"HOMELESSFONTS" to sell handwritten fonts to support homeless people

I lost my job and my place of residence, and unavoidably have to send a homeless life on the streetHomelessIncrease is becoming a social problem in various parts of the world. A homeless support organization projects that funds for support are obtained by processing such "letters" that such homeless wrote to call for help, converting it to fonts, and selling itHOMELESSFONTS(Homeless font) "is carried out.

HOMELESSFONTS
http://www.homelessfonts.org/

You can see what is going on in "HOMELESSFONTS" by seeing the following movie.

HOMELESSFONTS on Vimeo


A homeless man showing a message written on cardboard. It is a man named Francis who wrote that "We sometimes need help for us."


"Please help me, please."


"Everything is OK, just saying" good morning ""


"I have lost everything, but I do not forget the feelings of believing in others."


It is "HOMELESSFONTS" that supports such homeless and brings to life. Foundation based in Barcelona, ​​Spain "Arrels FoundationIt is a project launched.


"It's not a pleasant thing to write a letter on a cardboard, it's not a pleasant thing, it's not a nice thing, much less a loving story, not a love story, every time I write something wrinkles."


If it is expressed in a word ......


"The city is terrible."


Characters written by each person have personality. The same can be said for the letters written by homeless who many people take away.


"The letters that I wrote in order to get food on street try to get them out of such a life"


"Characters show their personality"


"There is no one in the world who writes the same letter as myself"


"There is a flow in this letter, full of energy."


A workshop to convert letters written by homeless into fonts was opened.


"There are two ways of writing in my character, one for the others and the other for me."


"I can hardly read letters by myself to others,"


"My letter has energy, it's free."


"My letter is ... ... kindness"


"A daughter saw my letter from the viewpoint of handwriting appraisal ... ... I told him that my letter was" a letter written by a madman and a genius. "


"He's a Maestro"


In this way, letters written in the workshop are imported into the PC.


Then enlarge the letters and follow the shape of letterstraceThen make it data.


And like this letter of "A", it was fonted.


Anyone can install and use data fonts on PC ......


Some companies incorporate it into the letters used in advertisements.


"What is written in this bottle is my letter"


"Freedom", it is something that can not be changed anything "


"If there is no freedom, I do not need anything."


"What I need is" Rosa "My mother"


"Love"


"Hope"


"Hands to help out ... ...."


That effort was HOMELESSFONTS, which is being promoted as part of "No-one sleeping on the street (nobody sleeps on the street)" Arrels Foundation is advancing.


The Arrels Foundation is an organization that supports homelessness and helps independence. We provide places to live and food, etc. to support the work and the worth living necessary for living.

Arrels Fundació | Nobody sleeping on the street
http://www.arrelsfundacio.org/en/


HOMELESSFONTSsiteSo, a lot of "font writers" works are on line.


As you go to each person's page, the history and font of the past are displayed.


The price of the font was 19 euros (about 2600 yen) in the case of personal use and 290 euros (about 40,000 yen) in the case of commercial use.


The profit obtained from sales will be used to fund the foundation that supports the homeless.

In addition to this, as an attempt to support homeless people in terms of economy, homeless sells about 300 yen of magazines, and international efforts to earn incomeBig Issue(Big issue), etc. Also in JapanBig issue Japan versionHas been published.

Big Issue Japan Version | BIGISSUE JAPAN
http://www.bigissue.jp/