# Jolg42/awesome-typography

✏︎ Curated list about digital typography 🔥

Repository: https://github.com/Jolg42/awesome-typography
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-typography
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: opentype, truetype, fonts, awesome-list, typography, otf, ttf, opentype-fonts, color-fonts, typeface, unicode, emoji, awesome, webfonts, woff, woff2, font-editor, font-family
Last push: 2026-05-28T20:27:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3734, "days_push": 97, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1532, forks 79 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:59.525778+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of resources about digital typography, covering font specifications (OpenType, TrueType, CFF), font-related tools and libraries across many languages, font editors, validators, and books/videos. It serves as a reference index rather than a usable software artifact itself.

## Use cases
- find libraries for parsing or generating OpenType fonts
- learn how modern font formats like OpenType and TrueType work
- discover font editors and typography tools
- find resources for working with webfonts like woff and woff2
- look up typography books and videos
- find color font and emoji font resources

## When to choose
- you need a starting point to discover typography and font-engineering resources
- you want links to official font format specifications
- you are exploring tools across many languages for font manipulation

## When to avoid
- you need a working font library or tool rather than a list of links
- you need in-depth tutorials rather than a curated index
- you need actively maintained software with support

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: web-design, developer-tools, graphics
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, typography, fonts, opentype, truetype, webfonts, typeface-design, curated-list

## Member repositories
- Jolg42/awesome-typography (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.525778+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:31:17.670021+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Jolg42/awesome-typography (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.525778+00:00, sha d743d26d3baa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.