A group of countries, parties, or people that share a common purpose or goal. Why not use "block" like normal people? Well, normal people are a bloc, and thus one needs to do things different to stand out. This is also what created Lady Gaga. See where that got us.
Jessica Hische is an illustrator, web designer, and typographer based out of San Francisco, and she is GOOD. Really, really, really stinkin' good. The kind of good that makes you shake your head and wonder why one person has so much talent and why that can't be you.
She did the lettering for the main credits of Moonrise Kingdom:
She did a terrific, subtle job with her MailChimp logotype tweaking:
And she does a ton of awesome design projects, like these three:
And lest you think she's trying to keep all her knowledge to herself, she's written an extensive and excellent overview of how to get better at typography. That way, you can become as awesome as she is!
From the short-lived, weird, great Dana Carvey show, here's Heather Morgan's short, weird, great "First Ladies as Dogs" sketch: