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Flickermood 2.0 from Sebastian Lange on Vimeo.

[via Creative Cow Forums]

Also, The Hush Sound – The Lions Roar

www.urbanfonts.com

I have to admit it, I’m a sucker for a free font site. Even though I’ve used three or four fonts exclusively for the last 20 years. I’m always tempted by the fantasy of how I could use a new typeface. As font sites go, this one has a pretty decent ui and is reasonably fun to gawk around on.

I’ve been thinking of the jumpy text thing that everyone was doing for a while. So, a few minutes with the wiggler and some animation presets later and…

courtesy of John Nack

Type is a critical part of digital media, and it is important for motion designers to have an understanding, here’s some links to check out:

The Type For You Blog
15 tips to choose a good text type
Pinups done with type

APE – An actionscript physics engine
Search Free Fonts – non-sucky free/pay font site
A set of free icons useful for your flash or web apps
Fonts for flash, pixel fonts