Open Font Library
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The Open Font Library is a project devoted to hosting, and encouraging the creation of font
s released under Free Licenses
. It is a sister project to the Open Clip Art Library
and has hosted over one hundred fonts. Originally created as an initiative 2006, the project launched a major public launch on May 12, 2011 at the Libre Graphics Meeting
2011 in Montreal by Fabricatorz developer Christopher Adams.
The Open Font Library recommends designers use the SIL Open Font License
(OFL) (although since both share the same initials, the acronym for the Open Font Library is suggested as "OFLB.")
The site was started with a deployment of ccHost version 4, and in 2008 Dave Crossland made a funding campaign that raised over US$10,000 from Mozilla
, Prince XML
, River Valley
and TUG to transition to ccHost 5 with a new brand to promote web font linking. However, the work done with the funds was not published until 2010 at the 2010 Libre Graphics Meeting. Crossland made an application for the Open Font Library to the 2010 Creative Commons Catalyst Grants programme.
The project's members meet annually at the Libre Graphics Meeting
. In 2011, work supported by Dave Crossland, Christopher Adams, the Fabricatorz and other community members got a major release in Montreal. The Fabricatorz built the project on the Aiki Framework
and now hosts all development planning on Launchpad.
Font
In typography, a font is traditionally defined as a quantity of sorts composing a complete character set of a single size and style of a particular typeface...
s released under Free Licenses
Open content
Open content or OpenContent is a neologism coined by David Wiley in 1998 which describes a creative work that others can copy or modify. The term evokes open source, which is a related concept in software....
. It is a sister project to the Open Clip Art Library
Open Clip Art Library
The Open Clip Art Library project aims to create a collection of vector clip art that is free content.- History :The project started in early 2004 by Inkscape developers Jon Phillips and Bryce Harrington to collect designs of flags from all around the world, having been inspired by the efforts to...
and has hosted over one hundred fonts. Originally created as an initiative 2006, the project launched a major public launch on May 12, 2011 at the Libre Graphics Meeting
Libre Graphics Meeting
The Libre Graphics Meeting is an annual convention for the discussion of free and open source software used with graphics; The first Libre Graphics Meeting was held in May 2006. Communities from Inkscape, GIMP, Krita, Scribus, sK1, Blender, Open Clip Art Library, Open Font Library, and more come...
2011 in Montreal by Fabricatorz developer Christopher Adams.
The Open Font Library recommends designers use the SIL Open Font License
SIL Open Font License
The SIL Open Font License is a free and open source license designed for fonts by SIL International for use with some of their Unicode fonts. The license is considered free by the Free Software Foundation, which states that a simple hello world program is enough to satisfy the license's requirement...
(OFL) (although since both share the same initials, the acronym for the Open Font Library is suggested as "OFLB.")
The site was started with a deployment of ccHost version 4, and in 2008 Dave Crossland made a funding campaign that raised over US$10,000 from Mozilla
Mozilla
Mozilla is a term used in a number of ways in relation to the Mozilla.org project and the Mozilla Foundation, their defunct commercial predecessor Netscape Communications Corporation, and their related application software....
, Prince XML
Prince XML
Prince is a proprietary software program that converts XML and HTML documents into PDF files by applying Cascading Style Sheets . It is developed by YesLogic, a small company based in Melbourne, Australia.-History:...
, River Valley
River Valley
River Valley is the name of an urban planning area within the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.The River Valley Planning Area is defined by the region bounded by Orchard Boulevard, Devonshire Road and Eber Road to the north, Oxley Rise and Mohamed Sultan Road to the east, Martin...
and TUG to transition to ccHost 5 with a new brand to promote web font linking. However, the work done with the funds was not published until 2010 at the 2010 Libre Graphics Meeting. Crossland made an application for the Open Font Library to the 2010 Creative Commons Catalyst Grants programme.
The project's members meet annually at the Libre Graphics Meeting
Libre Graphics Meeting
The Libre Graphics Meeting is an annual convention for the discussion of free and open source software used with graphics; The first Libre Graphics Meeting was held in May 2006. Communities from Inkscape, GIMP, Krita, Scribus, sK1, Blender, Open Clip Art Library, Open Font Library, and more come...
. In 2011, work supported by Dave Crossland, Christopher Adams, the Fabricatorz and other community members got a major release in Montreal. The Fabricatorz built the project on the Aiki Framework
Aiki Framework
Aiki Framework "is a flexible PHP + MYSQL content management framework that allows designers and programmers to easily create and work with existing content management systems from the web.". The is its commercial steward and has used it to build Open Clip Art Library 3.0 and the now public Open...
and now hosts all development planning on Launchpad.
See also
- Open ContentOpen contentOpen content or OpenContent is a neologism coined by David Wiley in 1998 which describes a creative work that others can copy or modify. The term evokes open source, which is a related concept in software....
- Open Clip Art LibraryOpen Clip Art LibraryThe Open Clip Art Library project aims to create a collection of vector clip art that is free content.- History :The project started in early 2004 by Inkscape developers Jon Phillips and Bryce Harrington to collect designs of flags from all around the world, having been inspired by the efforts to...
- Create ProjectCreate ProjectThe Create Project is a web-based community focused on communication and sharing between Free and Open Source Creative applications.Initially the project was created by FreeDesktop.org as a space for collaboration between free software creative projects, since then the project has become a full...
- Libre Graphics MeetingLibre Graphics MeetingThe Libre Graphics Meeting is an annual convention for the discussion of free and open source software used with graphics; The first Libre Graphics Meeting was held in May 2006. Communities from Inkscape, GIMP, Krita, Scribus, sK1, Blender, Open Clip Art Library, Open Font Library, and more come...
- Aiki FrameworkAiki FrameworkAiki Framework "is a flexible PHP + MYSQL content management framework that allows designers and programmers to easily create and work with existing content management systems from the web.". The is its commercial steward and has used it to build Open Clip Art Library 3.0 and the now public Open...