Last week we learned that Test Pilot Collective founder Joe Kral had been hospitalized. Not only did he have to contend with internal bleeding of a kidney and several blood transfusions, but he's also one of the unfortunate folks who does not have health insurance. The Veer gang sends wishes for a speedy recovery… and a little something extra. To help ease his medical expenses, Veer will be passing along all revenue from the sales of Test Pilot Collective fonts directly to Joe for the next three months. Every bit helps.
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And kudos to Grant and the fine folks at Veer! Buy Joe's catalog and help a brother out. It's only $20 shipped.
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{ John } : That would be sweet of we could override the default setting for the Flont text across the site for promotional purposes, but it's not possible - yet. Good idea though... we'd knock the concept outta da park.
{ Dylan } : Thanks for the nod and the reminder about the Skate or Die show and fundraising auction that Joe curated last summer. The image of Joe that I used for this post was snapped at one of the openings. I think the proceeds of catalog sales may go to the Faribault Skatepark Association (one of Joe's community projects) rather than the artist himself. I ordered one for myself, regardless.
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Thanks thanks thanks Veer.
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Joe is the man - I wish him the best of luck... His typography, photography and sketchbooks stand out in my memory of him.
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He's not dead Jesse... he's hospitalized. Love his work none the less. Get well Joe.
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If you're not in need of any groovy font love right now, you can still support Joe by donating pure, simple cash. Check out joekral.needshelp.org for details.
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I hope Joe all the best. You should change the demo text for these fonts to: 'Joe Kral gets extra zeal when you buy Collective'
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