The BBC are randomly asking today Do typefaces really matter?

It all stems from James Cameron’s controversial use of Papyrus in Avatar, before Bruno Maag dives in and aims a punch at Helvetica.

Still, I guess we should be glad Comic Sans didn’t turn up.

Incidentally, the article is worth checking out if you’re one of those people who is still unclear as to the difference between a font and a typeface…

Here’s something for your Friday. From the people that brought you Billie Tweets, comes Tweet Bricks the game where you can play Tetris with your Twitter data (or someone else’s). Click the pictures to have a go.

It could look a little more beautiful, but it’s a great idea. Here’s what it looks like with my tweets…

…don’t worry, I’m not actually that bad at Tetris, beautifully clear playfields don’t make great screenshots you see.

From 9 Astronauts, who ironically, don’t seem to actually tweet themselves…

I sometimes wish there was more choice than the ubiquitous ‘like’ button on Facebook. At the time of writing, 398,844 people ‘like’ Marmite on Facebook. That sort of ambivalence shouldn’t be allowed. I thought it was a LOVE / HATE thing?

Idea for Marmite brand owners: start a campaign for Love and Hate buttons on Facebook.

It’s a gaming icon’s 30th anniversary as well as Friday afternoon, so Google reckon you should be playing Pacman. Yes, you can actually play Pacman in their logo- click it! Genius.

Thanks to Willem for the link. If you like this, check out Defender Of The Favicon

This is amazing. I won’t spoil it for you, click the picture above and have a go.

Have you ever wondered what a bird’s favourite font is? Well, that’s the sort of issue my mind turns to on a Friday afternoon. Check out Type Nesting, a collection of homely nests inside various letters of the signage alphabet.

Apparently they prefer the letter R…