Typedia, an online encyclopedia of typefaces, launched in August. It is an community site for classifying, tagging and educating people about type (think wikipedia for fonts). Anyone can add typefaces or edit the pages about them. It is a great source for learning more about a typeface, when it was designed, who designed it and why they designed it the way they did. Typefaces are categorized by classification, designer and foundry, but our favorite part is the tagging. You can search for typefaces by tags—such as modern, signage, retro, news or informal, just to name a few. We absolutely love the idea of this site, however, it still has some growing to do before it truly realizes its potential as the ultimate type resource.
Tags: design, Tools, Typography, web
