InfoGuides: GRDE 201/206 Typography I/Typography II: Visual Candy: Image Discovery

Last Updated: Sep 30, 2024 2:39 PM

Visual Candy: Image Discovery

Use the links to resources below to have fun discovering "eye candy" -- striking images in graphic design -- that use type in a dynamic and interesting way.

Artstor

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Content includes over 2 million images covering art, architecture, archaeology and photography. Search for larger, broader topics like posters, book covers, or covers and remember to use the filters to the left - select graphic design and illustration to discover interesting uses of typography.

DONATED: From the C. B. Neblette Collection on Photography and Reprography.

RIT Libraries Digital Collections

Browse RIT Digital Collections
This website represents some the digital resources from numerous collections available through the RIT Libraries including works from the the RIT Archives, Cary Graphic Arts Collections, Cary Graphic Design Archives, and RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive. High-resolution images of posters, sketchbooks, packaging, and editorial design are available here.

Other Sources Outside RIT

This selected list includes digital images found from graphic design organizations along with archives and museums with digitized content. Discover and Explore!

AIGA Design Archives
"The AIGA archives and special collections serve to identify, preserve, and make collections of enduring value available to the public. With more than 20,000 selections dating back to 1924, the AIGA Design Archives is a vital record of all disciplines of communication design."
Alliance Graphique Internationale
Over 3,000 digital images of members of the international graphic design alliance. Includes current examples.
Cooper Hewitt Museum Typography Objects
A sampling of design objects featuring typography.
Fonts In Use
Fonts In Use is a public archive of typography indexed by typeface, format, industry, and period
Hamilton Wood Type Museum
Learn about typography and the rich history of American printing.
History and Evolution of Typography Timeline
Fontfabric, digital type company, blog written by typedesigners interested in Type History created a Timeline.
Illustration Chronicles Online Design Archives
International listing with links of graphic design archives.
ilovetypography
Blog of typophile John Boardley, who wrote the book Typographic Firsts (Oxford University Press).
Letterform Archive
Letterform Archive is a nonprofit center for inspiration, education, publishing, and community. They have digitized over 1,500 of their objects.
A Project About Type Specimens
A project of UK designer Mark Boutlon, a curated list of contemporary type specimens.
Tipoteca
Italy's type and printing museum and archive.