Before she became an art teacher, the author relates that she worked at a graphic design agency and there she learned to fully appreciate typefaces and how they influence messages. In the years that she taught middle school art, the author has incorporated some basics of type design into her graphics unit, along with calligraphy, printmaking, and bookmaking. The lesson described in this article helps students enlarge to scale, giving them a greater understanding of proportion; attunes them to the nuances of typography; allows them curricular connections to math and literature; and provides a collaborative project which their entire school enjoys. (Contains 1 online resource.)