Updated: July 20th, 2003
If you're a lover of typefaces and fonts, then you'll love the wealth of magazines that are available to you. Below are some of the best sources for information, sample and reviews of type, designs, type designers, foundries, books and more.
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Typographer.com The independant magazine of typography is unlike many other magazines in print and on the web, Typographer.com is put together by the people who it's aimed at - created by designers for designers. This is a great site for font and type lovers. There is also no ads on the site, which makes the site nice and quick to roam around in. Key Site Features
The Font Talks The Font Talks are a series of interviews featuring different font designers. Here you get the chance to step into the mind of the designer and shed some light on who they are, and how they get the ideas for their designs. In addition to the interviews this growing site is offering more and more features.
U&lc Online From ITC is one of my favorite font magazines, now available online. In addition to interivews with designers, you'll also find articles and reviews on typefaces. Check out previous issues in the archives to see what you missed. U&lc Online is ITC’s international journal of graphic design and digital media.
X-Height Here's another of my favorite magazines for type. x-height was formerly a print magazine, it now lives online at Dsgn Haus's website. x-height is where you will find interesting and useful on and about type, design, designers and technology written by well known industry experts. Key Site Features
Serif The Magazine of Type & Typography is the premier periodical for the typographic arts. Serif is published on a quarterly basis, and has quite a following of type lovers. This site includes contents of previous issues, lists of upcoming articles, samples from the pages of the magazine and much more. Also check out Sans Serif which is a companion site.
Emigre Magazine The daring and always experimental type and design magazine from Emigre Graphics. With articles by type designers like Rick Valicenti, Jeffery Keedy, Steven Heller and many others, you'll find the views and concepts interesting and unusual. If you live in the US and want to get a FREE print subscription you can sign up for one online.
Typofile With type, the media is not the message. But type also adds to everything we read in subliminal and powerful ways, and Typofile is about people who love type, and why. From Daniel Will-Harris, Typofile is a great online magazine for type lovers.
Letter Arts Review From monks slavishly copying illuminated manuscripts to designers behind the mouse creating outrageous typefaces, Letter Arts Review consistently reflects the highest caliber of work from every corner of the world.
The FontSite FontSite authors Sean Cavanaugh, and Ken Oyer use a constantly evolving set of tools to produce this great site. It is dedicated to font and graphic design professionals to keep you up to date on the latest fonts and design techniques and programs to enhance your designs. Other Graphic Design Magazines... Below are more great sites to check out. I will add graphical links to these magazines web sites shortly...
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