m4rc1e/Foldit

Variable Color Font using COLRv1 capabilities on Google Fonts

Foldit Font Project (coming soon)

Foldit is a variable-gradient COLRv1 font which uses gradients to play with dimension and sense of space. Styles run along weight and width axes with two masters: Thin Condensed and Extrabold Expanded. First version is available in GF Latin Plus character set. Concept of this design was, as the name suggest, based on a folded paper strip.

Project Author

Sophia Tai (@SophiaTypeLove) is an independent typeface designer. She is an alumna of the MA Typeface Design course at University of Reading and was featured on the Malee 2021 Women of Typographic Excellence list.

Links: website | github | instagram | twitter | twitch

Project Contributors

• Viviana Monsalve (dev support) | github
• Khaled Kosny (COLRv1 dev support) | github
• Cosimo Lupo (FontTools) | github
• Simon Cozens (dev support) | github
• Linh Nguyen (Vietnamese diacritics advice)
• Just van Rossum (FontGoggles) | github
• Laurence Penney (Samsa) | github
• Yanone (general support) | github

Changelog

When you update your font (new version or new release), please report all notable changes here, with a date. Font Versioning is based on semver. Changelog example:

26 September 2022. Version 1.00

• MAJOR Font turned to a variable font.
• SIGNIFICANT New Stylistic sets added.
• First release. Latin Plus character set. COLRv1 variable-gradient.

Make a contribution

(Last updated: 08 August 2022)

Guide for making your contribution to this project:

1. If you use Glyphs font editing software, use Glyphs3 or above. These are the only versions which support COLRv1 gradients. Add your contribution in Foldit-origin.glyphs source file to keep an editable version.
2. For COLRv1 feature make sure you only have native Color layer type selected and no others.
3. Make a copy of the source file and name this Foldit-decomposed.glyphs
4. In Foldit-decomposed.glyphs file, decompose all elements on all masters and clear background on all masters (for which you can use Toshi Omagari's script).
5. Generate font files locally using fontmake

License

This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at https://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Repository Layout

This font repository structure is inspired by Unified Font Repository v0.3, modified for the Google Fonts workflow.