Typography

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A s*** font that f***ing censors swearing automatically

A lovingly crafted handwriting-style monospace font. Oh yeah... and it's variable! Annotation Mono is an idealized handwriting; using letter forms inspired by monospace bitmap fonts, legibility is maximized while retaining a hand-written character.

The first open-source foundry. And your spot to learn how to use, make, and work with type.

The scope of this piece, therefore, cannot be to teach you everything there is to know about typography. It cannot even be to teach you everything there is to know about legibility. For that reason, I will concentrate mainly on the shapes of letters and how their design can be conducive – or detrimental – to legibility.

Fontjoy helps designers choose the best font combinations. Mix and match different fonts for the perfect pairing.

Office for Typographic Research & Visual Literacy

Butterick’s Practical Typography

Simplify type scales by automatically calculating the perfect line height for any text & grid combination.

iA Writer 5.2 comes with three custom made variable writing fonts that are available for download on GitHub.

Geist is a typeface made for developers and designers, embodying Vercel's design principles of simplicity, minimalism, and speed, drawing inspiration from the renowned Swiss design movement.

A scientific approach to line-height

Back in 2004, when I had just started my career, sIFR was the hottest thing out there. It was developed by Shaun Inman and it embedded custom fonts in a small Flash movie, which could be...

Combining fonts is one of the trickiest parts of typography. Here’s a guide, combined with an example to help you get font combinations right.