After Comic Sans was used to announce the biggest scientific discovery in the last 50 years, we were worried the goofy font was having some sort of renaissance. 

Artist Oleg Tarasov has put these fears to rest however, proving just how kid-like the font comes off by retooling famous logos in the Comic Sans style.  Sleek loses its sexy  and swoosh becomes silly- check out the whole collection here for more evidence.

Fontly is a new app which preserves typographical treasures. Explore nearby examples of gorgeous signage or add photos of your own to the collective map. The goal of the app is to highlight and preserve typography in the world around us.

The official Rio 2016 Olympics typeface has been released.  The range of curves in the 5448 characters were inspired by the ‘joyfulness of the Brazilian people’ as well as various landmarks of the Olympic city including the Rock de Gavea and Christ the Redeemer.  The informal and seemingly spontaneous nature of the type is a departure from the geometric focus of the upcoming London games.

Via designweek

Test your font pairing skills with Type Connection, the first ever matchmaking service for typefaces.

Culture mash-up! Punk combined with Swiss modernism makes Swissted, posters by Mike Joyce that will rock your walls.

(Source: swissted.com)

3D typography is a form of art when done well. Johnson Banks have produced art with ‘Arkitypo’. bit.ly/xFDBaz

Christopher Labrooy is inspired by the iconic style features of renown architects such as Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid. Applying this inspiration to his 3D typography results in mini environments that we’d LOVE to walk around in. http://bit.ly/wwDd4U

Out of 3,289 entries, check out some of the winners from the 2012 Tokyo Type Directors Club Awards: http://bit.ly/zki5QX

What happens when you use all 900 fonts installed on a computer to create the ultimate set of composite characters?… you get an ‘Average Font’
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 Ji Lee promotes his new book, Word as Image, with a video that portrays just that. http://bit.ly/pFY3Uz

Type nerds prepare to salivate! These are beautiful examples of the craft of typography (scroll all the way down): http://bit.ly/pEOQ3E

A type lover’s dream, Off Book is a PBS program that looks at the importance of picking the right font, building identity through messaging, infographics and more. http://bit.ly/qKlzQj

Core77 takes a look at the MoMA’s unsung heroes, their in-house design department. http://bit.ly/n2L0RN