Adobe layers magazine tutorials:
illustrator
http://www.layersmagazine.com/category/tutorials/illustrator
How-to: Illustrator Links
using the pen tool
http://www.squidoo.com/How-to-Use-Adobe-Illustrator-Pen-Tool
http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/drawing-with-pen-tool/
swirls swooshes and florals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKWgtn_axTY
live trace
http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/illustrator-tutorials/adobe-illustrator-tip-1-intro-and-livetrace/
general tutorials
http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/50-illustrator-tutorials-every-designer-should-see
general tutorials
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Illustrator/1
general tutorials
http://www.ndesign-studio.com/tutorials
general tutorial
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/creative-suite-podcast-designers/10-random-illustrator-cs5-tips/
http://mos.futurenet.com/pdf/computerarts/ART166_tut_illus.pdf
preventing sterile illustrator work
http://mos.computerarts.co.uk/pdf/cap90_tut_board.pdf
mcfaul skateboard celebrating spaghetti
http://mos.futurenet.com/pdf/computerarts/CAP105_tut_mcfaul.pdf
pathfinder
How to prepare illustrator files for after effects..
key things - all layers must on the top level if you want them to be seen in after effects
Dont forget to use the continual rasterise * star button on each layer in after effects so its renders the illustrator elements well.
If you have a lot of elements in illustrator you need to break them down a bit and in some cases import complicated items as sections - so if had a car with wheels and each wheel had 20 layers it might be better to save the wheels and import them as separate items.
(suggest you double click and watch in hd for larger movies)
Link to the illustrator file right here
More FontLab how to's..
fontlab studio 5 intro..
music??!! -this one on glyph editing
ligatures..
Creating fonts for free! use the fontstruct website, its simple and not as featured as font lab studio but you can get great results quickly.
just illustrator tutorials here
using the pen tool here
using the blend tool here