Since the countdown to the holidays has begun in earnest, we thought we'd dedicate the rest of the week to recommending typographic-themed holiday gifts for the designers in your life.

Our own Ksenya Samarskaya liked these Alphabet Mugs from Fishs Eddy. The monograms draw from different decorative traditions: the A and C are from decorated American wood types (and you know we love those), the T from signwriting, and the K and Y from nineteenth-century lettering manuals. (That I love the baroque O, Q, and R should come as no surprise; they're close cousins of both the H&FJ logo, and the News, Notes & Observations banner above.) —JH

7 oz. Alphabet Mugs, from $10.95.