See all the winning fonts We just couldn't follow such top-quality haikus with one of our own. We had to resort to a limerick: 'Tis a moment especially ripe For poetical musings 'bout type And the winning haiku Gets a new iPad 2 Which completely lives up to the hype

Posterity represents a lot of work by a lot of artists - it's a limited edition poster series created to aid famine relief efforts in East Africa. The one shown above was designed by our own Joe Newton, and you can see the whole series (and find out more about the project) here. The poster project is part of a larger initiative called 50/50 - Make or Break, which is an experimental but incredibly organized effort to aid UNICEF's famine relief efforts in East Africa through a range of creative, d

Just a few more weeks It's almost December now Quick - send your haiku Congratulations to this week's winners, @kaliko_rosa, @MarketingWebDev, @andreakremer, @koythong, and @jaysundub!

This week's top font haikus were sent by @mandyannecurtis, @melissai, @jess4002, @peterdebay, and @FlopsockDesign. Thanks and congratulations to the winners, whose poems appear below in the fonts they describe. Tweet your font haiku with the hashtag #veerfonts before December 20, and you could win a T-shirt, $250 in Veer merch, or an iPad 2 (or possibly all of those things).

Since it's Monday morning, I was looking for a photo of chicken wire. In my search, I stumbled upon the art of Ivan Lovatt. He sculpts portraits and wildlife out of chicken wire and the results are very impressive.

Another round of excellent haikus, another five outstanding winners. This week, we congratulate @Tayowin, @shaneguymon, @THEDavidMills, @BlackHouseCreat, and @davidmelton. See their haikus sampled in the fonts they describe below. Tweet your font haiku with the hashtag #veerfonts, and your name could appear here next week. You could also win a monthly prize of $250 in Veer merch, or even the grand prize of an iPad 2.

We love this week's font haiku contest winners (both poetically and typographically): @jefftopping, @SDWrites, @jonnail, @joesteenholdt, and @HeySeto. Congratulations! Thanks to everyone for sending haikus. Keep tweeting fresh ones with the hashtag #veerfonts, and you could be a weekly winner, which could lead to being a monthly winner, or maybe even the grand prize winner. Then you can write haikus on your new iPad 2.


It's time to design for a good cause. Create a piece to support an issue of your choice and you could win a £/€2000 donation for the cause, have your design displayed in Berlin and London as well as a Computer Arts magazine double page spread, and get 2000 Veer Credits to spend on fonts and images.Find out more

Maybe scarves make you think of swashes. Maybe falling leaves spark calligraphic flair. Whatever the case, you loved script fonts this week, and we loved your haikus. We read a lot of wonderfully clever submissions, which we narrowed down to these five winners: @orinjuse, @Faldim, @cmykamy, @DavidBordow, and @SamFalbo_Quad. Congratulations! Inspired? Write a haiku about your favorite font, tweet it with the hashtag #veerfonts, and you could be one of next week's winners. Or our next monthly winn

Nearly 300 contributors from 45 countries sent in over 500 glyphs in a single week. Behind the scenes, volunteers Neil Summerour, Silas Dilworth, Delve Withrington, and Grant Hutchinson were up to their elbows in Adobe Illustrator and Fontlab assembling the typeface. The sheer number of submissions coupled with the complexity of some of the designs caused unforeseen delays in completing the typeface. The team not only managed the immense influx of submissions, they also had several technical hur

Wonderfully creative work as usual - thanks, everyone! Our panel of font experts and haiku enthusiasts picked submissions by @Addeviat, @_dave_c, @gweemfairy, @iamlisathegreat, and @jennyleighb as this week's winners. Scroll down to read their haikus sampled in the fonts they describe. The only thing more fun than reading font haikus is writing them. Tweet yours with the hashtag #veerfonts, and your work could be featured here next week. Plus, you could win cool stuff like T-shirts, Veer merch,

This week's font haiku contest winners really put the "ha!" in haiku. Congratulations to @vmyselfandi, @pattydtweets, @smonkyou, @theAcecapade, and @glofgren. A million thanks to all who submitted entries this week. Keep tweeting your font haikus with the hashtag #veerfonts, and you could win T-shirts, glory, and maybe even the grand prize: an iPad 2.

Thanks once again for all your highly creative entries. This week's top haikus - in no particular order - are by @nlgraphics, @kmyslinski, @BeccaSayre, @SJWtweets, and @KLShields. Well done, type poets! Scroll down to see the winning haikus typeset in the fonts they describe, and then tweet your font haiku with the hashtag #veerfonts. Start composing now to win T-shirts and glory, or even the grand prize: an iPad.

Well, we're impressed. Another week, another batch of witty font haikus. Once again, it was hard to pick a top five, but once again we did it (a promise is a promise). Here are this week's winners in no particular order: @designify, @ludiak, @liskorb, @humor_Q, and @awparks. Congratulations to all, and many thanks to everyone for your hugely entertaining entries. Keep 'em coming!

If you seek an appreciation for the Canadian prairies, you might find it with this table set from Gus*. The tables can be arranged in different configurations, but be careful not to mix up your Eyebrow with your Regina. That's never good. The tables nest, too... just like the real provinces do in the spring.