The folks at CreativeBits have assembled an epic post full of type-driven advertising. It's a seemingly endless scroll of great executions, so you might want to give your eyes a rest somewhere around the middle, before the AwesomeCenter of your brain starts to hurt.

If you're in Austin, TX this week for SXSW Interactive, stop by the Veer both and say hello to a mix of folks from the Veer creative & marketing teams. There's a limited edition t-shirt you might want to get your hands on, and that's the place to do it.

We'll also be giving away FABULOUS PRIZES during the conference. To keep an eye on those announcements, follow @VeerUpdate on Twitter.

AND... if you love photos, type, strolling, interesting people, and beverages... grab your camera on Sunday and join Veer alum/founder Grant Hutchinson at the annual SXSW Found Type Photowalk.

In response to the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Society of Typographic Aficionados issued a call to action to the typographic and design communities to participate in Font Aid IV. The result was Coming Together, an OpenType font that contains over 400 ampersand glyphs designed by participants from around the world.

All proceeds from the sale of the typeface go to Doctors Without Borders, in support of continuing relief efforts in Haiti. Get it here for just $20.

While others ply you with flowers and chocolate this sort-of-a-holiday weekend, we wanted to bring some loveliness to your desktops and devices with an assortment of free wallpapers.

This month, choose from ampersands, daily affirmations, and odes to the objects of your workplace affection.

Our own Joe Newton has teamed up with I Love Typography to create this limited edition print featuring Olduvai by Randy Johnson and a tidbit of modern wisdom.

“Google before you tweet is the new think before you speak.”

A limited edition of 100 were letterpressed by Woodside Press in Brooklyn, NY. You can nab one over at ILT for a very reasonable $15.

(Photo credit: Michael Surtees)

We've been hyping the Pentagram wall calendar lately and almost forgot to mention Typodarium, another great font/calendar for 2010.

Foundries and designers from all over the world were asked to contribute to the page-a-day project and the result is a desk-worthy daily dose of type from some of the best.

Among them you'll find some Veer favorites, including Eloquent (Jason Walcott), Oscilloscope (Luke Prowse), Adios and Miss Stephams (Alejandro Paul), Pilo Thin (Kenneth Pilo), and Pill Gothic (Christian Robertson).

Designer Jon Klassen has posted about his collaboration with Marc Craste & Studio AKA on their Winter Olympics ad for the BBC. Far flung from the Olympic norm, the animation shuns the usual bright colors and cheering crowds in favor of action, danger, and a wonderfully dark motif.

via Woodward Design

The Society of Typographic Aficionados has issued a call to action to the typographic and design communities through the launch of Font Aid IV. Following the project’s theme of “Coming Together”, participants are encouraged to design an ampersand to be included in an exclusive typeface. The final typeface will be made available for sale through several type distributors, with all proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders in support of relief efforts in Haiti.

Deadline for submissions is January 29th, 2010.

Express yourself, help the cause, and spread the word.

We've blogged about Project Never before, but we're pleased to announce that (in addition to loving the project) Veer is now an official sponsor.

Project Never is a free awards competition for graphic designers that honors the most creative design concept that never reached production. If you pitched a brilliant but poorly received concept between January 1, 2009 and February 19, 2010, you're eligible to enter.

The winner will receive almost $2,000 in prizes and subscriptions, including 1,500 Veer Marketplace credits, plus a little slice of creative redemption.

Abigail Uhteg from Presse Janvier sent us a link to her video of an epic book printing project she completed over two months at the Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY. See 35 hand-bound books come together in wonderful stop motion.

If you're curious about the printing and binding processes you see in the video, read the start-to-finish details on Abigail's website.