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A few month ago we saw typographic art through a selection from Abduzeedo (click here for reading the article).



Well, today I suggest you to continue our selection of graphics resources in order to help you to make nice creations where typography plays a large part : avatars, signatures, wallpapers, design of your web site or blog, posters, logos...



Here is a non exhaustive list of web sites that offer many fonts with different styles to help you to realize your projects.

- Dafont



- FontCubes



- fontex



- Abstractfonts



- Urbanfonts



- highfonts



- Jabroo



- Ffonts



- Fontsycom



- Fawnt



- Font Squirrel



- Blambot



- 1001fonts



- Fontspace, Fontso, Fontica, neatfonts, Eternal fonts, Creamundo, Font Reactor, Discoverfonts, Beautiful fonts, 2200 freefonts, Betterfonts, Show font, CoolText, Fontarea, etc.

You can also to try to manage and create you own font with:

- Fontstruct and Fontforge (more information here)



- Fontcapture, a free online tool suggests you to create a font from your own handwriting (for more follow this way)



- My font, an application that allows you to view, organize your font collection.



You love a typography but you don't know what font is it ? Or you are looking for a font ? Some web sites can guide you:

- WhatTheFont an online tool that allows you to find a font from a picture



- identifont to identify a font by answering a series of simple questions about its appearance



- Typophile, a web site where experts can answer your questions about fonts...



- Typedia, a search engine for typefaces, designers, foundries, and more (a typographic Wiki)



- Font Picker, a tool to show you all the fonts installed on your computer and to help you to choose which one is most suitable for a particular project.



You can try to make typographic wallpapers and suggest them in lthe gallery of CrystalXP like:

- Seed by funlife78



- Typographied Letter by ady20079



- Or the one from Ostersing



There are also some tutorials:

- How to Create a Richly Ornate Typographic Illustration by Alex Beltechi



- Creating a Typographic Wallpaper by Tyler Bramer



And we finish with some examples of typographic creations:

- A selection from Touchey



- The one from Hongkiat



And for those who don't want to make a typographic work, you can use Wordle, a generator of word clouds.



You know links, cleverness, tutorials, applications... about typography and fonts ?

Don't hesitate to share them in this topic.