As the last Typography Thursday of 2009, I thought I’d alternate between looking back and looking forward. There are lots of exciting things in store for TyTh in 2010. I can’t wait to share them with you. Until then, here’s hoping your New Year is happy, healthy and properly kerned.

(Illustration by PostTypography)

50 Best Free Fonts From 2009 - Creative Nerds offers a really solid groups of quality fonts from the past year. This is a nice companion to the Henry Jones list (The Best Free Fonts of 2009) I posted earlier this month.

Have any deep, dark, type secrets you need to get off your chest? Leave them in the 2009 year end type confessional over at Typophile.
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Over the years my Christmas mixtapes have made the transition from CD to virtual creations. They fall into two distinct themes in honor of the contradictory states many folks fall into during the holidays. One captures the warm and fuzzy sounds of the season while the other vacillates from despair to bewilderment.

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In the spirit of gift-giving season, I thought it would be fun to share some items from my typographic-themed wish list. What’s on yours?

Cast Iron Ampersand

Kern Zip-up
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What would the holidays be without cheesy holiday specials? Thankfully, we don’t have to find out. The December Social Media Breakfast – Minneapolis/St. Paul (SMBMSP) podcast is both special and cheesy with an added dose of holiday cheer.

This month, Rick Mahn, Brad Bellaver and myself are joined by special guest Lindsi Gish (Communications Manager  at Second Harvest Heartland). Second Harvest Heartland operates the fourth largest Feeding America member food bank in the United States. Lindsi discusses some of the ways the organization uses social media.

We also touched on details about the next event, how SMBMSP gear makes great gifts (SMBMSP store), and were visited by some surprise guests (including one from the North Pole).

Thanks to BellaMedia for ongoing prodcution support of the SMBMSP podcast.