Directory of Foundries Resources

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Companies which produce original fonts for sale or custom design fonts to order.

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• Dingbats

Resources in This Category

• Aerotype

  http://www.aerotype.com/
  Offer OpenType, PostScript and TrueType fonts for Mac and Windows systems.

• Altered Ego Fonts

  http://www.alteredegofonts.com/
  Designs by Brian Sooy. Condensed and narrow-width text fonts. Also, picture and dingbat fonts.

• Archive Type

  http://www.archivetype.com/
  Specializes in fonts from old designs found in old prints, books and samples.

• Astigmatic One Eye

  http://www.astigmatic.com/
  Traditional styled typefaces, as well as many bizarre and theme styled commercial and freeware typefaces.

• Baseline Fonts Design & Type Co.

  http://www.baselinefonts.com/
  Baseline Fonts is an independent typeface foundry offering a collection of historic fonts and new fonts.

• Bay Animation, Inc.

  http://www.bayfonts.com/
  Download and licensing information on LetterPress TrueType and PostScript font collection. [PC/Mac]

• Berthold

  http://www.bertholdtypes.com/
  Collections of downloadable fonts offered for sale online. Includes lists of local distributors.

• BrainEaters

  http://www.braineaters.com/
  Typefaces based on B-Movies, Horror, Sci-Fi, Exploitation, and other trash.

• Canada Type

  http://canadatype.net/
  Founded in 2004 by Rebecca Alaccari and Patrick Griffin. Offers mostly revivals of mid-20th century designs and some new designs.

• CastleType

  http://www.castletype.com/
  An eclectic collection of typefaces, including many art deco revivals, classic type styles inspired by ancient sources, and decorative fonts.

• Chank

  http://www.chank.com/
  Minneapolis-based type house offering custom font design services and font sales. [Windows, MacOS]

• Cool Fonts Online

  http://www.cool-fonts.com/
  Fonts available for Windows and Mac download the font catalog in PDF format.

• Dalton Maag

  http://www.daltonmaag.com/
  Font studio offering font sales, custom font and logo design services. Based in London, UK. [Windows, MacOS]

• Deniart Systems

  http://www.deniart.com/
  From Egyptian Hieroglyphics to modern Zodiacs, give documents a sense of design with historically accurate symbol.

• Device Fonts

  http://www.devicefonts.co.uk/
  Retro-esque fonts by Rian Hughes

• DSType

  http://www.dstype.com/
  Founded by Dino dos Santos, based in Portugal. Diverse selection of styles. Mostly body text and script fonts.

• Ecofont

  http://www.ecofont.com/
  Offers a free font based on Bitstream Vera sans-serif containing little holes and designed to reduce ink consumption when printing. A commercial software package to make easy use of this font is also offered to companies.

• Educational Fontware, Inc

  http://www.educationalfontware.com/
  Independent design house that produces and sells handwriting fonts for teachers and homeschoolers. Based in Bainbridge Island, Washington State, USA. [Windows, MacOS]

• Elfring Fonts

  http://www.micrfonts.com/
  MICR / E13-B fonts for check encoding plus secure fonts for print check amounts and payee names.

• Emigre

  http://www.emigre.com/
  Award-winning independent type foundry always on the cutting edge.

• Emtype Foundry

  http://www.emtype.net/
  A small Barcelona based foundry that produces original types for display or text use.

• Fabrizio Schiavi Design

  http://www.fsd.it/
  Handhinted fonts, custom fonts, fonts for Flash.

• Font Bureau

  http://www.fontbureau.com/
  An independent digital type foundry located in Boston, Massachusetts.

• Font City

  http://fontcity.ru/
  Decorative designs by Artem Gerasimov, with extended character sets.

• Font Diner

  http://www.fontdiner.com/
  Selection of retro and 1950s style fonts.

• Font Mesa

  http://www.fontmesa.com/
  Develops western Truetype and Type1 for Windows and Mac, and logo fonts.

• Font-o-ville

  http://www.freshmedia.nl/
  Free original typeface designs for Mac and PCs.

• FontFont

  http://www.fontfont.com/
  Searchable catalog with fonts created by different designers, covering a wide range of styles and functions.

• FontGod

  http://www.fontgod.com/
  Creators of custom handwriting fonts based on a customers handwriting style. Truetype fonts for PC or Mac.

• Fonthead Design

  http://fonthead.com/
  A foundry dedicated to creating quality, contemporary fonts that range from whimsical to serious. Many free fonts available as well.

• FontShop

  http://www.fontshop.com/
  Online font sales. Browse by name, designer or foundry. Custom type creation and conversions.

• Fontsmith

  http://www.fontsmith.com/
  Type designers creating customised fonts for clients such as channel 4, Post Office, Powergen, Saudi Aramco

• Fountain

  http://www.fountaintype.com/
  The friendly typefoundry. A Swedish typefoundry with some very nice original faces.

• Fuelfonts Type Foundry

  http://www.fuelfonts.com/
  A small Swedish type foundry.

• Galápagos Design Group

  http://www.galapagosdesign.com/
  Professional type development and consultation. Originators of new and interesting type designs. Free download of Web-O-Mints available.

• Garage Fonts

  http://www.garagefonts.com/
  Offering a selection of fonts created by type designers from around the globe.

• Grilledcheese Fonts

  http://grilledcheese.com/
  Original freeware, shareware, and commercial fonts downloadable for Windows and Macintosh computers.

• House Industries

  http://www.houseind.com/
  Founded in 1993 by Andy Cruz and Rich Roat, House Industries has grown into a studio which sells unique display typography, illustration and design services. Delaware.

• Just Another Foundry

  http://justanotherfoundry.com/
  Text fonts with extended glyph sets and advanced typographic OpenType features.

• Kenn Munk

  http://www.kennmunk.com/
  Kenn Munk offers alternative typefaces, dingbats and free stencils. The site also includes his photos, clothing designs and the Versus Project.

• Killer Fonts

  http://www.killerfonts.com/
  Typefaces made from the handwriting of infamous killers and famous people.

• Letterhead Fonts

  http://www.letterheadfonts.com/
  Specializes in rare and unique old typefaces from the turn of the century.

• Linguist's Software

  http://www.linguistsoftware.com/
  Commercial site specializing in fonts supporting more than 660 languages. Products include TrueType and Type 1 fonts plus keyboard drivers for PC and Mac.

• Linotype

  http://www.linotype.com/
  Offers searchable library of original fonts (also organized by theme, style, alphabetically), typeface identifier, custom font design and corporate licensing services. [OpenType, Windows, MacOS]

• LucasFonts

  http://www.lucasfonts.com/
  Selected type families all created by Luc(as) de Groot, available as PostScript or TrueType for Windows and Macintosh. Well hinted TrueType fonts with a large selection of weights.

• MADType

  http://www.madtype.com/
  Matt Desmond's one man type foundry. Specializes in unique original retail and custom type design.

• MICR font

  http://micr-fonts.com/
  Font set with auto-calibration program and anti-fraud secure number fonts. Free samples available. [Windows/Macintosh]

• Mindcandy

  http://www.mindcandy.com/
  Twelve type foundries providing over 450 original, meticulously designed typefaces for both display and body copy.

• Monotype

  http://www.monotype.com/
  Sell libraries of typefaces from independent foundries/ designers. Also offers custom font design, font licensing management services and technology (printer drivers/layout engines).

• MVB Fonts

  http://www.mvbfonts.com/
  Publisher of original typeface designs available in PostScript Type 1 format for Macintosh and PC. Information on character sets and formats, downloads, ordering, and contact information.

• MyFont

  http://myfont.0catch.com/
  Custom handwriting Font service. Order and contact information, and samples available for viewing.

• Orbit Enterprises, Inc.

  http://www.digitize.com/
  Provides a digitized format of a person's handwritten signature, to be used as a font on a computer. Features include sample download, FAQs, pricing and order form.

• P22 Type Foundry

  http://www.p22.com/
  Fonts denote a cross section of art, natural science and history.

• ParaType, Inc

  http://www.paratype.com/
  Font foundry offering custom design/conversion services. Also sell fonts from their own (and other) foundries. [Windows, MacOS]

• Popdog Fonts

  http://popdog_fonts.tripod.com/
  Serious fonts for serious people. Original English and Greek fonts.

• Process Type Foundry

  http://www.processtypefoundry.com/
  Located in Minneapolis Minnesota, the Process Type Foundry is an independent type design studio specializing in the production and distribution of original typefaces for retail and custom use.

• PSY/OPS Type Foundry

  http://www.psyops.com/
  San Francisco type studio, featuring a type collection, and offering a full range of typographic services.

• Sign DNA Fonts

  http://www.signdna.com/
  Hand painted script, casual and display fonts for signmakers, designers and typographers. Available for Mac and PC in both PS and TT.

• Signfonts.com

  http://www.artandsignstudio.com/fonts.html
  Fonts for sign artist, created by sign artist specifically for use in sign design and vinyl cutting.

• Storm Type Foundry

  http://www.stormtype.com/
  Information regarding a collection of fonts produced by Frantisek Storm.

• Synfonts

  http://www.synfonts.com/
  Digital Type foundry providing fonts to the type world since 1994.

• T-26

  http://www.t26.com/
  Started by Carlos Segura in 1994, T-26’s then experimental fonts are now considered mainstream. T-26 offers hundreds of original fonts.

• Telegraphics

  http://www.telegraphics.com.au/
  Telegraphics has been studying digital typography since 1986. Some of our experiments are freely downloadable from the site.

• Terrapin Solutions Limited

  http://www.terrapin.co.uk/
  Sells collections of fonts from major foundries and barcode fonts. Also offer custom font design and licencing services. Based in London, UK.

• Test Pilot Collective

  http://www.testpilotcollective.com/tpc/
  A new type foundry featuring digital fonts and graphic design.

• The Enschede Font Foundry

  http://www.teff.nl/
  Original booktype faces in the 'Dutch' tradition of Jan van Krimpen and Joh. Enschede. Most by designer Bram de Does.

• The Type Quarry

  http://www.typequarry.com/
  A small digital foundry specializing in historical, handwriting, and other fine fonts for print and web designers.

• TLai Enterprises

  http://www.tlai.com/
  Acquire specialty fonts for military aircraft marking, sci-fi fonts and several utilities for Macintosh-based PalmPilots.

• Treacyfaces: Headliners

  http://www.treacyfaces.com/
  The home of true graphic arts quality typography.

• Typeco

  http://www.typeco.com/
  Type foundry for the designs of principal, James Grieshaber, as well as a provider of typographic services and solutions.

• TypeCulture

  http://www.typeculture.com/
  Independent digital type foundry and an academic resource with articles, essays, movies, and research directory.

• Typephases Design

  http://www.vectoralia.com/typephases
  A collection of freeware dingbats, illustration and text fonts created by Joan Mas.

• Underware Type Foundry

  http://www.underware.nl/
  Underware is a (typo) graphic design studio that is specialized in designing and producing typefaces. These are published for retail sale or are especially tailor-made.

• Vintage Type

  http://www.vintagetype.com/
  Foundry specializes in antique typewriter fonts for screenwriters and old-fashioned telegram fonts. Additional fonts covering Celtic, label maker, screenplay, classic, fun, books on type, and fonts for layout and design.

• vLetter

  https://www.vletter.com/
  Company specializes in signature fonts, cursive handwriting fonts. Hood River, OR.

• Waldorf Fonts TrueType

  http://www.waldorfschrift.de/
  Commercial TrueType fonts.

• WhizBang Comic Book Font

  http://www.whizbangfont.com/
  One of the very first authentic comics lettering fonts made available to amateurs, semi-pros, and publishers alike.

• Zang-O-Fonts

  http://www.zangofonts.com/
  Decorative designs by Jamie Nazaroff.

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