One of our favorite typographers, Paul Barnes (Hampsten Cycles, Kate Moss), is also the bloke responsible for the font used on many of the World Cup jerseys:
"Soon after the Commercial Type Twitter feed revealed “Italy’s shirts use a custom typeface called Crepello, designed by our very own Paul Barnes for Puma.” Erik Spiekermann commented “at last a typeface for sports designed by a proper designer.” And that wasn’t all, because “Paul also designed another typeface called Olembe for Puma, which is used on Ghana, Cameroon, and some other African nations’ shirts.” I conducted a mini-interview with the designer of both typefaces."
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And Paul, your bike is shipping soon, just waiting on a saddle...
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