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wiki.wordsoftype.com

Words of Type

Multilingual encyclopedia of typographic terms.

fonts.xyz

fonts.xyz

A little internet village for independent type foundries and designers.

elliotjaystocks.com

The old typography is new again

How variable fonts utilize optical sizing axes to automate legibility across varying viewports and scales.

letterbox.sh

Letterbox — Letters made of letters

Letters shaped by text. Pick a font, choose your colors, and watch type come alive.

fontastic.space

Fontastic Space

Compare Google Fonts with anatomy overlays, metrics & pairing scores. Free.

charcuterie.elastiq.ch

Charcuteria

A visual explorer for Unicode. Browse characters, discover related glyphs, and explore scripts, symbols, and shapes across the standard.

font-stealer.vercel.app

Analyze any font

Extract and analyze fonts from any website instantly.

mass-driver.com

MD UI: a Typeface for Interfacing

A neo-grotesque fine-tuned for maximum performance at every scale.

typeflow.tools

Typeflow.tools

A free online tool that demonstrates how Cavalry can be used to build branded creative tools.

emilysneddon.com

Fran Sans Essay

An interpretation of the destination displays found on some of the light rail vehicles that service the city of San Francisco.

mw.rat.bz

WarGames Terminal Fonts

A replica font from the WarGames movie.

typescale.ai

Typescale AI

Generate modular type scales and design tokens instantly.

sweetfont.com

Sweetfont

Explore Google Fonts by personality, vibe, and style using interactive controls.

findfont.co

Find Font

Preview and compare fonts side by side. Download free fonts and test local uploads.

glyphs.djr.com

DJR Glyph Navigator

Explore David Jonathan Ross’ type design, one letter at a time.

pangrampangram.com

How to use font ligatures

Font ligatures are a subtle yet powerful typographic feature that can elevate your design work.

aresluna.org

The hardest working font in Manhattan

A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.

matthewbutterick.com

The copyrightability of fonts revisited

How many existing regis­tra­tions of font copy­rights might be vulner­able to attacks during liti­ga­tion?

ilovetypography.com

Heart-shaped books

Heart-shaped books transformed the printed page into a profound symbol of piety and romance.

hsu.cy

Times New American: a tale of two fonts

A less romantic truth is that aesthetic standards rarely travel alone; power tends to follow in their wake.