Typographic Archives

• Carl Ernst Poeschel — (In German)
• Cary Graphic Arts Collection — library & digital image database
• Charles Nypels — internationally-renowned 20th-century typographer . . .
• Digital Scriptorium — Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts
• Gerald Giampa — P22’s tribute to the “Fleuron Master”
• Gerrit Noordzij — bibliography & interview
• Goudyfonts — Ascender Corporation’s tribute to Fred & Bertha Goudy.
• Gutenberg Bible — two copies of the 42-line Bible at the British Library
• Hamilton Wood Type specimens — Nick Sherman’s Flickr set
• IDEA — the Ismar David Electronic Archive
• John Fass — Flickr group of Fass examples
• John Ryder — an appreciation of John Ryder’s “Printing for Pleasure”
• Mac McGrew — author of “American Metal Typefaces of the 20th Century”
• Postage Stamps by Type Designers — collected by the Katran Press
• Printers’ Marks — “A Chapter in the History of Typography” by W. Roberts
• Rare Type Specimens — Rare specimen books from type foundries.
• Rob Roy Kelly — collected writings of Rob Roy Kelly
• Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection — Univ. of Texas, Austin
• Robert “Doc” Leslie — the life & work of Robert “Doc” Leslie
• Sheaff : ephemera — Dick Sheaff’s show-and-tell & wondering aloud . . .
• St Bride Library — printing, book arts, typography & graphic design
• The Bentons. . . . — Patricia Cost on Linn Boyd & Morris Fuller Benton
• The History of the Book — Flickr photos of initials, ornaments & type
• The Typographic Archives — preserving web content regarding typography
• Typarchive — lettering from around the world
• Type & Press — Fred Williams’ beloved printing periodical
• TypeCulture — Mark Jamra’s digital type foundry & academic resource
• Typefoundry — James Mosley on the history of type & letterforms.
• Typo — Robert Coupland Harding’s magazine
• Typocurious — typographic material culled from the Lawson-Provan files
• Will Bradley — printer, illustrator & “Dean of American Typographers”
• William Addison Dwiggins — designer, typographer, marionette maker

Organizations

• AIGA — American Institute of Graphic Arts
• APHA — American Printing History Association
• ATypI — Association Typographique Internationale
• Codex Foundation — biennial handmade book fair in Berkeley, California
• CULPA — College & University Letterpress Printers’ Association
• Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies — book collecting societies
• Fine Press Book Association — promoting beautiful books & fine printing
• Graphê — (French) saving the heritage of France’s National Printing Office
• Guild of Bookworkers — national organization for all the book arts
• Herb Lubalin Study Center — at the Cooper Union, New York City
• Icograda — International Council of Graphic Design Associations
• Intern. Assoc. of Master Penmen, Engrossers & Teachers of Handwriting
• International Society of Typographic Designers
• Ladies of Letterpress — a woman’s place is in the print shop
• Legacy of Letters — guided study tours with a special focus on letterforms
• Letter Exchange — a society for lettering arts professionals
• Loslogos — collecting local logo and type design
• Plantin Society — offering course in graphic communication.
• Printing Historical Society — of the United Kingdom
• RBMS — Rare Books & Manuscripts Section of the ALA
• Rochester Club of Printing House Craftsmen — graphic arts professionals
• Scottish Printing Archival Trust
• SHARP — The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing
• Society of Scribes — the appreciation & understanding of calligraphy
• Society of Scribes and Illuminators — advancing writing & illumination
• SOTA — The Society of Typographic Aficionados
• The Ephemera Society
• The Typophiles — encouraging the appreciation of fine printing
• The University of Reading — Dept. of Typography & Graphic Comm.
• Tokyo Type Directors Club
• Type Camp — seminars & workshops for students & professionals
• Type Directors Club — supporting excellence in typography
• Typeright — ensuring fair copyright protection for type designs
• Typographic Circle — collective interest in type & typography

Museums

• Gutenberg Museum — in Mainz, Germany
• Hamilton Wood Type Museum — in Two Rivers, Wisconsin
• International Printing Museum — in Carson, California
• Klingspor Museum — in Offenbach, Germany
• Melbourne Museum of Printing — in Melbourne, Australia
• Museo Bodoniano — Bodoni Museum in Parma, Italy
• Museum of Printing — in North Andover, Massachusetts
• Museum of Printing — (French) in Lyons, France
• Museum of Printing History — in Houston, Texas
• Penrith Museum of Printing — in New South Wales, Australia
• Plantin-Moretus Museum — in Antwerp, Germany
• Printing Museum — (Japanese) in Tokyo, Japan
• Tipoteca Italiana fondazione — in Cornuda, Italy
• Type Museum — in London
• Werkstätten und Museum für Druckkunst — in Leipzig, Germany

Sites of Interest

• AS8 Design Education — Bibiliographies by Alessandro Segalini
• Book Artists and Poets — interviews by Steve Miller
• Briar Press — classified ads of printers and artists
• Designing with Type — devoted to the art & appreciation of typography.
• Flurry — Boxcar Press’ book arts journal
• Font Aid — type designers raising funds for humanitarian projects
• FontCast — video podcast featuring type designers
• Handpress — Richard-Gabriel Rummonds’ site for handpresses
• How Monotype Works — Monotype keyboard & composition caster videos
• Introduction to Letterpress Printing — sources, explanations & suppliers
• Philobiblion — for bookbinders & book artists, home of “The Bonefolder”
• Teaching Type — typographic education and related subjects
• Typeradio — audio podcast featuring type designers
• Typographer — type news tweets & the Bald Condensed column
• Typographic Design for Children
• Typographica — a review of typefaces and type books
• Typophile.com — typographic collaboration
• U&lc — ITC’s Upper & Lower Case Magazine