Learning Resources

My own typography course that was over a year in the making. Used by the internal design team of a large social media company, in the design curriculum of a major university and by designers all over the world

A free online book (although you should donate if you find it useful) that covers the fundamentals of web typography.

A summary of Robert Bringhurst’s typography-bible The Elements of Typographic Style and how it applies to the web.

A complete curriculum on the typographic arts structured as a workbook.

A Wikipedia article about the origins of Western typography. Highly recommended reading for all designers.

A nice overview of everyday typographic challenges.

A glossary of common typography terminology.

The encyclopedia of typefaces.

A complete history of typography in a 5 minute paper-letter animation.

Foundries & Type Designers

French type foundry established in 2017. See Louize.

Type foundry set up by the London-based design studio A2/SW/HK in 2010. See Regular and Battersea Slab.

Italian type foundry established by Joseph Miceli in 2006. See Bianco Sans and Bianco Serif.

Chicago-based type foundry established in 2013. See ATC Harris and ATC Ripley.

French type foundry established by Matthieu Salvaggio in 2016.

Dutch type foundry established by Paul van der Laan and Pieter van Rosmalen in 2008. See Nitti and Nitti Grotesk.

Prague-based type foundry established by Tomáš Brousil and Radek Sidun. See BC Falster Grotesk.

German type collective established by Maurice Göldner, Katharina Köhler and Wolfgang Schwärzler. See Graebenbach.

London/New York City-based type foundry established in 2009. See Apercu and Relative.

A joint venture between Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz, who have worked together since 2004. They publish their own fonts as well as fonts designed by an international team of collaborators. See Publico and Atlas Grotesk.

Type foundry established in 1991 with offices in London and Brazil. See Aktiv Grotesk and Effra.

Brooklyn-based studio established by Joshua Darden in 2004. See Freight Text and Freight Sans.

Global type collective established by Daniel McQueen in 2012. See Morion and Gordita.

Swiss type foundry established by Johannes Breyer and Fabian Harb. See Favorit and Ginto.

Portugal-based type foundry established by Dino dos Santos in 1994. See Acta Display and Leitura News.

American type foundry established by Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko in 1984. See Mrs Eaves and Filosofia.

Netherlands-based foundry of type designer Jos Buivenga. See Museo Slab and Calluna.

Type division of French design studio Bureau Brut founded in 2017. See Traulha.

Berlin-based type foundry established by Anton Koovit and Yassin Baggar in 2012. See Baton and Beausite.

Boston-based type foundry established in 1989. See Benton Sans and Miller.

Berlin-based type foundry established by Erik Spiekermann and Neville Brody in 1990. See FF Meta Serif and FF Tisa.

Athens, Georgia-based type foundry established by Mattox Shuler in 2013. See Industry and Abolition.

Sydney-based type studio of Dave Foster. See Blanco.

Brooklyn-based type foundry established by Tobias Frere-Jones. See Mallory and Exchange.

Norwegian type foundry established by Kenneth Knutsen in 2016. See Adieu and Opposit.

Swiss type foundry established by Noël Leu and Thierry Blancpain in 2009. See GT Walsheim and GT Haptik.

New York City-based type foundry formerly known as Hoefler & Frere-Jones. See Gotham and Sentinel.

American type foundry established by Andy Cruz and Rich Roat in 1993. See Neutraface and Eames Century Modern.

Germany-based type foundry of Hannes von Döhren established in 2008. See Brandon Grotesque and Supria Sans.

India-based type foundry established by Satya Rajpurohit and Peter Biľak in 2009. See Poppins and Rajdhani.

Germany-based type foundry of Tim Ahrens and Shoko Mugikura established in 2004. See Lapture and Facit.

New Zealand-based type foundry of Kris Sowersby established in 2005. See Tiempos Text and Galaxie Copernicus.

An open-source type foundry with collaborators from all around the world. See Raleway and Sorts Mill Goudy.

Swedish type foundry established by Göran Söderström. See Eksell Display and Trim Poster.

Swiss type foundry established in 1993. See Circular and Akkurat.

Swiss type foundry established by Luzi Gantenbein in 2013. See Beirut and Buenos Aires.

Type designer based in Minnesota. See Proxima Nova and Grad.

Berlin/Zurich-based type foundry established in 2010 by Timo Gaessner and Alexander Colby. See Maison Neue and Maison Mono.

Norwegian type foundry established by Frode Bo Helland and Sindre Bremnes. See Satyr and Vinter.

German type foundry established by Armin Brenner and Markus John in 2015. See Tilde.

Chicago-based studio of type designer Jackson Cavanaugh. See Alright Sans and Harriet.

Swiss type foundry started by Gilles Gavillet and David Rust. See Theinhardt and Stanley.

Icelandic type foundry established by Guðmundur Úlfarsson and Mads Freund Brunse in 2013. See Separat and L10.

Belgium-based type foundry established in 2002 by Fred Smeijers. See Arnhem and Fakt.

New York-based type foundry established by Richard Kegler and Carima El-Behairy. See P22 Underground.

Danish type foundry. See Berlingske Serif.

Minnesota-based type foundry established by Eric Olson in 2002. See Colfax and Maple.

Paris-based type foundry established by Jean-Baptiste Levée. See Granville and Columbia Sans.

German type foundry established by Lukas Schneider in 2017. See Damien and Dinamit.

London-based type foundry established by Radim Peško. See Larish Neue and Fugue.

Berlin/Helsinki-based type foundry established by Florian Schick and Lauri Toikka in 2010. See Noe Display and Dia.

New York City-based type foundry established by Lucas Sharp and Chantra Malee in 2015. See Ogg and Sharp Grotesk.

Swiss type foundry established by Maxime Buechi, Ian Party, Emmanuel Rey and Lucie de Palma. See Simplon and Euclid Flex.

German type foundry established by Fabian Fohrer and Fabian Huber in 2015. See Fabrik and Moderat.

Baltimore-based foundry of Tal Leming. See Balto and Torque.

Partnership between type designers Veronika Burian and José Scaglione established in 2006. See Adelle and Adelle Sans.

Los Angeles-based design studio and type foundry of Silas Dilworth. See Heroic Condensed.

Netherlands-based type foundry established in 1999 by Peter Biľak. See Plan Grotesque and Fedra Serif.

New York City-based type co-op founded in 2005. See Galaxie Copernicus and Galaxie Polaris.