If you’re one of the designers over at Parachute, chances are your type is worth a lot of money. Towards the end of last month, the fine folks at this Greek based type foundry had the honor of winning the award for Original Typeface at the 2008 European Design Awards for its creation of Centro Pro, a superfamily of fonts containing three full families, with a total of over 40 fonts between them.

The typeface is celebrated for its “invisibility,” which essentially translates to its great legibility, an achievement that is particularly important because this quality has been maintained across each of the three flavors it comes in. Creating one typeface that can operate in the realms of Serif, Sans Serif and Slab Serif while bearing a strong resemblance to one another yet maintaining distinctive features is no small task, especially when each has to be equally legible. It’s no wonder then, that they received this award.

What probably will raise some eyebrows is the price tag: $2900 US Dollars for the entire superfamily, or about $966 USD for each individual family.

The Oregon State University Graphic Design program’s class of 2008 came out to strut their stuff yesterday, in a fantastic display of what the new generation of designers has become capable of at a relatively early stage in their careers. The Senior Thesis & Portfolio Show, held yesterday (Wednesday, June 4th, 2008), was an opportunity for the Graphic Design Seniors to showcase the best of their bodies of work spanning the last two years, with a focus on their thesis papers and subsequent projects based on their writings, which took up the bulk of their final two terms at Oregon State.

Below are some sample shots from the show floor, as well as a link on through to the Flickr album containing the shots we got of the show.

It was drawn to my attention this morning that Seth Godin, marketing guru extraordinaire, had posted up this short list of points for his readers to keep in mind when setting up type in their documents. I thought that for people who aren’t designers already, (and without getting into a huge lesson on the principles of typography) this was a pretty solid list. The original article can be found here.

If you’re an aspiring typographer, or just anybody who might like to tighten up the look of their documents or posters they make at home, definitely give this list a go-over. As for the designers out there in the crowd, if you can think of anything you’d add or change about this list, leave your thoughts in the comments.