"Draw something in the left box!

And let shapecatcher help you to find the most similar unicode characters!
Currently, there are 10877 unicode character glyphs in the database."

clever hack for 3pt font on LCDs

great idea—"average" the serif or sans-serif fonts on your system and see the result.

"A quick tip for those designing web interfaces with an “X” icon for a “Close” element. Rather than the letter “x” (or capital “X”), use the multiplication (U+2715) or heavy multiplication (U+2715) symbols. There’s no semantic advantage as neither the letter X nor the ✕ symbol have the appropriate meaning, but we’re just using the character to define a shape (often rendered as an image)."

"8 simple ways you can use CSS to improve your typography and hence the overall usability of your designs. "

just getting around to linking to this now. high res version here: http://www.squidspot.com/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces_large.jpg "The Periodic Table of Typefaces covers a number of major fonts and includes information about the family and classification of each, the designer, the year the font was designed, and a ranking as cribbed from a number of internet sources. "

Good start on a style guide, not just for lawyers.

Awesome... "toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends."

German students compile a battery of tests to see how good Lulu's digital printing is. Source material downloadable as a pdf.

Nice list! "Underlines cut right through the descenders in your typeface, making it harder to read. Instead of text-decoration: underline, use "border-bottom: solid 1px #00f;" to draw a line below your text instead of through it."

"Textorizer1 is now available as a downloadable application for Linux, Windows or Mac. It's by far the best version, with many more controls over the generated image. The online version is still available if you'd rather not install it. Ditto for textoriz

Renders all TrueType fonts installed on your system in a large scrollable preview list. You can modify color, size, text, and font properties.

Palatino, Tahoma, Impact (really?), Century Gothic, Arials Black & Narrow, Copperplate, Gill Sans, with some info on windows/mac installed base

stats on the installed base of fonts by OS

There are some logo remakes that should be praised, and there are some that should be hazed

a way to size text that allows designers to retain accurate control of typography, without sacrificing the user’s ability to adjust his or her reading environment

500 free fonts

"A list of companies and the fonts they use for their logos and corporate identities."

Identify a typeface by answering a series of questions

word. pictures of letters and words.

pretty fonts on webpages

"Specimen" typeface in development

How to choose a typeface for clear, easy reading over long distances.

Purpose: to build a free multilingual font to bring better typography to thousands of languages around the globe. I can think of no higher calling.

Spell with Flickr is a small program that lets you type in whatever you want, then goes to flickr and grabs pictures for each an every letter!

Identify a typeface by answering a series of simple questions about key features.