This video is from circa 2003 and is still worth a watch. It’s a great introduction to the art of type design for the non-initiated.

Axel Peemoeller, a graphic designer and art director based in Hamburg, Germany, designed quite an innovative parking garage wayfinding system.

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College Humor asks the question, what if fonts were real people, and answers in a humorous fashion. The result is entertaining but they made the personalties of the fonts based on their names, not on their actual characteristics, which is still funny, but not quite as nerdy as it could have been.

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A wonderful overview of typography. Watch and quickly learn the basics.