Fonts In Use Bibliography
- Bastien, Alfred and Freshwater, G. J.
- Printing Types of the World
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1931
- Bertheau, Philipp
- Buchdruckschriften im 20. Jahrhundert. Atlas zur Geschichte der Schrift ausgewählt und kommentiert von Philipp Bertheau unter Mitarbeit von Eva Hanebutt-Benz und Hans Reichardt
Darmstadt: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, 1995.
- Branczyk, Alexander; Jutta Nachtwey; Heike Nehl; Sibylle Schlaich and Jürgen Siebert (editors)
- Emotional Digital: A Sourcebook of Contemporary Typographics
Mainz: Verlag Hermann Schmidt, 1999.
- FSI FontShop International
- FontBook: Digital Typeface Compendium
Fourth edition. Edited by Mai-Linh Thu Truong, Jürgen Siebert, and Erik Spiekermann. Programming by Andi Pieper and Ulf Wrede. Cross-references by Stephen Coles and Yves Peters. Berlin: FSI FontShop International, 2006.
- Gale, Nathan
- Type 1: Digital Typeface Design
London: Laurence King, 2002. [Scan]
- Gill, Nick
- Monotype series numbers
North Yorkshire, UK: Effra Press & Typefoundry, 2020–Present.
https://www.effrapress.co.uk/monotype-series-numbers/List of Monotype typefaces with series number, year of manufacture, and notes about the origin.
- Gray, Nicolete
- Nineteenth Century Ornamented Typefaces
London: Faber & Faber, 1976. Originally published as XIXth Century Ornamented Types & Title Pages in 1938 and reprinted in 1951.
- Jaspert, W. Pincus; W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson
- Encyclopedia of Typefaces
First Edition. Poole, UK: Blandford Press, 1953.
Second Edition (Revised & Enlarged), 1958.
Third Edition (Further Restyled & Enlarged), 1962.
Fourth Edition (Entirely Restyled & Greatly Enlarged), 1970. Reprinted 1983 [Scan] and 1986. First Paperback Edition 1990.
Fifth Edition. London: Cassell Illustrated, 2008. - Kapr, Albert
- Fraktur: Forum und Geschichte der gebrochenen Schriften
Mainz: Verlag Hermann Schmidt, 1993.
- Kelly, Rob Roy
- American Wood Type, 1828–1900: Notes on the Evolution of Decorated and Large Types
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1969.
- Loy, William E.
- Nineteenth-Century American Designers and Engravers of Type
Edited by Alastair M. Johnston and Stephen O. Saxe. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009.
- MacMillan, David M.
- Circuitous Root
Mineral Point, WI, 2008–Present. https://circuitousroot.com/artifice/letters/index.html
- Macmillan, Neil
- An A–Z of Type Designers
London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd, 2006.
- McGrew, Mac
- American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century
Second, Revised Edition. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1993. [Scan]
- Merriman, Frank
- A.T.A. Type Comparison Book
Advertising Typographers Association of America, 1965.
- Middendorp, Jan
- Dutch Type
Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2004.
- Pankow, David (editor)
- American Proprietary Typefaces
New York: American Printing History Association, 1998.
- Petzendorfer, Ludwig (editor)
- Schriften-Atlas
Eine Sammlung der wichtigsten Schreib- und Druckschriften aus alter und neuer Zeit, nebst Initialen, Monogrammen, Wappen, Landesfarben und heraldischen Motiven für die praktischen Zwecke des Kunstgewerbes. Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1889. [Scan of the first edition with 144 plates, 1889] [Scan of the second edition with 160 plates, 1894]
Printed in three editions [Kunstgewerbeblatt, Vol. 14. Leipzig: Seemann, 1903]. Not to be confused with the later Schriftenatlas. Neue Folge from 1903–1905.
- Petzendorfer, Ludwig (editor)
- Schriftenatlas. Neue Folge
Eine Sammlung von Alphabeten, Initialen & Monogrammen. Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, c. 1903–1905. [Photos (archived)] [Cover and selected pages]
A compendium of metal typefaces and initials, drawn alphabets, and lettering applications incl. monograms, signs, labels, etc. Published as a series of 16 installments, each with eight plates. The first two booklets were announced in 1903 [Kunstgewerbeblatt, Vol. 14. Leipzig: Seemann, 1903]. Not to be confused with the earlier Schriften-Atlas from 1889.
Treasury of Authentic Art Nouveau Alphabets, Decorative Initials, Monograms, Frames and Ornaments is a black-and-white reprint by Dover Publications, New York, 1984. [Google Books]
- Reichardt, Hans
- International Index of Hot-Metal Typefaces
Frankfurt am Main, 2011. https://www.klingspor-museum.de/Intl_Bleisatz_Index.html
A comprehensive catalog of metal typefaces (for manual and machine composition) known in the 20th century, including older designs. Merges info from Wetzig, Jaspert/Berry/Johnson, and McGrew, with additions from other sources.
- Reichardt, Hans and Otmar Hoefer
- Übersicht der internationalen Schriftdesigner
Oberneisen, c. 2001–Present. http://www.klingspor-museum.de/Kuenstler/Kuenstler_A.html
A list of type designers with links to background information in pdf format, researched and compiled by Hans Reichardt. Includes 12,203 designers as of April 2022.
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der graphischen Verbände des deutschen Bundesgebietes e.V., Bundessparte Buchdruck
- Schriftenkartei
Wiesbaden: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der graphischen Verbände des deutschen Bundesgebietes e.V., Bundessparte Buchdruck, [1958]. Several updates until 1971. [Scans]
A set of 600+ index cards, produced in an effort to catalog all typefaces in production by West German foundries at the time (Bauersche Gießerei, H. Berthold AG, Genzsch & Heyse, Ludwig & Mayer, D. Stempel AG, Johannes Wagner GmbH, and C.E. Weber).
- Solo, Dan X.
- Art Nouveau Display Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts
New York: Dover Publications, 1976.
- Solo, Dan X.
- Special Effects and Topical Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts
New York: Dover Publications, 1978.
- Fontana; Character and David Smith et al. (editors)
- Solopedia: The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces
Abfonts (alt.binaries.fonts), 2012–2015. http://abfonts.freehostia.com/solopedia/
A catalog of digital equivalents of typefaces shown in the Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces (1992) as well as in the various alphabet books authored by Dan X. Solo, the digital fonts from the CDs that came with the alphabet books, and fonts digitized by Solo from his collection of metal types. Includes many freebies and unauthorized digitizations of mixed quality. Doesn’t include information about the original designer or foundry.
- Conroy, Anna
- The Type Heritage Project
Abington, PA, c. 2011–Present. https://history.typeheritage.com/
- Verein der Schriftgießereien
- VdS-Kartei
Offenbach, 1905–1961. [Scan]
Card index of the Verein der Schriftgießereien, the association of German type foundries (1903–1972). Members registered new typefaces by sending a proof of the glyph set. Comprises more than 1,300 cards.
- Devroye, Luc
- VGC Typefaces
Montreal: Luc Devroye, ?–Present. http://luc.devroye.org/vgc-typefaces.html
A list of typefaces by VGC. Started by Tim Ryan and later managed by Grant Hutchinson. With additions by Freddy Nader.
- Wallis, Lawrence W.
- Type Design Developments: 1970 to 1985
Arlington, Virginia: National Composition Association, 1985.
- Wallis, Lawrence W.
- Modern Encyclopedia of Typefaces 1960–90
London: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd., 1990. [Scan]
- Weichselbaumer, Nikolaus Julius
- Der Typograph Hermann Zapf: Eine Werkbiographie
Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2015.
- Wetzig, Emil (editor)
- Handbuch der Schriftarten: Eine Zusammenstellung der Schriften der Schriftgießereien deutscher Zunge nach Gattungen geordnet
Leipzig: Albrecht Seemann Verlag, [1926]. With seven addenda for the years 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931–32, 1933–35, 1936–37, and 1938–39. [Scan]
Compiled with the aim to index all typefaces (for manual and machine composition) that were available from manufacturers in German-speaking countries at the time.