typography

http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm Movie fonts.
http://rense.com/general67/street.htm Streets painted with 3d illusions.
http://udpix.free.fr/ Find dead pixels.

http://www.connare.com/whycomic.htm The history of the font Comic Sans.

Gil's LotD
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ctfonts/WordRecognition.aspx A study on how people recognize letters.
http://users.aristotle.net/~diogenes/meaning1.htm The meaning of life.