FontShuffle from FontFont: a handy application to "browse, view and print approximately 650 original typefaces from the international font vendor on your iPhone or iPod touch."
WhatTheFont from MyFonts: an iPhone version of the popular and incredibly useful WhatTheFont service, that allows you to photograph, upload and identify font samples, all from your iPhone. All instances I've tried it on so far have been correctly identified, which is impressive. So great when you're out in the street and can't wait to get back to your computer to find out what that font is.
KERN from Formation: a kind-of Tetris for typophiles, where you position the missing letter of a falling word into the correct position, scoring more points the sooner you lock your position in. Poor placement results in the deletion of one of five ligatures (lives), and once all five are gone, the game is up. Although technically not kerning as such, it's still a game that tests your sense of space and rewards a keen eye, and I'm Kerning at home, I'm Kerning at the gym... can you believe how much I am in heaven? And while my skill at the game seems to be improving (current highest score: 401.69 from 58 words; highest individual letter score: 23.42), I can't see much real-world benefit, as I've rarely encountered words randomly falling down the screen when typesetting, even when using Quark.
Can't wait to see what's coming next.
UPDATE
Just scored a 24.33 point letterdrop! Still can't top 401.69, though. More as this develops! :)
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