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'click-to-copy' symbols

SymbolAssist: A Categorized Unicode Character Map
Posted by jenett on 12/28/11

oh so painful!

Comic Sans Project

We are the Comic Sans defenders. We fear no fonts and we will make the whole world Comic Sans. Because Helvetica is sooo 2011[.]

[The Letter]

Posted by jenett on 12/14/11

font previewing tool

wordmark.it – "preview words with the fonts installed on your computer"
Posted by jenett on 11/16/11

old type and lettering

Historic Type

A community-based image database, dedicated to collecting, documenting, and preserving images of type and lettering on old signs and buildings in the United States.

Posted by jenett on 11/13/11

'tidy and logical'

Gridlover

Gridlover is the tool to establish a type system with modular scale and vertical rhythm to build upon.

Posted by jenett on 11/05/11

'typographic raconteurs'

Shady Characters
[Trivium]
Posted by jenett on 06/14/11

free license fonts

Open Font Library

The goal of the Open Font Library is to offer great fonts, help designers share their work, accelerate the usage of the @font-face tag available in modern web browsers, and to help educate everyone about how to design and use fonts.

Posted by jenett on 05/28/11

quickly finds font info

WhatFont Bookmarklet
Posted by jenett on 04/07/11

'history, theory and practice'

The Typographic Hub
Posted by jenett on 02/22/11

web fonts tool

Font comparer
(inspired by another tool, Type Browser)
Posted by jenett on 12/12/10

'perfectly legible'

good web fonts
[Drawer Links]

Related: How to use CSS @font-face

Posted by jenett on 06/02/10

'hybrid forms of writing'

Typographia (Flash)
Posted by jenett on 03/06/10

'nice typefaces used nicely'

Type Tide | fonts in use
Posted by jenett on 02/18/10

just your type...

flipping typical – "A way to explore the popular typefaces you have on your computer."
Posted by jenett on 12/27/09

another CSS framework (3)

Atatonic CSS framework – "created to provide a stable grid and solid typography"
Posted by jenett on 11/20/09

weather-worn signage

Painted Roadside Advertisements
[Bifurcated Rivets]
Posted by jenett on 11/03/09

disaster-related symbols

Emergency Symbology Reference
[Social Design Notes]
Posted by jenett on 10/22/09

fun with text

Big Text
Posted by jenett on 09/26/09

yes, they're different

Arial & Helvetica
Posted by jenett on 09/16/09

building signage/typography

preserve

Preserve is on going project to produce a permanent visual record of hand painted building signage. Many of these are being erased from our cityscapes either being worn away by weather over time, covered as buildings have been repainted, disappearing as buildings are demolished or replaced with modern signage equivalents...

[surfstation]

Posted by jenett on 03/31/09

'browse web type'

Typechart – "lets you flip through, preview and compare web typography while retrieving the CSS"
Posted by jenett on 09/14/08

signage/typography

The Journal of Urban Typography
Posted by jenett on 08/06/08

'interactive type tool'

CSS Type Set – "a hands-on typography tool allowing designers and developers to interactively test and learn how to style their web content" [SimplePixels]
Posted by jenett on 02/22/08

type samples everywhere

Found Typography 
Posted by jenett on 02/01/04