🌈 The Gilbert Font Project

AUTHORS.txt

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+# This is the official list of project authors for copyright purposes. 
+# This file is distinct from the CONTRIBUTORS.txt file. 
+# See the latter for an explanation. 
+# 
+# Names should be added to this file as: 
+# Name or Organization <email address> 
+
+Ogilvy & Mather

CONTRIBUTORS.txt

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+# This is the list of people who have contributed to this project,
+# and includes those not listed in AUTHORS.txt because they are not
+# copyright authors. For example, company employees may be listed
+# here because their company holds the copyright and is listed there.
+#
+# When adding J Random Contributor's name to this file, either J's
+# name or J's organization's name should be added to AUTHORS.txt
+#
+# Names should be added to this file as:
+# Name <email address>
+
+[email protected]
+
+Ogilvy & Mather Design Team:
+Alfonso Marian - Chief Creative Officer
+Chris Rowson - Creative Director
+Bastien Baumann - Creative Director
+Rodrigo Moran - Creative Director
+Robyn Makinson - Designer and Font Designer
+Justin Au - Motion Designer
+Akiko Nakashima - Executive Producer
+Bill Berman - Group Director
+
+Fontself:
+Franz Hoffman - Co-founder
+Joël Galeran - Co-founder
+Mohamed Ghenania - Co-founder

METADATA.yml

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+---
+unified font repository version: "0.2"
+unified font repository url: https://github.com/raphaelbastide/Unified-Font-Repository/
+typeface family:
+  name: Gilbert
+  tags:
+  - sans
+  - sans-serif
+  - color
+  - colorful
+  - chromatic
+  - headline
+  - poster
+  - magazine
+  - modern
+  - branding
+  - logo
+  - geometric
+  - German
+  - decorative
+  - Art Deco
+  - Tshirt
+  repository url: https://github.com/fontself/TypeWithPride
+  project url: http://www.typewithpride.com
+  project status: alpha
+  tools:
+  - Fontself Maker for Illustrator
+  - Adobe Illustrator
+  similar fonts:
+  - Relish Pro
+  - Windlesham Pro
+  sample text:
+  - en_us: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
+...

README.md

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+# Type With Pride: The Gilbert Font Project
+
+On 31 March, 2017, Gilbert Baker the creator of the iconic Rainbow Flag sadly passed away. Mr. Baker was both an LGBTQ activist and artist, and was known for helping friends create banners for protests and marches. To honor the memory of Gilbert Baker, NewFest and NYC Pride partnered with Ogilvy & Mather and Fontself to create free fonts inspired by the design language of the iconic Rainbow Flag, the typeface was named *Gilbert* after Mr. Baker.
+
+- Learn more about Type With Pride at [typewithpride.com](https://www.typewithpride.com)
+- Learn more about the ongoing creative and technical process on the Fontself blog (coming soon!)
+
+## Specimen
+
+[![Gilbert Specimen](specimen.jpg)](https://www.typewithpride.com)
+
+## Details
+
+### [Download the fonts](https://github.com/Fontself/TypeWithPride/releases/download/1.001/Gilbert_1.001_alpha.zip) · [How to install](/documentation)
+
+*Gilbert* is available today as preview beta 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.
+
+*Gilbert Color* features colorful glyphs and is currently available in the OpenType-SVG color font format.
+
+- [Check out the docs](/documentation) to learn more about how to use the *Gilbert* font and its color version.
+- [Check out ColorFonts.WTF](https://www.colorfonts.wtf) to learn more about color fonts and their technical specificities.
+
+*Gilbert* was made with a custom version of [Fontself for Illustrator](https://www.fontself.com), based on a typeface design created in [Adobe Illustrator](https://www.adobe.com/illustrator). The font sources will be freely available at a later stage.
+
+## License
+
+Thanks to support from the Type With Pride authors, NewFest, NYC Pride and Fontself, all Type With Pride artwork and the Gilbert font are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Learn more about this license and usage rights at <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>
+
+- Learn more about NewFest at [newfest.org](http://www.newfest.org)
+- Learn more about NYC Pride at [nycpride.org](https://www.nycpride.org)
+- Learn more about Fontself at [fontself.com](https://www.fontself.com)
+
+## Repository Layout
+
+The font repository follows the Unified Font Repository v2.0, a standard way to organize font project source files. 
+
+- Learn more at <https://github.com/raphaelbastide/Unified-Font-Repository>

documentation/README.md

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+# Gilbert usage guide
+
+This document demonstrates how to use the Gilbert fonts.
+
+*Gilbert* can be installed and used in many 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).
+
+The good news is you can actually provide fallback versions of a font within the same font file, so a color font may include the standard "black" font to ensure anyone can see the actual shape of the typeface, whatever color font support they have. 
+
+The bad news is that Gilbert Color does NOT YET include such fallback solution, so when you install Gilbert Color on your computer, it will simply show up blank :( 
+
+![Gilbert Color on MacOS](gilbert-preview.png)
+
+Don't panic, if you see an empty font in your Font Book or Font Manager, the color font data is still around. You will just have to load Photoshop CC 2017 to actually see the font:
+
+![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