Directory

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
Lorem Ipsum Generator
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
Mass-Driver™ Workshop

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
Velvetyne
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
Departure Mono
IBM Plex
Public Sans
Inter – martyr⁠— favorite type
Epson MX-80 Dot Matrix Fonts
Work Sans
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
Iconoir
Tabler Icons
Feather
BrandEPS – Brand icons
IcoFont – Tons of icons. Includes brands, popular websites, services and social networks
SVG Spinners – Animated loading SVGs
Streamline Icons
Svgl – Library with SVG logos from companies and products

Inspiration

Communities & Portfolios

Curated Galleries

Archillect
Cosmos
Public Work by Cosmos
designeverywhere.co
They Shoot Film
Eyecandy – Visual technique library for motion graphics, cinema and animation
SHOT.CAFE
[FILMGRAB]
Flim

Website Design

Brutalist Websites
Awwwards
404s – Gallery of error 404 page designs
Siteinspire
HOVERSTAT.ES
One Page Love
httpster
Land-book
CSSDSGN
CSS Design Awards
Siiimple
Minimal Gallery
Pricing Pages – Curated gallery of pricing page designs
Craftwork - Website Inspirations

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
DOODAD - Not Another Gradient Generator
Eva Design System – Smart color suggestion
Photo Gradient – Advanced gradient generator with multiple gradient types, warp shapes, and noise algorithms

Image Enhancement

Upscayl
Magnific AI – Upscaler with generative enhancement capabilities
OpenModelDB – Community-driven database of AI upscaling models
Topaz Photo AI
Topaz Video AI

Instrument Separation

Stemroller – Simple and effective to use
Ultimate Vocal Remover – Advanced, great features
LALAL.AI
vocalremover.org
Moises

Chat Interfaces

Claude
Gemini
ChatGPT
Grok
DeepSeek
Mistral AI
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

Google Translate
DeepL
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
DOODAD - Pattern Generator
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
Public Work by Cosmos
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
Streamline Illustrations

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
Growth.Design — Case Studies
Stencil.wiki – Collaborative platform for stencil and risograph printing. Covers techniques, equipment, inks, guides, and events