Fountain
Matthew Gotth-Olsen sends a link to Fountain, the one man Swedish foundry that I just hadn’t gotten around to posting about yet. Designer Peter Bruhn offers several “pro bono” fonts for download. CloseCall, Coma and Partisan are all highly recommended. And speaking of pixel fonts, Fountain’s Sevenet is a nice bitmap font that served as the basis for Silkscreen.
I like the idea of a lone, noble Swede sitting at an Ikea desk somewhere, churning out beautiful fonts as an unpaid service to the general public. It almost makes me wish I didn’t spend all my free time watching American Idol in a drunken stupor.
Almost.
5 Comments
Stephen / March 3, 2005 @ 2:50 am
I can tell you from personal experience (I visited Malmö more than once last year) that Peter is indeed a noble Swede sitting at an Ikea desk, churning out beauty. But he’s not lonely. Lovely wife and kids. Their home is a joy.
So you got 4 out of 5. Not bad.
Matt / March 3, 2005 @ 3:44 am
there’s no other way I could get myself to watch American Idol than if I was in a drunken stupor. Or if Paula Abdul circa “Cold Hearted Snake” magically showed up - and danced.
joey / March 3, 2005 @ 8:14 am
You just described last night’s show, Matt. Or at least that’s how I remember it!
joey / March 3, 2005 @ 11:58 pm
Stephen: Lone (like Batman), not lonely (like Bruce Wayne).
aphrospice / July 4, 2005 @ 4:06 pm
Azteak is absolutly beautiful.
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