The BIG Typography round up : Font Tools, Free Fonts and Great websites

Font Tools
The Font Thing
Browse installed and uninstalled TrueType fonts, viewing sample text, individual characters, and detailed font information. Easy font-management functions let you install, uninstall, print, copy, or delete any number of fonts at once. You can even store your own notes with them, filter them according to type (serif, sans serif, and so on), and group them into collections for convenience.
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Typechart
Typechart lets you flip through, preview and compare web typography while retrieving the CSS.
* Browse typographic styles.
* Download CSS.
* Compare Windows (ClearType) rendering with Apple font rendering
* Each style corresponds with a “style ID” , which allows you to annotate prototypes and retrieve the css while coding.
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Font Burner
Font Burner is a website enhancement tool that makes it easy for you to add new fonts to your website. Websites are basically limited to the default fonts that come with all computers. That’s because a user must have the fonts installed on their computer in order to have it show up in their browser. Font Burner bypasses this limitation with our archive of fonts that work universally in all browsers and on all computers. By adding a simple block of code to your webpages you can transform your headlines from boring system fonts to any of the quality fonts found here at Font Burner! There is nothing to install, and best of all, it’s free!
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What the Font
Ever wanted to find a font just like the one used by certain publications, corporations, or ad campaigns? Well now you can, using our WhatTheFont font recognition system. Upload a scanned image of the font and instantly find the closest matches in our database.
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Type Tester
The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen.
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EM Calculator
Em Calculator is a small JavaScript tool which helps making scalable and accessible CSS design. It converts size in pixels to relative em units, which are based on a text size.
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Lorem Ipsum Generator
The best tool for creating dummy text
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FontStruct
FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks.
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Fontifier ( Paid Service )
Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for the text you write on your computer. It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a handwriting font that you can use in your word processor or graphics program, just like regular fonts such as Helvetica.
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Free Fonts
These websites offer thousands of free fonts, starting with my favorite one:
http://www.dafont.com
http://www.urbanfonts.com/
http://www.1001fonts.com/
http://www.1001freefonts.com/
http://www.highfonts.com/
http://www.fontspace.com/
http://fontalicious.com/super/fonts.html
http://www.fontreactor.com/en/
http://www.fontriver.com/
http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts.html
http://betterfonts.com/
Typography Inspiration and Knowledge
http://ilovetypography.com/
A great blog about typography managed by John D Boardley.
http://www.fontlover.com/
Fontlover.com showcases current trends in typography.
http://www.typeculture.com
TypeCulture® is an independent digital type foundry and academic resource which is owned by Mark Jamra.
http://www.webtypography.net/
A practical guide to web typography.
http://www.planet-typography.com/
The encyclopedia of typography.
http://patterntap.com/tap/collection/typography
Great collection of inspiring typography examples and best practices.

















Another one that allows you to generate fonts.