Commercial Type is a font publisher founded by Christian Schwartz and Paul Barnes. They have a carefully-selected library of typefaces and a consumer-friendly pricing system. On the site users can browse, test and purchase fonts. We don’t always play favorites, but we’re particularly proud of this collaboration and of the end product.
The homepage, which is updated every so often, animates through a series of colorful messages, each set in a different Commercial Type face.
The library can be thought of as a series of font collections. Some of these collections are made up of the varying weights and styles of a single typeface, while others are large families assembled from multiple, corresponding typeface variations.
Individual typefaces are broken down by style and weight.
To display each style and weight, we developed an interactive specimen.
We also designed a tool that allows users to set any snippet of type in any typeface, and compare them on the fly.
We're particularly fond of the 404 page, which echoes the structure of the main Typefaces page.