50 Great Typography Blogs

Check out these 50 great typography blogs to learn everything you want to know about type design, fonts, typefaces, and all things typography.

We've scoured the web to find the best blogs for you, and we came up with these 50 that stand above the rest. We picked out these ones because they demonstrate expertise and passion, are updated regularly, and provide a unique voice.

Our Favorite Five - The Rest of the Best

Our Favorite Five

1. Chris Beesley: Chris Beesly’s blog discusses typography as used in everyday advertising and media.
• Why We Love It: This blog is particularly interesting because in addition to showcasing good typography, Chris Beesley also discusses bad typography in the “Typographic Eyesores” section.
• Check This Out: Two Blocks of Bad Type
2. FontFeed: Font feed is updated daily and presents examples of fonts, typography techniques and inspiration from around the world.
   • Why We Love It: Fontfeed provides detailed anaylsis of font design in pop culture. For example, in one post, the author thoroughly describes how the font used in posters for the film “Alice In Wonderland” successfully conveys the atmosphere of the film. There are many similarly detailed discussions in this blog.
   • Check This Out: ScreenFonts: Alice In Wonderland, Green Zone, Mother, The Runaways, Repo Men, Chloe
3. Easily Amused: This is a newer blog that covers typography from a broad perspective. Topics include contemporary text design, history, advertising, and more whimsical topics.
   • Why We Love It: Easily Amused’s author, John D. Berry, discusses some of the more obscure aspects of type design. This post discusses backwards apostrophes used in a recent issue of The New Yorker.
   • Check This Out: The Great Apostrophe Turnaround
4. Letter Cult: Letter Cult showcases artists and designers of custom type design, ranging from graphic designers, sign painters and calligraphers to graffiti artists.
   • Why We Love It: Letter Cult presents in-depth posts on the artists who design the fonts we see all around us. In our featured post, we learn about Corey Holmes who designed the letter styles used in The Sopranos and in the films The Sixth Sense and American Splendor.
   • Check This Out: Corey Holmes Watches the Watchmen
5. Type For You: Type For You presents events, news, reviews and discussion of letter design and typography from all aspects of culture around the world.
   • Why We Love It: Type For You discusses happenings in the typography world that readers may not find elsewhere and are of general interest to designers and non-designers alike. Our featured post discusses a special collection of fonts designed by disabled children.
   • Check This Out: AACD Unique Type

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The Rest of the Best

1. 29 Arabic Letters: This blog, written by Pascal Zoghbi, discusses Arabian typography and typography-related news in Arabic countries.
2. Ace Jet 170: Ace Jet 170 showcases interesting examples of found type; printed type found in sales, shops, signs, and type found and submitted by readers.
3. Aisle One: Aisle One serves as an inspirational resource on typography, graphic design, grid systems, and other visual design topics.
4. Blogosfera: Blogosfera is written in English and Spanish and presents news, reviews and technology in typography design.
5. Chank!: Chank showcases the author’s font designs and discusses news and technology related to design.
6. Cooper Union Typography: The official blog of Cooper Union’s graphic design classes, this blog covers a variety of typography-related topics.
7. Daily Type: Daily Type features innovative font designs from a new designer each day.
8. David Brezina: Written by designer David Brezina, this blog showcases the author’s multilingual type designs and discusses news and events in the world of typography.
9. David the Designer: This blog is written by a designer and discusses typography and letter design in advertising, art, print, and more.
10. Emayteedee: This blog is collaboratively written by the University of Reading Master of Arts in Typeface Design (MATD) program. Emayteedee covers general typography and design related topics as well as news and events in the MATD group.
11. exljbris Font Foundry: Exlibris is written by a type designer and discusses typography, the font design process and advancements in the world of typography.
12. Fontef Photolog: Fontef invites members to post and discuss photographs of interesting typography.
13. Fontshop – Unzipped: This blog presents reviews and analysis of the typography industry, including awards, design and fonts in everyday communication.
14. FontStruct: This blog discusses the typography design process and offers downloads of new font designs.
15. for the love of type: This blog celebrates beautiful and interesting typography, and discusses the way it influences our lives.
16. Friends of Type: Friends of Type is a collection or “sketchbook” of type design, presenting typography design from print, animation, photographs, found objects, and more.
17. I Love Typography: I Love Typography was founded in 2007 and discusses the origins, design and function of type, and provides inspiration and news on the world of typography.
18. Love Helvetica: Love Helvetica grew out of the author’s affinity for the Helvetica font. The blog presents and discusses Helvetica as used in various media.
19. Mark Simonson: This blog features unique typography online and in print, films, television, and more. This blog also presents news, innovation and competitions in the world of typography.
20. My Fonts Blog: This blog is a companion and resource to My Fonts, the world’s largest collection of fonts. My Fonts blog discusses typography, letter design, calligraphy and more from various media around the world.
21. nicetype: Nicetype discusses typography and graphic design, featuring news, reviews and designers.
22. Open Type: Written by German designer Ralf Herrman, Open Type covers web fonts, typography and signage.
23. Phinney on Fonts: This blog features typography and other related topics, with a balanced mix of technical information and posts of interest to general readers.
24. Spiekerblog: Spiekerblog covers typographic media in all forms.
25. Swiss Legacy: Swiss Legacy, written by Xavier Encinas, focuses on graphic design, typography, and outstanding and inspirational examples of letter design.
26. The Ampersand: The Ampersand is a product of the author’s affection for the ampersand. The blog showcases the ampersand in typography design.
27. The Art of the Title Sequence: This blog showcases television and film title designs and the designers who create them.
28. The Bieler Press: The Bieler Press discusses letter design and the digital and paper printmaking processes.
29. The Grid System: The Grid System serves as a resource where graphic designers and typography designers discuss using the grid system, the golden ratio and baseline grids.
30. The Ministry of Type: The Ministry of Type is about lettering, typography, calligraphy and related topics. The author also presents design inspiration and discussion of typography in the media.
31. Thinking with Type: Thinking with Type is a companion to the book “Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students” by Ellen Lupton, which addresses type design and includes essays and practical guidance in the field.
32. Type 101: Type 101 is written by the lead designers of The Font Bureau, Inc., covering news, trends and outstanding examples of typography.
33. Type 4 Screen: Type 4 Screen began as a PhD study and now analyzes the influence of digital technology on typography design.
34. Type Theory: Type Theory focuses on contemporary typography, presenting news, interviews and reviews.
35. Typefoundry: Typefoundry presents fonts and typography throughout history, giving detailed analysis of specimens in historical context.
36. Typo.cz: The blog of Typo Magazine presents news, events and interviews with artists in the world of typography, font design and graphic design.
37. Typographic Posters: This site aims to become a comprehensive online directory of poster design, presenting outstanding examples of typographic design on posters.
38. Typographica: Written by Stephen Coles of The Mid-Century Modernist and The Font Feed, Typographica presents reviews of books on typography and font design and discussion of type and font design.
39. Typographunnies: Typographunnies is a collection of jokes, puns and humor on typography.
40. Typography Served: Typography Served searches artist and designer portfolios on the internet to find and present outstanding examples of typography and letter design.
41. Upscale Typography: Upscale Typography presents news, reference, tips and reviews on typography and related topics.
42. Use Typography: This blog showcases websites using interesting and unique typography. Use Typography also provides inspiration and discusses principles of typography in web design.
43. Villatype: Villatype collects examples of typography in the public domain, on signs, advertisements, print, etc. Readers are invited to submit their examples.
44. We Love Typography: This members-only blog invites readers to post and discuss interesting typography images found out in the real world.
45. You Should Like Type Too: This blog is written by design Rob Keller and covers typography-related news, events, reviews and inspiration.

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