My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web.

Events: FontConf Wrap-up
FontConf, the first web font and @font-face unconference happened last weekend in Saint Paul. Kudos to Garrick Van Buren, the man behind the gathering. The lineup of sessions was top notch and I was really impressed with the turnout (and the number of younger attendees). There was a really strong contingent of design students present. I heard that a group from from Iowa even used the event as an excuse for a road trip. It’s a positive sign for the field.

A highpoint for me was a session on creating an open source font with local font-designer-rock-star Chank Diesel. I’m editing a video of the session and will share it here soon. I look forward to FontConf2.

Chank posts about Talkin’ Type Trends at FontConf. I love the picture above (also Chank’s) – four great Midwestern type designers in one place (Bill Moran, Chank Diesel, Mark Simonson & Stu Sandler).

Video: iPhone Alphabet
Urikane is the first to admit he has too much free time. Using 540 iPhone Apps he has created this clever series of letterforms with plans to release it as a font in the near future.

Inspiration: Good Ampersand
Good Ampersand, not surprisingly, comes from the minds that brought you Shit Ampersand (covered by TypoTh a few weeks ago). This time the focus is the best ampersand designs in typographic history.

Have you come across something amazing and typography-related online? Let me know!
If I include it in an upcoming edition of TypoTh, I’ll gladly give you credit.

Tags: links, typography thursday