http://www.metafilter.com/tags/olympukes Posts tagged with 'olympukes' at MetaFilter. Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:09:58 -0800 Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:09:58 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/34964/Everyone%2Dloveshates%2Dthe%2DOlympics <a href="http://www.fontshop.com/freefonts">Free the Olympukes.</a> Fontshop, the 500-lb gorilla of type foundries, has released Jonathan Barnbrook's Olympukes dingbat font - which does a good job of reconciling the love/hate relationship many of us have with this most constructed of all sports events - for <i>free</i>. <a href="http://www.barnbrook.net/">Barnbrook</a> is the <a href="http://www.xspace.at/agm/agm_sites/jpegs/m_aus_barnbrook.jpg">politically</a> <a href="http://virusfonts.com/downloads/virusatwar.html">savage</a> designer behind the <a href="http://www.virusfonts.com/">Virus</a> typefoundry, and is probably most well-known for collaborations with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861542127/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Damien Hirst</a> and the typefaces <a href="http://www.virusfonts.com/spec%20sheets/exocet.html">Exocet</a> and <a href="http://www.virusfonts.com/spec%20sheets/mason.html">Mason</a> (which was originally called Manson – and <a href="http://www.typotheque.com/articles/EK_PhD_chapter4.html#_ftnref555">"intended to speak of the uncomfortable associations between elegance and violence"</a> – but was renamed Mason in a fit of <s>pique</s> marketing), which are sold through the fine folks at <a href="http://emigre.com/">Emigre</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34964 Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:09:58 -0800 barnbrook font fonts jonathanbarnbrook olympics olympukes typeface typefaces virus luriete