Katerina Orlikova’s kaleidoscopes use fonts to create their psychedelic patterns.

Typography inspired artworks go on show in Sydney as GO FONT UR SELF* arrives in town, on Wednesday, 17 March 2010, from 6pm at the Peer Gallery in Glebe.

A selection of posters that were part of the Scalacolore Exhibition in 2008.
The concept was: Take a letter of an alphabet, looking for a selection of 10 cities in the world that starts with this letter, say which languages are spoken in these places, say where are you from and which is your language.

Matt Robinson compares eight fonts, including Helvetica and Cooper Black, to determine which produces the most characters per ballpoint pen.
A selection of the most commonly used typefaces were compared for how economical they are with the amount of ink which they use at the same point size. Large scale renditions of the typefaces were [...]

The layout and design of restaurant and cafe menus, including the use of typography, can greatly influence diners when it comes to selecting what to order, according to US author William Poundstone.
Puzzles, anchors, stars, and plowhorses; those are a few of the terms consultants now use when assembling a menu (which is as much [...]

While not all train timetables may be accurate, at least some are pleasant to look at.

A handy quick reference graphic depicting key differences between the Arial and Helvetica fonts.

Typekit is a new subscription tool for web designers who are pedantic about typography, which allows them to serve up a selection of OpenType fonts to a website by way of javascript.
Add a line of code to your pages and choose from hundreds of fonts. Simple, bulletproof, standards compliant, accessible, and totally legal.

Quite a few fonts that feature in band logos were created specifically for the task at hand, and in many cases only consist of whatever letters or characters were needed to spell the band’s name. That hasn’t stopped some fans from making up complete font sets based on these logos though.

For typography fans, examples of lettering as seen in London, drawn from newspapers, London Underground signage, and railway stations.