Graphic Arts on the Web

Of General Interest

Desktop Publishing of Hobby Journals

Creating amateur journals via desktop publishing; maintained by the American Amateur Press Association.

Font Identification

Here are sites that help you identify fonts:

• Identifont
• Retroglobe's Typeface Identification Guide
• What The Font?!

The Font Site

A magazine for the type and graphics professional.

Microsoft Typography

Links to Microsoft pages that deal with typography and related topics, with a special emphasis on TrueType.

My Fonts

Find, try, and buy fonts. Their WhatTheFont page allows you to upload images of fonts you want to identify.

Resources for Letterpress Printers

Information of interest to letterpress printers; maintained by the American Amateur Press Association.

Stock Photographic Images

Search thousands of royalty-free photos

• Can Stock Photo
• Epictura Stock Photography Image Bank
• Foto Search
• Go Graph Stock Photography

TypeCulture

A Digital Type Foundry and Academic Resource.

Books

Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG)

Founded in 1983 in Toronto, Ontario, by professionals and amateurs from the book arts: bookbinders, calligraphers, paper makers, letterpress printers, paper marblers, book artists, archivists, and conservators.

Peter Verheyen's Book Arts Web

The home of the Book Arts Web which features links to a large selection of book arts related sites on the Web, including galleries with images.

Oak Knoll Books & Oak Knoll Press

They publish, sell and distribute books about books, the history of books and the book arts and stock about 9,500 out-of-print, rare and new titles in these fields.

Digital Type Foundries

Adobe Type Library

Easy access to a wealth of information about the Adobe Type Library.

P22 Type Foundry

P22 Type Foundry creates computer typefaces inspired by art and history and works with museums and foundations to ensure the development of accurate historical typefaces.

Phil's Fonts

Phil's Fonts has put together an extensive list of type foundries and resources on the Web.

Quadrat Communications

A digital type foundry based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Tiro Typeworks

An independent digital type foundry developing & marketing high quality typeface families for PC and Mac platforms.

Education

Note: Accredited Online Schools & Colleges has a Graphic Design Degree Guide

The Art Institutes

A national system of schools offering competitive degrees programs in the areas of visual, media, and culinary arts.

Otis College of Art and Design

Otis Laboratory Press is a fully functioning studio with four Vandercook proof presses and over 200 fonts. Established in 1984 by Sheila de Brettville as part of the Communication Arts Department, the Lab Press has a rich history of small edition book publishing, continuing to introduce generations of Otis students to the origins of typography and the notion of the book as a visual communications medium."

Pacific Lutheran University

The Elliott Press is PLU's studio-laboratory for the publishing arts.

San Francisco Center for the Book

SFCB provides a public space and supportive environment for anyone interested in exploring the arts of the book and the visible word.

University of Alabama

The Master of Fine Arts in the Book Arts program.

University of the Arts

The Master of Fine Arts program at University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, includes Book Arts.

University of Iowa

Center for the Book.

Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Wai-te-ata Press.

Printing Industry Associations

Globalprint (located in The Netherlands)

Printing Industries of New England