Should You Use Comic Sans?

NO. View Image ›

Google Reader 2 years ago 1 response

When Should You Use Comic Sans?

This made me smile. For all you font snobs out there it should do the same. For those of you using Comic Sans—stop. View Image ›

Google Reader 2 years ago respond

Comic Sans Walks Into a Bar…….

Boom Boom ! / Poor old Comic Sans is the target of all the Typography Jokesters. View Image ›

Chopped 3 years ago 116 responses

The Effing Typeface on alexmerto.com ›

The only font that’s NSFW.

Brian Cassidy 3 years ago 13 responses

Helvetica Cookies

These are way more delicious than Arial cookies, but not quite as delicious as Tahoma cookies (just kidding!). Via SwissMiss. View List ›

Jack Shepherd 3 years ago 60 responses

Arial Vs. Helvetica

This is probably old hat for type nerds, but this chart clearly lays out some of the crucial distinctions between Arial and Helvetica. The Q distinctions are especially critical! View Image ›

Scott Lamb 3 years ago 34 responses

Cheese Or Font? on cheeseorfont.mogrify.org ›

The ultimate test of sophistication and skill for the cheese/font enthusiast.

Jennifer M. 3 years ago 15 responses

Bad Font Choice

I went to this store. It was a huge disappointment. View Image ›

Jack Shepherd 4 years ago 118 responses

What Font Are You?

Helvetica or Comic Sans? Your font type can be very revealing — take this simple quiz to find out which font you are. This is helpful information to know just in case you need to write a sternly worded letter to a former employee. Take Quiz ›

Scott Lamb 4 years ago 70 responses

Periodic Table of Typefaces

A designer’s dream college-room-poster! This is not just pretty to look at but also grouped by families and classes of typefaces: san-serif, serif, script, blackletter, glyphic, display, grotesque, realist, didone, garalde, geometric, humanist, slab-serif and mixed. View Image ›

Lindsey W. 4 years ago 14 responses

Heldentica

This one goes out to those who live in the overlap of Venn diagrams labeled “good oral hygiene” and “typography lovers.” Keeps your teeth clean and your message clear. Read More ›

Scott Lamb 4 years ago 5 responses

What The Font on new.myfonts.com ›

The popular application that can identify fonts is now for the iPhone — now with just the snap of a camera, you can find out the fonts behind your favorite streetside typography.

Lindsey W. 4 years ago 8 responses

The Journal of Urban Typography

A tumblr devoted to documenting the strange, beautiful world of urban signage. Nice browsing for those with a taste for the semi-industrial informality of city typography, or just a love of ad-hoc signs. Read More ›

Scott Lamb 4 years ago respond

Fontstruct on fontstruct.fontshop.com ›

A site to easily make your own fonts. It’s got a kinda limited pallet, but it’s free. No complaints here.

d 4 years ago respond

Wordle

A nifty little web application that generates a word cloud from any text document. If you are a tag nerd, enjoy fonts and folksonomy, you probably don’t have a girlfriend, and will have plenty of time to play around with this. Read More ›

Mark Wilkie 4 years ago respond

Fontifier

Create your own font. In seven (fairly) easy steps you can transform your handwriting into your own font for use on your computer’s word processor. While the service is distinguishing and original, I would certainly fear for whomever is on the opposite end of a printed document written in my “font.” Read More ›

John Redmond 4 years ago respond

Campaign Fonts

Who would you vote for, if you only had fonts to go on? Looking closely at the official campaign fonts of the three remaining candidates reveals a lot about their message (and it’s of interest to more than just design geeks, I swear). Read More ›

Scott Lamb 5 years ago respond

Beard Font

A group of 26 bearded men are suddenly everyone’s favorite font. Finally a font that reflects the needs and desires of bearded men. Read More ›

BuzzFeed 5 years ago 6 responses