As designers, most of us have a thing for fonts. Hell, in some cases, it can almost be classified as a sickness. And, sometimes you want a typeface that’s funky to give your project just the right tone. Smashing Buzz has compiled a great list of free creative fonts perfect for designers who love to add a little grunge or hand-made feel to their projects.

Check out the list of awesome creative fonts at the Smashing Buzz web site.

As typographers ’round the world can attest, the ampersand can be a challenging letterform to adapt when designing a new font. The Shit & site takes jabs at the ampersands of a few specific typefaces.

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Where to start, where to start? Do you have a hard time narrowing the options from your vast library of typeface choices when you start a new project? Then, this handy flowchart might be just the thing you’ve been looking for! It takes you through a variety of steps to help you pare down the options and get you headed in the right direction to find the perfect font for any project.

Read the full article at the Penn Olson web site.

If you’re like most designers, you can never get enough images of beautiful typography. Check out this collection of images for some great eye candy.

View the full collection of typography images at the ImgFave web site.

Orli Yakuel at Tech Crunch puts together an awesome collection of font tools and sites sure to make any typophile drool. Check out online font viewers and managers, typeface databases and, if that’s not enough, tools to make your own custom fonts. Suh-weet!

Click here to read the full article on the Tech Crunch web site.

A beautifully-done opening credit sequence for the Tyophile Film Festival 5 that shows how our five senses contribute to and enhance our creativity.

Designers, lock up your wallets. These fun design-inspired gifts, gadgets and office decor items will have you spending your money faster than you can say periodic-table-of-typefaces!

Click here to see the full list on the Paper Leaf web site.

Some designers are walking “encyclopedias” of typography. This site literally is – or aims to be as it grows – the web site equivalent of an encyclopedia of typefaces, classified and discussed by the site’s users. Watch out, typophiles, this could become an addiction in a hurry!

Click here to visit the Typedia web site.