Stuff to buy: Garamond Coffee Mug – “Complex tastes. Character nuances. Garamond and coffee are obvious mates. This mug features Adobe’s digital update of Claude Garamond’s classic 1541 typeface.” (via Veer)

Buzz: Six Fonts That Piss People Off – On the heels of the bru ha ha over Ikea changing it’s official typface to Verdana, Fast Company explores “five other controversial fonts, involving Nazis, incest, and comic books.” Fonts like Gill Sans (shown above) but not for the reasons you’d think. If you’re into obscure historical type trivia this post delivers. (Thanks to Heather Munro)

Quality free fonts: Rudolf Koch – A wonderful collection available for download from this master German typographer. (thanks to imjustcreative)

Trends: 31 Websites Using Huge Type – Nice roundup of “websites using huge type to achieve its visual goals and keep it simple yet attractive and professional.” (via scarletbits)

Photo: EATPHABET by luiza p. on Flickr

Resource: Type Daily – Breathtaking RSS-fed aggregation of type-related content on the web. Incredible resource for any designer or type lover. The work of Johno of ilovetypography.

Quality free font family: Ripe – Described as “a Geometric Postmodern slab seriffed face…  featuring simplistic rounded terminals and its uniform strokes.” From designer Cameron Sweeney and Ripe Type.

Web fonts and standards – Solid overview of the issues by Jeffrey Zeldman

33+ Mind Blowing New Examples Of Typography – “A fresh collection of typography arts.” (via spooky designer)

(Thanks for the heads up calipidder and ehrenc)