Apps
The Typography Manual has several useful features and resources for designers, including a visual type anatomy glossary, a font size ruler, an em calculator, and enough content to fill a 60-page book. It has all the essentials of a desk reference in a pocket resource.
Adobe Capture
http://www.adobe.com/products/capture.html
Turn any image into a color theme, pattern, unique brush, Look, or vector graphic that you can use in your creative projects on desktop and mobile devices.
Typography Insight for iPhoneand/or
The Font Game (optional)
From I Love Typography comes The Font Game, the smash hit rapid-fire typeface-identifying game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Train your eyes by identifying more than 1000 font samples, and play quickly to secure a spot on the Hall of Fame.
What the Font (optional)
WhatTheFont for iPhone connects directly to MyFonts’ acclaimed WhatTheFont font identification service, which has been helping customers pinpoint mystery fonts at the MyFonts.com web site for 12 years.
Typewar (optional)
Can you spot the differences between Arial and Helvetica? Times New Roman and Baskerville? Typewar is a game of typographical skill played against your friends and the entire Typewar community.
Adobe Photoshop Express (optional)
Online
Lynda.com
- InDesign CC Essential Training
- Indesign CC: EPUB Fundamentals
- Foundations of Typography
- Designing a Book Cover
- Designing a Magazine Cover
- Complete Pybus Design Playlist (Optional)
Other useful sites
- News Page Designer, www.newspagedesigner.com
- U&lc: Upper & lowercase Magazine, www.itcfonts.com/ulc
- Linotype Library, www.linotype.com
- Smashing Magazine
Headphones
