A font of shame

Author, Simon Garfield wrote a really nice piece in the L.A. Times about his love for typography, and his (and others) disdain for the new London Olympics logo. I would have to agree, it really is a low point in design for the Olympic history. And once you see what Lisa Simpson is doing to Bart, you can't unsee it.

Garfield, references the other logos, so I thought, let's take a look at the others and see how poorly this London one stacks up. Here's a list of every logo from the summer and winter Olympic games from 1924 to 2012. My personal fave is Athens. The blend of traditional with the handwritten logo is simply beautiful.

Typographer Ryan Gosling

Smooth and handsome Gosling lays it down for the ladies (and typographers).

Awesome Poster from Vahalla Studios

Check out the full size here. Love the gray on black printing.

Props to Migtastic for the find.

A Field Guide To Typestaches

Who doesn't love a mustache made out of type?!

Inception Typeface = Gotham. How appropriate.

Seeing as Christopher Nolan's last two films dealt with Gotham city's caped crusader, I wonder if it was on purpose, or a happy accident that his following film uses the font named after the flying bat's city. (This is the kind of stuff that keeps me awake at night)



BTW, the film was one of the best I've seen in years. I can't wait to see it again.

Someone's been drunk blogging with Comic Sans

http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/gilbert_letter_100708.html

Unintentionally Dirty Font Fails

As always, be careful out there when choosing typefaces. More here.