Type Tools for Students
Resources
Typography is the core of graphic design, but is often neglected. Supplement your design education with typographic tools and inspiration from FontShop.
Spiekerblog
The personal blog of world renowned designer and FontShop founder Erik Spiekermann.» visit site
Type Glossary
Figures and ligatures and kerns, oh my! Demystify the typographic terminology with our comprehensive plain-english glossary.» visit page
Online Tools
FontStruct
Learn about letterform design by building your own font. FontStruct is a free online tool that lets you construct typefaces out of geometric shapes.» visit site
Other Resources
Typography Tutorials
- Typography Workshop: Letterspacing
- The Evolution of Type
A brief histoy of type from "pictograms to pixel fonts." - Type Styles 101
Three lessons from Jonathan Hoefler
Type Design Tutorials
- Type Basics
Type design tips from Underware, creators of the world famous Type Workshops. - Notes on Type Design
Type design tips from Gunnlaugur SE Briem - Type Design Lesson Material
Tutorials from Hannes Famira, professor at the Schule fuer Gestaltung in Basel
Books
- Stop Stealing Sheep by Erik Spiekermann and E.M. Ginger.
A guide to best type practice and the emotive quality of type. - The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
The seminal guide to tyopgraphy. - Modern Typography by Robin Kinross
A look at western type history with an emphasis on social context. - Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton
A helpful, introductory type workbook. - Typography by Friedrich Friedl
A historical survey of type design and techniques. - Designing with Type by James Craig
A type primer presented as an in-depth look at five typefaces.
Periodicals
- Eye
A digitized version of the UK based design quarterly. - Print
Design magazine with an emphasis on print. - Baseline
A magazine that reflects all aspects of type - design, history, use, and community. - tipoGráfica
Spanish language type-focused publication. - TYPO
Bi-monthly Czech and English magazine that focuses on type, and its relation to other media, such as architecture and photgraphy.
Type Design Programs
- MA Typeface Design at the University of Reading, UK
- Type & Media at the KABK (Royal Academy of Arts) in The Hague, NL
- Master of Advanced Studies at Hochschule der Künste in Zurich, CH
- DSAA Création Typographique at École Éstienne in Paris, FR
- Maestría en Diseño Tipográfico at Centro de estudios Gestalt, Veracruz, Mexico
