Glyphboard

Glyphboard

Handy webpage you can add to your iPhone’s home screen that lets you copy special characters to the phone’s clipboard.

Copy Paste Character

Copy Paste Character

Great reference for special characters for use on the web.

Punctuating Comics: Dots and Dashes

Punctuating Comics: Dots and Dashes

Todd Klein on why comics often use two hyphens instead of an em-dash.

The vexed question of punctuation

The vexed question of punctuation

Includes rules for typesetting emoticons.

The Road to Clarity - New York Times

The Road to Clarity - New York Times

Font smoothing, anti-aliasing, and sub-pixel rendering - Joel on Software

Font smoothing, anti-aliasing, and sub-pixel rendering - Joel on Software

About the differences in how Microsoft and Apple handle fonts, as shown in the new Safari for Windows.

London, How do I Hate Thee? Let me Count the Ways, 1, 2... 2012

London, How do I Hate Thee? Let me Count the Ways, 1, 2… 2012

Reaction to the unveiling of the ugly, ugly logo for the 2012 Olympic games.

A List Apart: Articles: Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid

A List Apart: Articles: Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid

Ambigram Doormat

Ambigram doormat

Reads “come in” one way and “go away” if turned the other way.

A List Apart: Articles: The Trouble With EM 'n EN (and Other Shady Characters)

A List Apart: Articles: The Trouble With EM ‘n EN (and Other Shady Characters)

How to Spot Arial

How to Spot Arial

Good piece I read a long time ago about why Arial is a bad copy of Helvetica.

The Letter A

The Letter A

Series on why each letter is what it is.

They're not fonts!

They’re not fonts!

On the difference between “font” and “typeface”. (You probably mean typeface whenever you say font.)

Making Castoff

Making Castoff

How a book is designed.

panopticist: There Is Something Weird Going on With the Clock on 24

panopticist: There Is Something Weird Going on With the Clock on 24

This must be part of a conspiracy.

The Universe of Discourse : Robert Recorde invents the equals sign

The Universe of Discourse : Robert Recorde invents the equals sign

Copy of the first appearance of the equals sign (“=”).

Veer: Products: Merchandise: Kern Zip-up

Veer: Products: Merchandise: Kern Zip-up

Hilarious.

The ampersand

The ampersand

All about &

ESPN.com: Page 2 : Welcome to Arch Madness

ESPN.com: Page 2 : Welcome to Arch Madness

Who knew how much a difference typography could make on sports jerseys!

A Website about Corporate Identity

A Website about Corporate Identity

Lots of info about company logos and text treatments.