Not just the best science/sci-fi themed font (though it certainly is that, also); but the best font, full stop.

Riccardo Sabatini pays tribute to technical drawings and Transformers with Mekkanika, a font composed of illustrated machines. The only question is, are his letters really robots in disguise?

The National Institutes of Health estimate that one out of every five persons in the US suffers from dyslexia, a brain-based learning disability that can make it frustratingly difficult to read. One way people have tried combatting the symptoms of dyslexia is with fonts like Dyslexie (pictured here), which are…

Advertising agency H-57 Creative Station have worked a little letterpress magic to render characters from Star Wars with nothing more than typographical symbols. They're perfect for those times when you need a formal Vader-themed invitation. [via Neatorama]

Part optometrist's chart, part geek quiz and part typography nerd poster, this Sci-fi Eye Test features 36 letters pulled from the logos of games, comics and movie titles. We dare you to try and guess them all.

It's usually the first thing you see in a film — the title — and some filmmakers have elevated that moment to high-design art. And one enterprising lover of typography and cinema has created an online storehouse of the best.