One more for today- I think Em sent me this site originally, so it's only apropriate I mention it on TAI.
Mark Simonson designs fonts for a living. He turned his own handwriting into a font, which is now immortalized as The Memento Font (see for yourself), and he's done a ton of graphic design work for Minnesota Public Radio.
What's most entertaining about this guy's Web site is his review of "The use (and misuse) of period typography in the movies": Typecasting
Speaking of handwriting turned into a font, check out this font based on George Harrison's handwriting.