I am just a design student at my Sophomore year. I've spent my summer with a letterprint artist and had made my own prints. School program offers too few opportunities to learn actual type (other than some basic Bringhurst and Swiss people) so I'm thinking applying for type-related internships, whether they be inside US or outside US (Europe or Japan...?) I'm thinking it would be optimal to work for a production type designer or a design company.
Any recommendations for internship-searching?
What I would do is use Google to identify those foundries that would suit your specific demographics (location, cost, etc.) and apply directly to them. Don't give up on any one of them, too; persistence sometimes pays!