FontBook

The new 1500 page hard cover edition features 24,500 typeface samples from 65 type foundries.

That's 75% more typefaces. It also includes more than 64 000 references on foundries, font names and font styles, formats, similarities, history and availability in a new, well structured style categorisation format.

For almost 10 years now, Fontshop International have published their own typeface compendium, well-known in the trade under the name FontBook.

1.
FontShop number: defines each individual vendor and font package

2.
Platform:
Mac (Macintosh) or PC (Windows); all FontBook fonts are available in PostScript Type 1 and often in other formats, too

3.
History:
the designer's name and year of publication; historical references (in brackets)

4.
Font Name:
font family name, package name

5.
Font sample: each font sample features a main header sample; fonts with more than one weight also include additional text samples

6.
See also refers to other typefaces in the FontBook which have similar characteristi cs

7.
Alternative availability: indicates alternatives which are technically different and/or which are packaged differently; available from other manufacturers

8.
Package reference: the shown font belongs to a mixed compilation package. Package name and contents are listed.