I’m not sure how long this site has been around, but I just found it the other day and I’ve been having a blast with it. What the Font takes images of an unknown font and it figures out what the font is for you.

What the Font has a database of fonts and by uploading an image that contains characteristics that make that font stand out, it will match it up with the closest font in their database.

The site also has a forum where you can submit a font and have other typography enthusiasts go on the hunt to figure out what it is.

When I tried it, I took and submitted a picture of a friend’s handwriting. Yeah I know, it wasn’t a font, but What the Font’s database was able to find a close match for me and now I have a pretty good replica of my friend’s handwriting to use in a project for her.

They also have an iPhone app to look up fonts on the go. I don’t have an iPhone, but if I did I’m sure I would constantly be taking photos of different types of typography just to find out what the font is called.

Photojojo is my favorite RSS feed because they always have some funky/weird photography related project that I say I’ll make time for and then never have the time for. But I still like pretending I’ll eventually find some time.

What is this Photojojo, you ask? Well, I think they say it best themselves.

“You probably own an digital camera and you’ve probably taken a bajillion photos with it. … Well, it turns out there’s a whole world of things you can do with your photos and with your camera that nobody ever told you about. We find the most kick-ass photo tips, DIY projects, and gear and bring them to you.”

                              

One of their latest DIY photo projects is the Scrabble board picture frame. This is a truly awesome idea and I’m pretty jealous that I didn’t think of it first. If I can ever find the time, maybe I’ll hit up a thrift store and find a cheesy old board game and make one of my own.

 Brendan Dawes is the winner of Layer Tennis’s first match.

Layer Tennis says, “we’ve awarded the win from Friday’s Match to Brendan Dawes based on the strength of the serve, volley 5 and his idea to repurpose match elements into downloadables in real time.”

To read about Brendan’s experience check out his story, Massacre on Friday the 13th.

The wonderful gal over at iresearched has given me a blog award. Thank you Anna Aron for including me in your list of bloggers that you think deserve some attention.

In other news, I came across a post for a site that I consider to be Photoshop in a tiny box. The site allows for some pretty cool effects you can apply to your photos for a quick and easy way to jazz them up. Check out Popcornmasala’s post and images. I went to the site and used the Warholizer to create my own pop art photo. The Web site is called Big Huge Labs.

A while back I wrote about innovative uses of typography and got a really cool Web site called Advertising Is Good for You left to me in a comment. I wanted to give it a bit more prominence and share it with you all. The site has a series of ads for a newspaper that create people out of type. I’ve posted their typographic image of Marilyn Monroe. If you check out the site you can also see James Dean and others. Thanks Dane for showing me this.

Last year I happened upon a Web site called Layer Tennis put together by Coudal Partners , a Chicago graphic design firm. I came into the graphic design spectacle right at the end of the season and loved every minute of it. Today was the first match and I have to say it was pretty fun to watch.

For those who don’t know: Layer Tennis is a live graphic design event where two graphic designers battle, each layering their design over the top of the last. There are ten rounds with each designer sending the volley back to each other.

Each designer gets one of two advantages. Either they get the first volley, which can be thought out in advance, or they get the last, which can not be countered.

The first match was between Jeffrey Kalmikoff (his site has a great postmortem of the whole match) and Brendan Dawes . Commentary for the match was provided by John Gruber .

I’ve included the first two images from the match to catch your interest, but I suggest you check out the Layer Tennis site for play by play coverage. The evolution of the designs will make more sense and there are a few interactive volleys that require the use of your mouse.

The winner was supposed to be announced today but I haven’t seen anything about it on the site yet.  I’ll let you know here at I’m Designer as soon as I find out.

Also, check out next Friday’s match at 2 p.m. Chicago time for a really fun and creative experience.