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24 alternatives to Well Made – Sphinx of Black Quartz with Tobias Frere Jones

Setting yourself apart through typography.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Well Made – Sphinx of Black Quartz with Tobias Frere Jones launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   WhatTheFont▲433

   Shazam for fonts! Identify fonts with your camera.

   2017 · myfonts.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Beautiful/Anonymous - The Illustrator▲57

   The tension between fine art and commerce

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   Combining Typefaces by Tim Brown▲71

   Free guide to great typography

   2016 · blog.typekit.com · its alternatives →

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   Well Made – Permission to Think Smaller with Matt Alexander▲61

   Experiments in modern fashion retail

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Type to Design▲233

   An Instagram-generated font

   2015 · typetodesign.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Material Design Icons▲291

   750 Free open-source glyphs by Google

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Elegantissima: The Design and Typography of Louise Fili▲56

   A monograph on Louise Fili’s inspirational design work.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   IcoMoon▲121

   Custom built and crisp icon fonts, done right

   2014 · icomoon.io · its alternatives →

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   Discover.typography▲88

   Discover great fonts through themes.

   2014 · typography.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Vectopus▲227

    Marketplace for icons, illustrations, 3D and Stickers

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Origami▲109

    A free design prototyping toolkit for Quartz Composer

    2013 · facebook.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Prototypo▲83

    Streamlining font creation with open source typeface editor

    2014 · mathey.notion.site · its alternatives →

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    Born▲88

    A serif humanist typeface for text

    2017 · carlosdetoro.com · its alternatives →

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    Typographic Project▲141

    Offers inspiration for using Google’s font library

    2014 · femmebot.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Well Made – Turning Pirates into Future Customers with Jeff Veen▲76

    Is good design eating the world?

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Hidden Brain - 11: Forgery▲71

    From fine art to fine wine

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Universal Typeface▲100

    Unifying the world’s handwriting

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Typography. Advertising. Book Design.▲74

    An inspiring look at the works of Max Bill.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Curious Letters▲65

    A visual puzzle inspired by beautiful typography

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Font Awesome▲173

    A font of scalable vector icons

    2014 · fortawesome.github.io · its alternatives →

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    CB2 for iPhone▲110

    Well made is always worth it

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    UI Goodies▲118

    All the best resources for designers in one place.

    2018 · uigoodies.com · its alternatives →

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    Machine Forms▲99

    Prints Designed by Algorithms

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    GLYPHICONS 2.0▲101

    A library of original monochromatic icons and symbols.

    2018 · glyphicons.com · its alternatives →

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