Everyone loves/hates the Olympics!
August 13, 2004 9:09 AM Subscribe
Free the Olympukes. 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 free. Barnbrook is the politically savage designer behind the Virus typefoundry, and is probably most well-known for collaborations with Damien Hirst and the typefaces Exocet and Mason (which was originally called Manson – and "intended to speak of the uncomfortable associations between elegance and violence" – but was renamed Mason in a fit of pique marketing), which are sold through the fine folks at Emigre.
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Hey! How did this cultural commentary get in my font!?
Seriously, this is a wonderfully subversive creation.
posted by quadog at 11:43 AM on August 13, 2004
Seriously, this is a wonderfully subversive creation.
posted by quadog at 11:43 AM on August 13, 2004
A while ago I found the FF Legato font – beautiful, useful, but I can't afford to buy fonts just for fun. When I followed the link I found out that FontFont right now offers it for free for a limited time, as well as Baskerville Old Style. Got 'em both. Thanks luriete!
posted by Termite at 12:31 PM on August 13, 2004
posted by Termite at 12:31 PM on August 13, 2004
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