I made a brief start at this last week but I’m going to jump in and try to do more of it this week. SO I started off going through a list on FontShop (Top fonts of All Time)
“2. Make a list of fonts that appeal to you. Not what’s popular, what makes your art brain go brrrrr.”
Apparently, in this instance, we take screenshots of the fonts that make the brain go brr. (Total fonts so far: 11)
So I guess now it’s time to have a look at some other sources/libraries.
Gut feel places to check out:
Google Fonts (They’re free/open-sourced, and there’s a reasonable library)
Adobe Fonts (Not super thrilled but I do have access to them at work and at home. Let’s see what’s in their arsenal that’s of use)
MyFonts (Big type repository; this might be a good place to start finding/narrowing down smaller font foundries that produce fonts you’d like to support)
Monotype (Big type foundry, worth checking to see what’s in their vast libraries that appeals)
And then! Of course! I can’t leave out the books.
Retro Fonts by Gregor Stawinski (published by Lawrence King)
The Visual History of Type by Paul McNeil (also published by Lawrence King)
So that looks like next stop is Google!