I'm a big fan of the online tutorials these days; I think it's a lovely gesture that flies in the face of education-as-commodity.  Also, I like to rant and rail about the limitations of fonts in the design world, so you will probably see several step-by-steps this year about tricks involving taking these matters into your own hands.  A simple process...do 50 repetitions of the word you want, as results vary, and it's likely at least 1 will turn out amazing. A good approach to almost anything, really.

(ignore the 'vampire' example...that happened to be in the scan, too lazy to crop) The 'good Dust' wording, used on an album design for my friend Aron Dunlap's band, (top notch folk!), was created w/ this method:

1. skim some gel medium (experiment w/ glue stick or elmer's if u are low-budget) on smooth watercolor paper or matboard, with a wide and somewhat crappy brush. use streaks, circles, etc.

2. When surface is nearly dry but still tacky, lay some architect's chalk paper (comes in colors! red, blue, yellow, white...black does not work well for this process as it's actually graphite)....face down on surface.

3. holding lightly (your fingerprints will often transfer...can be a nice effect tho) use a pencil, your fingernail, or any hard point to draw the desired words.

4. lift up paper - see the results! too smudgy, you didn't let it dry enough...too clean, the surface was too dry.  

5. Repeat!   Try the white chalk paper on dark surfaces for a negative effect. (chalk paper available on dickblick.com or most art supply/craft stores...comes in a long scroll...you can keep re-using the scraps until all the chalk has transferred, so it lasts a long time. )

* here's another example...the silver lettering was done with hand-stamped letters & gel pen...at the very bottom 'Lucia Joyce Cabaret' is the faux-etching style...in red originally, & changed to black in photoshop: