Some Really Inspiring Type Related Sites
These typography related web sites are all really good examples, that incorporate typography into their design. I fell in love with typography in my twenties so I thought I’d share some of my favorite online sites and resource sites with you.
happy cog
http://www.happycog.com
Happy Cog is the design firm that well known designer and web standards architect, Jeffrey Zeldman founded. There is nothing spectacular about the typography on the site however the attention to details that the designers at Happy Cog pay attention to.
webstock
http://www.webstock.org.nz/
Similar to Happy Cog, this site simply makes it’s type choices work well together. I really enjoyed their font selection and how they offset the script logo with a serifed headline treatment.
brian fidler interactive
http://www.brianfidler.com
For those of you who enjoy typography, this site does a great job of injecting playfulness into it’s type through animation. Phoenix Web Designer Brian Fidler created this site almost 8 years ago, and as far as Flash sites go, it has stood the test of time.
A Brief Message
http://abriefmessage.com/
A Brief Message provides short form design opinions on all sorts of things. They use Scalable Inline Flash Replacement which converts standard HTML into a Flash element.
Typographica
http://new.typographica.org/
This site breaks down typefaces, providing detailed information such as the face’s history and how it can be used. Typographica.org showcases many typefaces and helps designers understand their appropriate uses, history, etc.. Typographica.com provides the same type of review and satisfies my need to know more about the typefaces I love.
The Type Directors Club
http://tdc.org/
If you love type, then you must visit the old Type Directors Club site. They’ve been one of, if not the, authority on type for the past 63 years. They have great type related resources, competitions, awards, and of course, the TDC Typography Annual.
TypeNeu
http://typeneu.com/
This is a really cool site that catalogs and highlights very typographically interesting websites, books, magazines, and/or other typography samples on the web and then gives visitors a chance to comment on and share them through social media sites.
