I launched Typewolf as a side project in June of 2013. Working as a designer, I was always frustrated by the lack of good resources for choosing fonts for design projects. Seeing type samples set in “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” isn’t very useful when it comes to web design—seeing how real type performs on actual websites is much more helpful.
I’ve also noticed that other typography sites tend to be written from a type designer’s perspective rather than from the perspective of someone who actually uses type in their day-to-day work. I've been a designer for 20 years, so everything on Typewolf is approached from a designer’s perspective.
My goal is to make Typewolf the absolute best resource available for everything related to typography on the web. Typewolf will always remain an independent site that features typefaces from all type foundries regardless of where the fonts can be purchased.
I only accept site submissions from people on my weekly email list. This helps to make sure everyone understands the general aesthetic of Typewolf and builds more of a community feel.
I send out one email every Tuesday that features the latest sites on Typewolf. To submit a site, just reply to any email—say hi and share your link. It’s fine to submit your own work, but sharing other sites you find with nice type is always appreciated.
If I don’t feature your site, it doesn’t mean that I don’t like it. I currently have a huge list of more than 2,000 sites that I really want to feature, but at only one site a day, I can’t possibly get to them all. That said, I personally look at every submission and really appreciate people sending me links.
If you would like to submit a site, please see the instructions above. Otherwise, use this email address:
Does every designer know abt @typewolf? This is possibly the greatest type resource online. Great for print and web. https://t.co/MOGm2wVyt4
— Matt Lehman (@matt_lehman) October 16, 2015
The service @typewolf provides the design community and knowledge you can gain from following can’t be understated https://t.co/xSnpPrCKZ8
— Dave Soderberg (@davesoderberg) January 14, 2016
Every now and then you realise how crazy generous the amount of free resource @typewolf offers is — https://t.co/H7yeQcuGgL
— Christopher Doyle (@CD_and_Co) April 4, 2016
If you're an art director or designer and you're not following @typewolf, I'm not sure what you're doing with your life.
— Jenn Ortiz (@BitsofBeauty) June 8, 2016
just discovered @typewolf (I know I'm late to the game) and it's amazing! Designer's Dream!
— Amanda Jane Jones (@amandajonesj) July 27, 2016
Typewolf is a bandwidth-heavy site that gets over 350,000 unique visitors and over 1,000,000 pageviews every month. I spend several hours every day working on it and hundreds of dollars a month to keep it running. The site has been updated daily since June 2013 and there are over 1,000 font pages, each with a custom description, listed alternatives and suggested font pairings. It has been a massive amount of work for one person to create and keep updated.
Approximately 99.9% of site visitors don’t financially support the site in any way (which is fine), but if you would like to help make Typewolf a sustainable side project and keep the site running for years to come, then here is how you can help:
Any kind of support is much appreciated. ♥
My favorite typography books and Griffey, the world’s most handsome yellow lab.
If you’d like to feature Typewolf somewhere, here is a ZIP file you can use with logos, badges and images:
Typewolf uses Romana for the logo, Domaine Display for headlines, Dia for subheaders and Domaine Text for body copy. The backend runs on Statamic, a flat-file CMS. Hosting is provided by DreamHost. My email list uses Kit. The site does not use Google Analytics (or any other analytics).
