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Re: Homeless Fonts

#11

Post by pxndx »

I speak Catalan and Spanish, if anyone is interested I can translate parts of http://www.arrelsfundacio.org/ to English. Google Translate gives "good enough" translations though.

http://www.arrelsfundacio.org/que-fem/ (this translates to rootsfoundation.org/about-us)

> We help homeless people in Barcelona

> We focus on two tasks: Covering the needs of homeless people and supporting them in their personal itinerary.

> At Arrels we provide accommodation, food and health and social care to men and women living in poor conditions in the streets of Barcelona, and more importantly, "we are with them" accompanying them on the long road to regain autonomy.

Re: Homeless Fonts

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Post by korzun »

I don't know how I feel about this.

In some way this feels cheap. Fonts? Buying fonts to help homeless people?

Having homeless people create fonts that you can license out?

Is this the best we can do? Seriously.

Re: Homeless Fonts

#13

Post by AnkhMorporkian »

ctdonath wrote: post #4

Nice collection. FWIW, the terse title made me wonder if it was a collection of not-used-anywhere (as far as anyone knows) fonts, for times you're looking for a really unique font (say, lest there be an unfortunate association-by-typeface).

That would be a very interesting collection in its own right.

Re: Homeless Fonts

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Post by poopsintub »

korzun wrote: post #12

I don't know how I feel about this. In some way this feels cheap. Fonts? Buying fonts to help homeless people? Having homeless people create fonts that you can license out? Is this the best we can do? Seriously.

I'd rather have them try to get back on their feet with fonts than pestering me everytime I go into the grocery store. Do you have a few dollars? No, I don't carry cash. If I did, and gave it away, I wouldn't have any because every other person is coming up to me for a hand-out.

Re: Homeless Fonts

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Post by esMazer »

korzun wrote: post #12

I don't know how I feel about this. In some way this feels cheap. Fonts? Buying fonts to help homeless people? Having homeless people create fonts that you can license out? Is this the best we can do? Seriously.

Point taken. We as a society should be doing way more to help these people. But then again.. when was the last time you really tried to help someone on the street?

Re: Homeless Fonts

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Post by Volscio »

sneak wrote: post #10

Is anyone else disgusted by this?

DERELICTE! It is a fashion, a way of life inspired by the very homeless, the vagrants, the crack whores that make this wonderful city so unique.
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