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# Names should be added to this file as:
# Name or Organization <email address>

Latin Design:
Ogilvy & Mather

Katakana Design:
Kazunori Shiina, Hayato Yamasaki
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Akiko Nakashima - Executive Producer
Bill Berman - Group Director

Katakana Team Design:
Kazunori Shiina - Art director
Hayato Yamasaki - Art director

Fontself:
Franz Hoffman - Co-founder
Joël Galeran - Co-founder
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## Details

### [Download the fonts](https://github.com/Fontself/TypeWithPride/releases/download/1.003/Gilbert_1.003_alpha.zip) · [How to install](/documentation) · [Get the news](https://www.typewithpride.com/#get-the-news)
### [Download the fonts](https://github.com/Fontself/TypeWithPride/releases) · [How to install](/documentation) · [Get the news](https://www.typewithpride.com/#get-the-news)

*Gilbert* is available today as preview alpha version in the OpenType font format and will grow over the upcoming months into a font family with several weights, stylistic sets, ligatures and symbols.

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# Gilbert usage guide
The Gilbert font family is part of an ongoing project, Type With Pride: www.typewithpride.com

This font family is part of an ongoing project, Type With Pride. Get the latest versions of the free font files at typewithpride.com
- The Gilbert Color font relies on a new color font format, OpenType-SVG.
- It can be installed on both Mac & PC but its colors will only show up on recent systems (macOS Mojave 10.14 and over) and apps (InDesign CC 2019+, Illustrator 2018+, Photoshop 2017+).
- On older systems and apps, the multicolored letters will be displayed as a black font. Gilbert Color includes such a fallback solution, so while the font might look black on your operating system, the color font data is still around: just load Photoshop CC 2017 or a more recent version and you will see the color letters.

*Gilbert* can be installed and used in most apps and operating systems, like any other standard OpenType font file.

*Gilbert Color* can also be installed on both Mac & PC but it will be displayed only in a few apps since it relies on a new color font format, [OpenType-SVG](https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/svg.htm). Color fonts are currently supported by [a couple browsers](http://stateofwebtype.com/#OpenType-SVG) (Firefox and Microsoft Edge) and [more recently](https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/photoshop-cc-adds-support-for-opentype%E2%88%92svg-fonts-an-in-depth-look/) at least by one creative app (Photoshop CC 2017).

Yet no operating system already support color fonts.

The good news is you can include a fallback version within the same font file: a color font file may then also include a standard "black" font to ensure anyone can see the shapes of the typeface, whatever color font support they have.

Gilbert Color includes such a fallback solution, so when you install Gilbert Color on your computer, it will simply show up as a black font. Don't panic, the color font data is still around: just load Photoshop CC 2017 and you will see the color font:
Learn more about color fonts and their compatibility: www.colorfonts.wtf

![Gilbert Color font in Photoshop](gilbert-in-photoshop.png)

You can try it by yourself by loading the sample Photoshop PSD file, TheQuickBrownFox.psd (remember, Photoshop CC 2017 is required)

FYI, many other software, browser and operating system makers are interested to support color fonts, so you can expect to be able to use Gilbert Color in many more apps soon ;)

- Visit Adobe's help page to learn more about Photoshop's support: https://helpx.adobe.com/typekit/using/ot-svg-color-fonts.html
- Check Fontself’s dedicated resource to learn more about color fonts: www.colorfonts.wtf
- And read this great article on the evolution of chromatic type: http://ilovetypography.com/2017/04/03/the-evolution-of-chromatic-fonts
You can try it by yourself by loading the sample Photoshop PSD file, TheQuickBrownFox.psd (remember, Photoshop CC 2017 or more recent is required)
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