https://friendsoftheweb.com/
1352 | description: Clients include [Frere-Jones Type](https://frerejones.com/), [Kilotype](https://kilotype.de/)
1353 | - name: Hambly Freeman
1354 | url: https://hamblyfreeman.com/
1355 | description: Clients include [CoType Foundry](https://cotypefoundry.com/).
1356 | - name: Humans & Machines
1357 | url: https://humans-machines.com/
1358 | description: The complexity-loving, beautiful minds behind [Dinamo](https://abcdinamo.com/news/2020-launch-press-release)'s website.
1359 | - name: Studio Lindeman
1360 | url: https://studiolindeman.com/
1361 | description: Clients include [I Love Typography](https://fonts.ilovetypography.com), [A2-Type](https://studiolindeman.com/a2-type/).
1362 | - name: Kenneth Ormandy
1363 | url: https://kennethormandy.com/
1364 | description: Clients include [I Love Typography](https://fonts.ilovetypography.com), [Alanna Munro](https://alannamunro.com/).
1365 | - name: Village One
1366 | url: https://www.village.one/
1367 | description: Clients include [TypeMates](https://www.typemates.com/), [HvD Fonts](https://www.hvdfonts.com/).
1368 | - name: Business coaching
1369 | items:
1370 | - name: Julia Hiles
1371 | url: https://www.juliahiles.com/foundry-resources
1372 | description: Julia is a business coach and consultant with substantial experience in the type business, having worked as a sales director for Monotype, and co-founding the I Love Typography e-commerce platform.
1373 | - name: Business Letters
1374 | url: https://www.bizlet.org/coaching
1375 | description: Matthew Rechs at Business Letters is a business coach and consultant to the creative and type industries. He is a former CEO of Type Network; served for several years on the board of the Unicode Consortium; and led Typekit's integration into Creative Cloud during his many years at Adobe.
1376 | - name: See also…
1377 | description: More lists of type design resources.
1378 | items:
1379 | - name: Font-Utilities
1380 | url: https://github.com/RoelN/Font-Utilities
1381 | description: by Roel Nieskens
1382 | - name: Awesome Typography
1383 | url: https://github.com/Jolg42/awesome-typography
1384 | description: by Joël Galeran (an extensive list of digital font tools and technology)
1385 | - name: Velvetyne's Tools & Resources
1386 | url: https://velvetyne.fr/about/ressources/
1387 | description: A list of type design resources and open-source type foundries.
1388 | - name: Mota Italic's Type Design Resources
1389 | url: https://www.motaitalic.com/info/type-design-resources/
1390 | - name: Tools for font designers
1391 | url: https://typeheist.co/blog/handy-tools-for-font-designers/
1392 | - name: Type links by Rosalie Wagner
1393 | url: http://rosaliewagner.com/type-links/
1394 |
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