FontShop is one of many top notch resources for anyone purchasing typefaces, offering thousands of fonts from a variety of foundries as well as its house brand, FontFont. Many of the new releases are featured on FontShop’s blog. But anyone who assumes the blog is just another advertising medium should take a closer look. Selecting FontShop blog articles tagged with “Using Fonts”pulls up a stellar series of informative articles on typography, authored by letterer David Sudweeks. The article series has garnered praise from the likes of Erik Spiekermann.

Sudweeks had intended the series to cover the fundamentals of typography, and many of the articles handle basics, such as “Using Baseline Grids” and “Basic Kerning.” Sudweeks doesn’t refrain from digging deeply into the most mundane subject matter, and the result is a goldmine of information. For example, an article on using Search and Replace delves into GREP, that mysterious search option within the InDesign Find/Change dialogue box. (As it turns out, GREP – from a Unix term – permits one to search for a string of characters. Who knew?) Similarly, an article on “A Sense for Type Scale” was continued into a second article, which lead naturally into a two-part article on “Understanding Visual Hierarchy.”

Some articles cover more fun topics, such as “Wedding Invitation Typography,” or “Making your First Font.” Sudweeks also doesn’t limit himself to typography for print. Several articles deal with responsive typography, CSS, and @font-face. For those who think excellent typography crosses all media, a particularly wonderful article covers “Understanding Cascading Styles in Print and Web.”

Brought to our attention by @espiekermann.