Good work is harder to find than it should be.
Algorithms flatten everything into the same aesthetic, reward volume over craft, and bury quiet, original voices. This is our escape from that — a curated list built around human taste, real connections, and things we believe are worth your time.
We’ve collected these over time, with some sent in by others (thank you!). Selection is simple: things we find interesting and useful for like-minded folks. No affiliations, no sponsorships. Some creators here we know personally, and they’re great.
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Creators
Type Resources
General
- Awesome Fonts – Another curated list of font resources. In fact, this list is heavily inspired by it
- Fonts In Use – Type at work in the real world. Really useful to find new fonts and inspiration
- Typewolf – Similar to the previous one ↑ with trends, guides, useful blog posts and resources
- TypeNetwork – Guide to OpenType Variable fonts. Really useful for typography makers
- Fluid Type Scale – CSS fluid type scale generator. For Web designers and developers
- Calligrapher.ai – Realistic computer-generated handwriting
Design
- List of tools by TYPEHEIST – Curated list of hidden gems when working with fonts
Collections
- Fontshare – Free fonts by the Indian Type Foundry (ITF) and other designers
- Google Fonts – Plenty of fonts
- Bunny Fonts – Privacy respecting alternative to Google Fonts
- The League of Moveable Type – Open-source font foundry
- Oldschool PC Font Pack – Classic system, BIOS fonts. 80s and 90s computer vibes
- OFL Fonts – Directory of fonts released under the SIL Open Font License
Fonts
- This Directory – Jump to Type creators here
- Inter – martyr— favorite type
- Redacted – Keep your wireframes free of distracting Lorem Ipsum
- MonoLisa – A monospaced font designed for developers
- Optician Sans – Font based on historical optotypes
Icons
- Awesome Web Icons – A curated list of awesome Web (font, svg, whatever) icons. Just go there, it's full of pages and resources!
- Icônes – Huge explorer of icon sets
- BrandEPS – Brand icons
- IcoFont – Tons of icons. Includes brands, popular websites, services and social networks
- SVG Spinners – Animated loading SVGs
- Svgl – Library with SVG logos from companies and products
Inspiration
Communities & Portfolios
Curated Galleries
- Eyecandy – Visual technique library for motion graphics, cinema and animation
Website Design
- 404s – Gallery of error 404 page designs
- Pricing Pages – Curated gallery of pricing page designs
Editorials
Software
Colors
- WebGradients.com – Collection of linear gradients
- hue.tools – A free color palette generator, mixer, blender, info and modifier tool
- Paletton – Similar to ↑
- Huemint – Color palette generator with interactive examples
- Eva Design System – Smart color suggestion
- Photo Gradient – Advanced gradient generator with multiple gradient types, warp shapes, and noise algorithms
Image Enhancement
- Magnific AI – Upscaler with generative enhancement capabilities
- OpenModelDB – Community-driven database of AI upscaling models
Instrument Separation
- Stemroller – Simple and effective to use
- Ultimate Vocal Remover – Advanced, great features
Chat Interfaces
- LM Studio – Run models locally — Needs a capable computer
- Msty – Run models locally — Needs a capable computer
- Jan – Run models locally — Needs a capable computer
Language
- LanguageTool – Multilingual grammar, style, and spell checker
- Grammarly – Same as ↑ but only supports the English language
Image Dithering
Misc
- Look Scanned – Make any PDF look scanned
- iTunes Artwork Finder – Search for music albums and podcast covers in high resolution
- Shows & Movies Artwork Finder – Similar tool to the previous one. With logos, preview frames, backgrounds, cover arts. Even though it fetches data from Apple TV, it also shows artworks from other providers
- Squoosh – Browser-based image compressor with multiple codecs and fine-grained quality controls
Stock Resources
Mainstream
- Awesome Stock Resources – An incredible curated collection of links to stock resources. I thought there weren't that many sites until I saw that list. Highly recommended
- Pixabay – Photography, video, ilustrations, music and sound effects
- Unsplash – Photography
- Pexels – Photography and video
- Mixkit – Video, music, sound effects and video templates
- DroneStock – Drone video footage
- Artvee – Classical Art in the public domain
- Open Doddles – Illustrations
- Open Peeps – Illustrations
- wirebeats – Music
- Shutterstock – Photo, video, music, etc. Lots of stuff
- Musicbed – Music
- Artgrid.io – Video
- Freepik | Videos – Video
- Artlist – Music and sound effects
Web Culture
- Arts Bits from HyperCard – Hand-cleaned sample clips from Apple's ancient HyperCard software
- GifCities – Geocities era GIF search engine (90s and early 2000s)
Learning
- Type Design Resources – A growing, public, collaborative collection of type design resources. Everything from learning the basics to running your own foundry
- Stencil.wiki – Collaborative platform for stencil and risograph printing. Covers techniques, equipment, inks, guides, and events