Matthew Smith

Thanks for sharing, Caren!

29.07.2025 20:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Type Foundry Directory The Type Foundry Directory is a curated index of type foundries. Discover new fonts and support independent type foundries.

There is a lot more to this update and there is a lot more planned, but I will let you discover what the directory has to offer for yourself!

typefoundry.directory

29.07.2025 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

From research to development to maintenance, the directory has largely been an independent effort.

I am introducing sponsored nameplates to help provide financial backing which allows me to allocate time, effort, and external resources to future developments.

29.07.2025 15:02 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

This update also includes the publication of the directory’s “Methodology” which is a very detailed documentation of the directory’s structure, how information is logged, and unpacks its underlying biases.

29.07.2025 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Now having read 400+ End User License Agreements, poured over countless FAQs, and even consulted for foundries, the directory has been completely overhauled with 3x more data and a refreshed design.

29.07.2025 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Today, things are a bit more complicated. The landscape of font licensing has changed drastically in recent years, and the directory’s original simplicity no longer fit my needs.

29.07.2025 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

For the past seven years I have been independently maintaining the Type Foundry Directory.

What started as a simple link to a spreadsheet that I created in an effort to overhaul my bookmarking system, has since become—what others have told me—an industry essential resource.

29.07.2025 15:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I am excited to announce the all new Type Foundry Directory!

typefoundry.directory

29.07.2025 15:02 — 👍 27    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 2

Two rabbits made with twirling calligraphic lines.

A deer made in the same way.

A calligraphic cat and mouse.

Introducing Calligraphic Menagerie✨🖌️⁠
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Twenty charismatic creatures from the quills of 17th- and 18th-century writing masters celebrate the playful art of flourishing in this set of colorful notecards with accompanying envelopes.⁠
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Available now in our shop: letterformarchive.org/shop/calligr...

29.05.2025 06:09 — 👍 31    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Type Foundry Directory The Type Foundry Directory is a curated index of type foundries. Discover new fonts and support independent type foundries.

New typefoundry.directory coming this June 👀

30.05.2025 15:03 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Weekend experiment: a reinterpretation of Gill Kayo.

10.03.2025 17:41 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just made an account, and this was the first person I searched for lol

01.12.2024 14:04 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0