Typeworkshop.com is a project by Dutch typographic designers Underware. It features an excellent series of Type Basics which make it a great place to start out learning about typography design.
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Möbel Type is an independent type foundry based in Glasgow, founded by Imogen Ayres.
The New York-based Type Directors Club have an excellent series of videos showcasing Type Legends – featuring the work of design luminaries such as Gerard Unger, Paula Scher, Louise Fili and Mathew Carter.
Metaflop is a really fun online design tool that allows you to create your own typefaces by adjusting certain parameters of three base fonts. It’s an excellent way to learn about the basics of typography design – go and have a play around with it: www.metaflop.com/modulator
Pioneering graphic designer, artist and archivist, Elaine Lustig Cohen (1927–2016) is recognized for her body of design work integrating European avant-garde and modernist influences into a distinctly American, mid-century manner of communication. She is a living link between design’s modernist past and its continually changing present.
Based in San Francisco, The Letterform Archive is a nonprofit center for inspiration, education, and community. Their website has a lot of great news and blog content so even if you can visit the archive in person you can experience some of their fantastic collection.
I am very impressed by Typography Insights – an app created by Dong Yoon Park while he was studying an MFA in design and technology at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. The app is a fantastic tool for learning the intricacies of typography in a really accessible ways. I’d highly recommend it.
This is a great piece of experimental motion typography created by placing a container of thick fluid (made with cornstarch and water) on top of a speaker that’s playing 40-80hz sounds.
A beautiful piece of motion graphics by Thibault de Fournas that shows the evolution of typography from paper to screen.
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