There are var­i­ous tools for show­ing fonts on the iPhone/iPod and recently a font expe­ri­ence came to the app­store from the cre­ator of iLoveTy­pog­ra­phy, John Board­ley. This post will fea­ture some of the typog­ra­phy app available.

The Font Game

The Font Game has the com­bi­na­tion between recog­ni­tion, fun and learn­ing. The app has over 600 font sam­ples from var­i­ous font foundries like Hoe­fler & Frere-Jones, FontShop, exljbris and many many more.

The game is intrigu­ing because of the 3 level dif­fi­culty and the time. While play­ing I noticed myself look­ing at the clock and this increased the game fun even more. Can you tell the dif­fer­ence between Arial and Hel­vetica or can you spot Ger­ard Ungers Swift? The great thing about this game is I noticed a com­plete range of fonts that I didn’t know before. At the end of each game you will see an overview of the fonts which you got right or wrong, mayby a sug­ges­tion to cre­ate a link or addi­tional infor­ma­tion about the fonts.

The app the beau­ti­fully designed with a great UX inter­face and I believe this is one of the first in its kind and please try this addic­tive game for your­self! Avail­able at the app store for $.99

• 600 font samples
• Rotate to view full screen
• 3 lev­els of game play
• Post scores to Twit­ter and The Hall of Fame
• View your answers after each game
• Bat­tle against the clock

Get The Font Game

• Get The Font Game at the Apple Store
• Find addi­tional infor­ma­tion at the sup­port web­site The Font Game
• Find out more about the best typog­ra­phy blog in the world, ilovety­pog­ra­phy.

FontShop FontShuf­fle

Fontshuf­fle is a com­plete library of type­faces from the FontShop foundry. It fea­tures many of the type­faces available.

FontShuf­fle is not a game but a ref­er­ence guide when search­ing for a type­face in need. At the start-screen you can choose what kind of type you are look­ing for such as sans, sans-serif, slab-serif and so on. From each selec­tion you make a new selec­tion screen comes up with more detailed ques­tions on what you are look­ing for. After a few clicks you are pre­sented with type­faces and when you rotate your iPhone/iPod the fonts will shuf­fle. After mak­ing a selec­tion you are able to send the details of the cho­sen type­face by email. Free avail­able at the app store.

• Over 650 font families
• Com­pare 24 typefaces
• Shuf­fle
• Send details by email

Get the FontShuf­fle app

• Get the Fontshuf­fle at Apple Store
• Addi­tional infor­ma­tion at Font­Feed.

Other font apps avail­able at the app store

Ear­lier this year I have reviewed the app WhatThe­Font, an app for iden­ti­fy­ing type­faces from a photo.

At the app store many more appli­ca­tions are avail­able, below you will find a few to keep you busy.

• The Typog­ra­phy Man­ual by Justin Stahl, a pocket resource for graphic design­ers and any­one that works with type. It pro­vides the essen­tial typog­ra­phy infor­ma­tion on your iPhone/iPod. Avail­able for €2,99, more infor­ma­tion at The Typog­ra­phy Man­ual.
• Font Size — is a free appli­ca­tion for peo­ple who work with fonts every day. It pro­vides a size cal­cu­la­tor for mak­ing statistically-informed font-size deci­sions. Enter the view­ing dis­tance and the Font Size cal­cu­la­tor com­putes the min­i­mum font size. Nice! More infor­ma­tion about the Font Size at Paul Chang.
• Type­Photo — a nice app to visu­al­iza­tion of your cre­ative imag­i­na­tion. Select an image and cre­ate stun­ning look­ing typo­graph­i­cal images, for more infor­ma­tion see here at Type­Photo.

Let me know

What is your favorite typog­ra­phy app for the iPhone / iPod touch?