Velvetyne — libre & open source type foundry
Libre fonts?
We design libre / open source fonts. That means that you can use, modify and redistribute them freely! Learn more and contribute to the adventure of Velvetyne Type Foundry by reading our “about” page!
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Grotesk v3.0
13 January 2023In 2023, a new version of Grotesk developed by Ariel Martín Pérez was released. This new version introduces new weights that are multiplexed, which means that you can change the weight of the font without changing the width of the paragraphs. This new version also presents some subtle optical corrections. Last but not least, it considerably expands the glyphset of the font with a brand new lowercase set as well as language support for Russian, Ukrainian, Tifinagh and many Latin-based languages.
BackOut 2.15 October 2022The 2.1 version of Backout presents improved spacing and kerning, some new ligatures and some subtle optical adjustments.
Basteleur v2.015 June 2022A bit more than a year after its original release, Keussel adds a new sharp thinner weight to the pre-existing soft bold weight of Basteleur. Welcome Basteleur Moonlight!!!
Pilowlava v1.122 March 2022Ukrainian design Maksym Kobuzan added the Cyrillic to Pilowlava, allowing speakers of Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Serbian languages to play with the typeface. The unicase approach of Pilowlava particularly suits the Cyrillic script and Maksym made a good use of his playful mind to offer a truly original Cyrillic.
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Tools
- Free type design softwares:
- Metafont (web)
- Fontforge (Linux, Windows, Mac)
- Metapolator (web)
- Birdfont (Linux, Windows, Mac)
- Trufont (Linux, Windows, Mac)
- Glyphr Studio (web)
- Metaflop Modulator (web)
- Fontstruct (web)
- Proprietary type design softwares:
- Other type tools:
- Fontview (Linux, Mac, open-source)
Tiny software for testing fonts and variable fonts. - Dinamo Font Gauntlet (web)
Web tool to preview, test and animate variable fonts.
- Fontview (Linux, Mac, open-source)
- Layout softwares:
- Drawbot (Mac, open-source)
- Web tools:
- Processwire
Light CMS to create websites. Velvetyne’s one uses Processwire. Fully customisable, clean, we love it.
- Processwire
Other open source foundries / collections
- Foundries
- The League of Moveable Type
The oldest open foundry out there (USA) - Open source Publishing Foundry
The open fonts release by the overally open-source collective OSP (Brussels, Belgium) - Mooniak
An open-source design collective / foundry based in Colombo, Sri Lanka - NoirBlancRouge
The open fonts designed by French design Bastien Sozoo - Luuse’s Typotheque
The collection of open fonts used and/or made by Luuse collective (Brussels, Belgium) - Montifonti
Vika Usmanova’s open fonts - Republi.sh
Open foundry specialized into the reviving of urban and archive found typefaces in Saigon, Vietnam - Bonjour Monde
- Collletttivo
Open foundry based in Milan (Italy) - Tunera
The multi-lingual open foundry lead by Velvetyne member Ariel Màrtin Perez - Suva Type Foundry
Fonts by the students and faculty of EKA GD in various workshops, classes and projects (Tallin, Estonia) - Gutenberg.osdn
Japanese open foundry - Pépite
- Warsaw Types
Polish open foundry
- The League of Moveable Type
- Collections
- List of libre / open source Foundries
- Use & Modify
A collection of fonts gathered by Raphaël Bastide. - Open Source Fonts list of Laurel Schwulst
- Font Library
- Badass Libre Fonts By Womxn
Everything is in the name. A list of free and open-source fonts by womxn designers maintained by Loraine Furter.