Typographic Forms
and Conventions
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Printing Types
Their History, Forms & Use
The classic 1922 book by Daniel Berkeley Updike
updated and beautifully reproduced for the web by Nicholas Rougeux
Typographica
Edited by Stephen Coles and Caren Litherland
Letterform Archive
Collection of lettering, typography, calligraphy, and graphic design, spanning history.
Type Anatomy
Stephen Coles on typographic morphology
Punctuation and
Diacritical Marks

Shady Characters
Keith Houston on the pilcrow (¶), the octothorpe (#), the ampersand (&), the @ sign, &c.
Twelve Diacritical Marks
Descriptions and how to type them on Mac or PC (at the bottom of the page).
Merriam Webster
Diacritical marks and how they are used.
Merriam Webster
How to use em dashes (—), en dashes (–) , and hyphens (-)
Design Tools
and Tips

Type anatomy
Pdf with serifs, counters, &c called out (and a few odd sorts and diacritical marks thrown in).
Lorem Ipsum
Dummy text for Greeking layouts.
Extract logos from pdfs
How to get vector and other logos from company newsletters, or whatever pdfs you can find on company websites.
Type History
and Museums

Printing Types
Beautiful digital version of Daniel Berkeley Updike’s Printing Types Their History, Forms & Use including the first and second editions (1922 and 1937) on a site developed by Nicholas Rougeux.