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Typefaces of the World is a poster Shelby White created to show the typefaces that are most commonly used in a lot of today’s design. The poster includes information for each typefaces such as the year it was made, the location and the typographer. These 50 typefaces were chosen based on popularity and usefulness in present design. It was by mere coincidence that the typefaces were nearly split 50/50 between Europe and the United States. But it does show that the most prominent locations for typographers were in these areas.

Word Lens is a real-time translation app that turns your iPhone into “the dictionary of the future,” optical character recognition and augmented reality to translate text. The app is free in the iTunes Store, with various language pairs available for in-app purchase. The first pair released is Spanish-English, with more coming soon.

My head just exploded.

House numbers are really just to help people find your house, right? Well, that doesn’t mean they have to be ugly! The above set are authentic These [Neutra] are from DWR. I like how they sit away from the house.

Unica Home has these, called Plane Numerals, and you can purchase a lighted back panel for them as well.

Modern House Numbers also has a great selection:

Nuzzles are custom designed wooden typographic puzzles handcrafted by John Christenson. Every Nuzzle is crafted from a single block of wood, and the characters interlock with each other in a way that creates a sense of harmony and integrity. Want one? YES!