Foundry

Welcome to the OSP-foundry!

Here you find all fonts produced by OSP. Some of them are complete typefaces, others works in progress. They are all Libre Fonts, meaning they are released under libre software licenses that allow modification, re-distribution and use.

More about why we make/use Libre fonts.

For us, typography is more than the work of solitary masters passing on their secret trade to devoted pupils, committed as they are to a specialist work overlooked by most common people. This image that is carefully preserved in the closed world of type design, obscures the fact that typography today is lightweight and widespread. It certainly contrasts with the invitation of Free Software to anyone to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve.

Could the production and distribution of Libre Fonts turn this patriarchal system inside out? What if expert and amateur users work together and make improvements to the typefaces they use, what if they share these fixes with others? What if the design of a typeface would benefit from the many eyes of designers working around the world? What if a typeface was not a fixed entity, but a networked set of elements, responding to context and types of use?

At OSP we feel typography is inherently generative, especially since digital files have everything to gain from being copied and re-mixed. We’d rather work with their constraints and affordances, than rely on a contradictory business model that invests more in copyright enforcement than in creative development itself. Typographers forge by nature and (sadly often without credit) appropriate the ideas and designs of their colleagues. We prefer to be explicit about the provenance of our glyphs and curves and hope you enjoy the result as much as we do.

philibert

Last update: 27th October 2023 - 11:23 pierreh brought out: Add README.md

Le logiciel libre, par sa nature ouverte, invite à comprendre les mécanismes des outils numériques

fluxisch-else

Last update: 29th May 2023 - 12:30 pierreh sang: (re)initiated the OFL licence

Les membres effectifs et les membres source sont convoqués à l’assemblée générale ordinaire, qui aura lieu au moins une fois par an

ume

Last update: 21st October 2022 - 16:27 Ludi let out: adding iceberg pictures

erbarre

Last update: 14th May 2021 - 16:08 Gelgon peached: add nacute

Échange et ré-approppriation participent de l’acte créatif

belgica-belgika

Last update: 6th November 2020 - 11:51 pierreh spoke: Upload New File

Le nombre de membres effectif ne peut être inférieur à trois.

alfphabet

Last update: 4th July 2020 - 18:00 pierreh published: Update README.md

Free Culture and Free Software challenge the excesses of copyright.

crickx

Last update: 30th June 2020 - 10:36 pierreh whistled: Update README.html

Practices shape tools—tools shape practices.

polsku

Last update: 12th October 2018 - 10:01 Ludi argued: Merge branch 'master' of gitlab.constantvzw.org:osp/foundry.polsku

The association is constituted for an undetermined period. It can be dissolved at any time.

w-droge

Last update: 12th October 2018 - 09:31 Stéphanie Vilayphiou tattled: webfonts

le concept de culture libre s’étend (…) au dessin, à l’écriture, au design d’objets etc.

vj12

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:34 Stéphanie Vilayphiou disclosed: webfonts

Échange et ré-approppriation participent de l’acte créatif

sans-guilt-wafer

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:34 Stéphanie Vilayphiou said: webfonts

Practices shape tools—tools shape practices.

reglo

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:33 Stéphanie Vilayphiou tattled: webfonts

Les membres effectifs et les membres source sont convoqués à l’assemblée générale ordinaire, qui aura lieu au moins une fois par an

osp-din

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:30 Stéphanie Vilayphiou comitted: webfonts

le concept de culture libre s’étend (…) au dessin, à l’écriture, au design d’objets etc.

notcouriersans

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:28 Stéphanie Vilayphiou blabbed out: webfonts

Les pratiques façonnent les outils - les outils façonnent les pratiques

mill

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:26 Stéphanie Vilayphiou published: webfonts

Print parties, workshops, performances, exhibitions and lectures

libertinage

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:24 Stéphanie Vilayphiou divulged: structure UFR + webfonts

le-patin-helvete

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:23 Stéphanie Vilayphiou spilled the beans: structure UFR + webfonts

cowboy-henk

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:11 Stéphanie Vilayphiou let loose: structure UFR + webfonts

Free software only since 2006.

cimatics

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:09 Stéphanie Vilayphiou talked: structure UFR + webfonts

Les pratiques façonnent les outils - les outils façonnent les pratiques

certegeska

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:09 Stéphanie Vilayphiou expressed: structure UFR

Les pratiques façonnent les outils - les outils façonnent les pratiques

belogodor

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:08 Stéphanie Vilayphiou shouted: structure UFR

Never alone.

ax-28-script

Last update: 5th October 2018 - 16:03 Stéphanie Vilayphiou let the cat out of the bag: webfonts

Les membres effectifs et les membres source sont convoqués à l’assemblée générale ordinaire, qui aura lieu au moins une fois par an

work-avec

Last update: 20th October 2017 - 16:33 Colm rendered: move folder to UFR structure

Print parties, workshops, performances, exhibitions and lectures

stories

Last update: 24th April 2016 - 23:50 Pierre Huyghebaert tattled: Initiate a little iceberg with a cover

metadin

Last update: 24th April 2016 - 23:39 Ludi gave away: yeah a cover of P

limousine

Last update: 15th September 2013 - 00:07 Eric Schrijver whispered: The image called iceberg/{font_slug}_banner.png will show up as the banner

(Rename for the git based implementation of the OSP Foundry design)

sans-guilt

Last update: 15th September 2013 - 00:06 Eric Schrijver argued: The image called iceberg/{font_slug}_banner.png will show up as the banner

(Rename for the git based implementation of the OSP Foundry design)

dlf

Last update: 14th September 2013 - 23:56 Eric Schrijver expressed: The image called iceberg/{font_slug}_banner.png will show up as the banner

(Rename for the git based implementation of the OSP Foundry design)

logisoso

Last update: 14th September 2013 - 23:54 Eric Schrijver shouted: The image called iceberg/{font_slug}_banner.png will show up as the banner

(Rename for the git based implementation of the OSP Foundry design)

metafont

Last update: 12th March 2013 - 15:53 Stéphanie Vilayphiou sang: tant qu'à faire on met les preview png dans l'iceberg non?

skeleton

Last update: 24th February 2011 - 19:43 Alexandre Leray comitted: Touched empty files to force git to track the directories

We would also be proud to publish the uses (and modifications) you make of the fonts on our website. ☺
Clone our repositories via Gitlab. Your contribution is welcome.

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