"...a group of skilled professionals representing the full range of lettering disciplines from calligraphy and letter cutting to typography and type design." -- from their website
"The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type, its history and development, its use in the world of print and digital imagery, its designers, and its admirers." -- from their website
Bad typography has ruined more than just the Oscars
This entertaining video by Vox looks into some problems caused by bad typography and design, and some alternatives that have been proposed to fix them.