Click on Resources (top right), go to Typography 101 and see that about all of the fonts Jonathan Hoefler presents as examples for different type styles are inspired by/revivals of older typefaces.

BTW, Arial is already “inspired by” Helvetica.

Read the books Anatomy of a Typeface and, if you can find a copy, Revival of the Fittest.

Thanks, Typography 101 was really interesting.

Im progressing slowly but wondering if anyone knows of any fonts derived from/ inspired by:

Didot
Clarendon
Bodoni
Joanna
Sabon
Rockwell
Franklin Gothic
Perpetua
Courier
Eurostile

I have now worked out the chronology of the 50 fonts im researching so have decided these older fonts are likely to be the inspiration behind more modern fonts.
Thanks!

For the first three (at least), one would have to ask: Which one?
They are that old and classic, one can refer to these terms rather as a certain style/stylistic period than a definite typeface. Nevertheless, a few (arbitrary) links.

Didot → Didot Elder, H&FJ Didot, FF Acanthus, Prillwitz
Bodoni → ITC Bodoni, LTC Bodoni 26, …
Clarendon → Egizio, Farao, Clarendon Text, Zalderdash, …
Courier → Courier Sans

Sabon itself is a reinterpretation; Tschichold’s take on Garamond.

Bodoni Egyptian

Florian, you should add Ambroise to you Didot line of thought.

www.identifont.com

Tiffany:
I reckon I should/one could add another few dozens … :-)
As soon as I started, I realised how futile this had to be. I now rather like Nick’s suggestion (Identifont), or any other compilation that could work as a typeface thesaurus, be it a website feature (like MyFonts’ ‘More Fonts Like This’) or a book (like the famous FontBook, with its numerous crosslinks).

F

Hi, I’m looking for fonts that were inspired by/ derivatives of older fonts

Er, that would essentially be everything…

—K

Er, that would essentially be everything…

:-)

Urm, except for fontifications of writing and lettering, which would be a healthy chunk of the retail market.