Typography & font tools

A fabulous compilation of typography & font tools by tripwire magazine. Good resource for designers when picking fonts for the web as well as some really useful tools for HTML & CSS developers (thank you!) to “see” the font.

I know we designers are always the picky ones: We fret over Palatino instead of Georgia, Helvetica over Arial for fonts over 14 pixels, etc., etc. Yes, even as HTML font, it’s important to fret. We’re not trying to make their life painful. Trust me, it is painful for us designers when we see fonts being abused, used interchangeably, kerning discarded, or weight distinction abandoned.

Favorite tools from the bunch:

  • For Designers: Flipping Typical, The Grid System & What The Font
  • For Developers: Typechart, Typetester, Fontburner & sIFR-related tools