Typography inspiration

Choosing a typeface is about more than redability, every typeface has its own expression and is one of the most powerfull tools a designer has.

When looking for a typeface we are presented with a huge amount of font options. Combining the right typefaces to achive a nice hierarchy, proportions  and contrast for a project can be time consuming.

Here is some inspiration and few helpful tools that can make the process a little bit easier.

 

http://www.typographyserved.com/

Typography Served features top work in categories such as typeface design, lettering, illustrated typography, or any piece with a strong typographic treatment.

 

http://www.typetoken.net/

Typetoken showcases, discusses and reviews the world of typography

 

http://chengyinliu.com/whatfont.html

The easiest way to find out the fonts used in a webpage

 

http://www.webtypography.net

A practical guide to web typography.

 

http://www.typeforyou.org/

Typeforyou is a blog on typography curated by Pedro Serrão e João Planche.

 

http://typographica.org/

Typographica is a review of typefaces and type books.

 

http://fontsinuse.com/

At Fonts In Use we’ll catalog and examine real-world typography.

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