This technicolor typeface honors the creator of the LGBTQ pride flag

Get the Full StoryRainbows have become synonymous with LGBTQ pride and identity around the globe, thanks to artist and activist Gilbert Baker. He created the rainbow flag in 1978, as a way to represent the vibrancy of the queer community.

Baker died on March 31, but his legacy and vision of the LGBTQ community lives on through a new, creative medium — a rainbow typeface created in his name.

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The eye-catching typeface, simply called "Gilbert," features gently rounded letters with strokes in eight different colors paying tribute to Baker's rainbow flag. Read more...More about Fonts, Design, Rainbow Flag, Lgbt Pride, and Lgbtq Pride

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