When I saw the title of the WORKawesome blog’s latest entry —6 Ways to Get More From Your Commute Time— my eyes rolled. It reminded of my days in “Fortune 500 World” where the advent of BlackBerry meant I was never really off the clock. This included not just my nights and weekends but also my commute, which consisted of a 25 minute ride on the express train, a 10 minute subway schlepp under Metro DC and a three block walk to the glittering tower of Big Company. Always being one to subtly buck the well established system, however, I would use my short train ride to indulge in a definitive guilty pleasure: sleep.

Thus it seemed that clicking the link would provide me with a bulleted response to the all too memorable conference call with middle-management waxing on about Big Company, how we must maximize productivity for Big Company, how Big Company loves us and wants what’s best for our families, etc. Of course there was a hat tip to so the so-called “work/life balance”, but the “life” part of that balance was solidly rooted in and stemmed from the “work” part.

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Typekit announced today that Adobe and Typekit are teaming up to bring some of the world’s most popular, recognizable, and respected fonts to the web. At present there are 24 fonts being offered. A good start; Font Squirrel's @Font-Face Generator will remain at the ready for the immediate future.

We're big TypeKit fans and are pleased to see this evolution. I've already updated some of my client's web sites, and Bryan at Typekit is right: the fonts look fantastic.