Swiss Graphic Design
Swiss Graphic Design by Richard Hollis is a beautifully designed book on the origins and growth of the International Style from 1920-1965.
Typography
Graphic Design: A Concise History
Part of the “World of Art” series of small books, Richard Hollis’s Graphic Design: A Concise History book provides a brief overview of the history of graphic design with accompanying visuals.
Typewolf
Typewolf (https://www.typewolf.com) is an online web typography resource and newsletter (https://www.typewolf.com/newsletter) created by Jeremiah Shoaf (https://www.jeremiahshoaf.com/) for all things related to typography on the web from a designer’s perspective. Typewolf is an independent site/online resource that showcases typefaces from several different type foundries and sources.
Typography for the Web
Strategies, Tricks, and Best Practices Similar to layout, when it comes to typography one of the most challenging differences between designing for the web vs. designing for print is the size of the canvas: for print, the dimensions are fixed and known; for the web, the dimensions are forever changing and unknown. Another, equally important difference …
Typography Specimen Tests
Are you my Type? Let’s find out… Quick Hands-on Google Docs Exercise Check out the two Google Docs examples below: one containing raw, unset type and the other stylized using Google Fonts. Using Google Docs, create your own type specimen test starting from (almost) scratch using the raw unset text. Take advantage of Google Doc’s …
Golden Ratio Typography Calculator
Golden Ratio Typography Calculator allows you to have a perfect type set from font size to character per line and more.
Art of the Menu
Art of the Menu is a visual collection of menu designs from around the world. Great for typography inspiration and reference.
I Love Typography
I love Typography (ILT) is a blog site by John Boardley based on his passion for typography, type design, lettering, and for the pages, words, and letters born of those disciplines. The site aims to make the subject more accessible and to bring the study of typography to the masses
