Graphic Arts on the Web

Of General Interest

Desktop Publishing of Hobby Journals

Creating amateur journals via desktop publishing; maintained by the American Amateur Press Association.

Directory.Infobase-Intl.com

This general information site has several categories of interest, including Graphic Design and Typography.

Font Identification

Here are sites that help you identify fonts:

• Identifont
• Retroglobe's Typeface Identification Guide
• What The Font?! (tips)
• TypeNavigator

The Font Site

A magazine for the type and graphics professional.

Lost Crafts

This site includes the text of several books about bookbinding: The Art of Bookbinding (1897), Bookbinding and the Care of Books (1902), and Bookbinding for Beginners (1914).

Microsoft Typography

Links to Microsoft pages that deal with typography and related topics, with a special emphasis on TrueType.

My Fonts

Find, try, and buy fonts. Their WhatTheFont page allows you to upload images of fonts you want to identify.

Resources for Letterpress Printers

Information of interest to letterpress printers; maintained by the American Amateur Press Association.

Stock Photographic Images

Search thousands of royalty-free photos

• Can Stock Photo
• Epictura Stock Photography Image Bank
• Foto Search

The Terminal

The official publication of P22 Digital Type Foundry. This on-line publication features articles and links related to typography and the history of type and printing.

TypeCulture

A Digital Type Foundry and Academic Resource.

Typesetting and Publishing Glossary

This glossary of terms associated with the typesetting and printing industries was put together as a series of articles in a newsletter called Desktop Publisher written, edited, and published between 1986 and 1989 by Henry Budgett (henryb@sco.com).

Typophile

Typographic collaboration discussion boards.

Books

Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG)

Founded in 1983 in Toronto, Ontario, by professionals and amateurs from the book arts: bookbinders, calligraphers, paper makers, letterpress printers, paper marblers, book artists, archivists, and conservators.

Frances Wakeman Books

You can search their stock of books on printing, typography, design, papermaking, etc., as well as view the latest catalogue and read about publishing activities under The Plough Press imprint. 2 Manor Way, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 2BD, UK; e-mail: info@fwbooks.com; Phone: +44 (0)1865 378316; Fax: +44 (0)1865 378934.

Peter Verheyen's Book Arts Web

The home of the Book Arts Web which features links to a large selection of book arts related sites on the Web, including galleries with images.

Oak Knoll Books & Oak Knoll Press

They publish, sell and distribute books about books, the history of books and the book arts and stock about 9,500 out-of-print, rare and new titles in these fields.

Digital Type Foundries

Adobe Type Library

Easy access to a wealth of information about the Adobe Type Library.

Links and contacts: Type Foundries

Microsoft has compiled a list of digital type foundries.

Matton Images: Fonts

Offering over 5000 PC and MAC Fonts. All Fonts can be searched or browsed alphabetically, and can be download immediately.

Phil's Fonts

Phil's Fonts has put together an extensive list of type foundries and resources on the Web.

Quadrat Communications

A digital type foundry based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Tiro Typeworks

An independent digital type foundry developing & marketing high quality typeface families for PC and Mac platforms.

Education

Indiana University

The Graphic Design Programs of the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts offers graduate and undergraduate study programs. Also of interest is the Lilly Library, which contains rare books and manuscripts.

Otis College of Art and Design

"Otis Laboratory Press is a fully functioning studio with four Vandercook proof presses and over 200 fonts. Established in 1984 by Sheila de Brettville as part of the Communication Arts Department, the Lab Press has a rich history of small edition book publishing, continuing to introduce generations of Otis students to the origins of typography and the notion of the book as a visual communications medium."

Pacific Lutheran University

The Elliott Press is PLU's studio-laboratory for the publishing arts.

Rochester Institute of Technology.

School of Print Media. Links to interesting sites are provided by the Cary Graphic Arts Collection.

San Francisco Center for the Book

SFCB provides a public space and supportive environment for anyone interested in exploring the arts of the book and the visible word.

Studio on the Square

"Studio on the Square is committed to helping artists develop their work in book form. We continue the tradition of teaching elegant letterpress printing, as it has been handed down for over 5 centuries." Located in New York City.

University of Alabama

The Master of Fine Arts in the Book Arts program.

University of the Arts

The Master of Fine Arts program at University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, includes Book Arts.

University of Delaware Raven Press

``Two art professors have unplugged from the fast-paced world of computer-based graphic design and stepped back in time through the creation of the Raven Press at the University of Delaware. A letterpress studio facility on the ground floor of Recitation Hall is stocked with both lead and wood letters, colorful inks and a measure of historical craft that enriches what can be accomplished with even the best of modern software.''

University of Iowa

Center for the Book.

University of Virginia

Book Arts Press.

Université Laval, Québec, Canada

IKON Quebec site from Du Programme de Communication Graphique Ecole des Arts Visuels. The page is in French.

Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Wai-te-ata Press.

Virginia Arts of the Book Center

201 Second Street, NW, Charlottesville, VA 22902.

Yale University

The Tradition of Letterpress Printing at Yale.

Printing Industry Associations

Globalprint (located in The Netherlands)

Printing Industries of New England

The Printing Industry Association of Australia

Pointers

Google Web Directory: Arts > Graphic Design > Typography

Yahoo - Arts : Design Arts : Graphic Design

Yahoo - Home : Arts : Design Arts : Graphic Design : Typography : Fonts & Typefaces

Go to the AAPA home page.

This page was last modified January 1, 2010