Marian Bantjes, typographer, designer, and Layer Tennis competitor, received a 419 spam email and turned it into this print.
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The 2007 Feltron Annual Report . via
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Israeli designer Oded Ezer produces stunning works of experimental typography. He has been lauded for creating [PDF link]"...Hebrew characters that melt," but it is his more unconventional work that is truly breathtaking - made up of letters with vivacity and personality. He calls his gorgeously abstracted work "typo art," existing wholly neither in the space of art or typography, with hope that it might transcend language altogether. See his flickr stream for more sketches, works, and arresting typescapes.
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - View this thread

So You Want to Create a Font (Part 1, Part 2). For something with a less presumptive title, there’s this, this, this, this, this, or even this, Eric Gill’s An Essay on Typography.
posted on Oct 29, 2007 - View this thread

It’s easy to talk about Adrian Frutiger in the past tense, since his most influential fonts – Univers, Egyptienne, and the eponymous Frutiger – are all at least thirty years old. But he is still alive, and in the summer of 2006, as he was presented with the Society for Typographic Aficionados’ annual Typography Award, type designer Mark Simonson gave a presentation on how Frutiger [pdf, 18 MB] affected, and continues to affect, him and all others who benefit from good typography.
posted on Oct 3, 2007 - View this thread

I loved this beautifully filmed short documentary on The Letterpress. For those of us who have ever risked our very own fingers for the cause of printing, or had the California Job Case burned into memory, this will be a trip down memory lane. For the rest of you, it may give you an idea for your next hobby.
posted on Aug 23, 2007 - View this thread

How the new type standard for American road signage reduces halation and improves readability.
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Type The Sky: font project by a student at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
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In 1957, Swiss typographer Max Miedinger invented "the official typeface of the 20th century" -- Helvetica [previously discussed here, via Arts and Letters Daily].
posted on Apr 21, 2007 - View this thread

Misprinted Type.
posted on Oct 23, 2006 - View this thread

The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web. Robert Bringhurt's undisputed bible of typography until now has been limited to print design. This site, a work in progress, presents his principles one at a time, and explains how to follow them as a web designer using HTML and CSS.
posted on Mar 8, 2006 - View this thread

Typetester, for web designers. via
posted on Sep 30, 2005 - View this thread

The Scourge of Arial. It has spread like a virus through the typographic landscape and illustrates the pervasiveness of Microsoft's influence in the world. Arial, however, has a rather dubious history and not much character. In fact, Arial is little more than a shameless impostor...
posted on Aug 9, 2005 - View this thread

Daily Type is a creative project run by five russian type designers. Day by day, they create original typefaces and post their results along with routine.
posted on Jun 1, 2005 - View this thread

Thinking with Type The online companion to the book of the same name offers a nice little online primer on the finer points of typography, including my favourite new online game: Dumb Quotes. Remember kids: only you can prevent poor kerning.
posted on Jan 31, 2005 - View this thread

The Warner Bros. Cartoons Filmography And Title Card Gallery has more title cards and coloured rings than you can shake a carrot at. A great resource that goes hand-in-hand with this and this for all your Looney Tunes-related research.
posted on Nov 29, 2004 - View this thread

Found typography
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The title screens of hundreds of your favourite movies
posted on Jul 28, 2004 - View this thread

The Movie Alphabet Game is harder than it looks. I'm stuck on C, O, U, and X. When you're through with that, try the second one.
posted on Mar 3, 2004 - View this thread

MetaFilter as a ransom note. Crazified by crazy sites. [via Adactio]
posted on Nov 16, 2003 - View this thread