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This guide will provide information and Library resources for the study of typography.
Last update: Nov 09th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/Typography  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Commercial websites for font downloads

  • Adobe Type Showroom  
    Offers a selection of more than 2,200 innovative fonts and classic styles. This collection is searchable by keyword, font style, use, theme, classification or designer.
  • Fonts.com  
    Powered by AFGA Monotype, this site provides font services, sells fonts, features new releases and has a database of font types.
  • MyFonts.com  
    An "online source for finding, trying, and buying fonts." You can sign up for a monthly e-mail newsletter. There's a "what's new" area at the site.
  • Web Fonts List  
    There are a lot of ads on the page, but the fonts are searchable by such descriptions as "cartoonish," "drippy," "messy," "roundish," "high-tech," etc. Some must be purchased, some are shareware, some are freeware.
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    Professional Associations

     

    Web resources

    AIGA Medalists

    Designers INK  a fun site run by students at the University of Wisconsin

    Ellen Lupton articles on design and business by noted design educator.

    Graphic Design Archive @ the Rochester Institute of Technology. A comprehensive collection of primary sources on the history of graphic design in the 20th century, includes a timeline and biographical profiles.

    Type Desk: Design, Typography and the Modern Office blog by design consultant, Theodore Rosendorf

     

    Subject Guide

    Profile ImageKate Cooper
    Contact Info:
    Art Library at the Cafritz Center
    240-567-5812 / 5813
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    Subjects:
    Art, Art History, Graphic Design

     

    Art @ MC

    The Arts Institute @ Montgomery College

    Art Department , Germantown

    Art Department , Rockville

    Communication Arts Technologies , Rockville

    Computer Graphics , Germantown

    School of Art & Design , Takoma Park / Silver Spring

    Visual Arts , Takoma Park / Silver Spring

     
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