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Quite happy that whole plagiarism scandal happened for Tokyo 2020. Could honestly not imagine the look of the games any differently than what it actually was. That proposed Tokyo 2020 font is a little too old-fashioned and I honestly love the basic, yet powerful actual font. Also love the Tokyo 2020 logo. Sydney and Rio are definitely by favorite “cursive fonts” out there. They’re both very welcoming and just really pleasant to look at. Sydney’s especially. Not a fan of Beijing 2008, but I am a fan of Beijing 2022. Beijing 2008 feels like Sydney 2.0, Beijing 2022 really added to the Beijing 2022 in a good way. Though it does feel a little too corporate. Also I’m loving the actual Milano Cortina emblem font that @Sir Rols displayed on the left. Something about that First M and last A extending like mountains make it so sleek and fashionable. Definitely one of my favorites so far but need to see it actually be implemented to like it. I’m also a fan of 2026 emblem itself. London and Sochi are iconic, and wouldn’t come off nice as fonts by themselves but the way they were implemented with the look really sold them for me. Athens 2004 is very simple, but very elegant and really captures something “modern Greek”.

Just at a quick glance, I like Rio's best. Quite playful.

I did these I suppose in 2006, just came across them.

I’d love this. Might be way too into Olympic font design than I’d like to admit. Hopefully! These are the ones I’m referring to and can find on Wikipedia. The ones on the Milano-Cortina side are Pyeongchang though.

Something tells me he's not sowing his seeds in a fertile field...

Yeah, I hope they remove this f*cking song for good as soon as the Olympic Champion in Fencing leaves.

In the end, this ceremony was a bit like the Paris 2024 handover, but better. Very nice to see. Apparently, there were even more people than expected, especially along the Marseille coast. The gauge was announced at 150,000 people, but if we include those who were elsewhere than at the Old Port, I would not be surprised if the total attendance was 200-250k people. The funniest thing, ultimately, is having broken the attendance records for all the Olympic ceremonies... even though it's "just" for the arrival of the flame. Hoping that what was done today can give ideas to future host countries/cities, starting with LA 2028 in four years. In any case, clearly, the objective of the day has been largely achieved. For those who want to watch the replay on the Olympics YouTube channel (start at 31:59):

I feel like the final torch bearer will still be an athlete. This is a much more important Olympic tradition than the identity of who lights up the cauldron at the end of the day on the relay. I like that Jul got to light the cauldron tonight because it showed that the games are much more than a sporting event and it's a good way to get the people talking. In the end, the relay is nothing more than a big promotional tool to get people to pay notice to the games. It makes sense.