Font Resources

Search Engines
http://www.fontsearchengine.com/

http://www.fontseek.com/

http://www.myfonts.com/ - good font previews

Font Guessers / Font Identifiers
Identifont -- expert system classifies fonts with questions

Linotype Font Identifier -- uses an expert system based on Identifont

[[My Font] What The Font] -- upload an image of a few characters to be identified

History
Typographic History at a Glance: Renaissance and the Incunabula

Introduction to Type

Une certaine vision de l'histoire des caract&egrave;res typographiques

The comp.fonts FAQ, Version 2.1.5., August 14, 1996