First, the Rebuild Foundation made a cool-looking website and really nailed their design. Every page is different, but because of the grid, fonts and colors they use, it still looks like a consistent website.
Typography
Typewolf scours the web for great examples of online typography. The main page showcases a bunch of “sites of the day”, and there are typographic resources in two other pages: font recommendations and guides & resources, including a definitive guide to free fonts.
For the typography nerds like me, Shady Characters is a delight (yes, I said delight!). Keith Houston writes about lesser-known glyphs peppering the typical font, their origin and their uses, on a beautifully-designed website, almost exclusively made of type.
Icons
Google, once again! You can’t get around their icons, designed for the Android operating system. So useful!
If you hate google or can’t find the icon you’re looking for in their list, icomoon has a short list of free icons in a similar style. They also include most of the social media links in their free database.
The Noun Project can be an amazing resource, but the quality varies from one designer to the next, so take a close look! Also, you might have to pay to use the icons.
UPDATE: Another great tool is fontawesome, which gives you access to hundreds of icons through a CSS stylesheet, for free! Here’s how to use it.
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