In this blog post, Ellen Lupton wishes there was a “well-wrought typeface (that) could attract as much attention as a 90-minute film.” Then, using the “best of 2009” font lists on several blogs, she rolls out the red carpet and selects her picks for best actress (Liza Pro, sample at left), best actor, etc. of the font world. I wish she’d included an ampersand in all the examples — I quite like the one for Liza Pro — and most of the choices are headline faces, suitable for titles but not for poetry or book text. Maybe no one is designing those anymore…