Typography for free
Welcome to Jos Buivenga's exljbris Font Foundry. Here you can find my [free] fonts.
Delicious, Fontin, Fontin Sans, Tallys, Fertigo Pro, Diavlo, Anivers, Museo, Museo Sans, Museo Slab & Calluna.
What's in this difficult to read and pronounce name? An ex libris is a label bearing the owner's name that is pasted usually on the inside cover of a book. My initials are ljb, so I that's how I came to my label: exljbris.
[new release] Museo Slab
Museo Slab comes in 12 styles of which 2 are free! Read more...
MyFonts interview
Jan Middendorp interviewed me for the MyFonts Creatice Characters September issue.
[new release] Calluna
Calluna comes in 8 styles. The regular is absolutely free. Read more...
[new release] Museo Sans
Museo Sans comes in 10 styles. Two are absolutely free. Read more...
[new release] Fertigo Pro free font
Fertigo has been updated and is now called Fertigo Pro. Read more...
[new release] Anivers
Anivers comes in regular, bold, italic and small caps. The regular weight is absolutely free. Read more...
[new release] MUSEO
MUSEO comes in 5 weights. 3 weights are absolutely free, 2 are paid. Read more...
Wild Type Gear - 100% Type Designer Shirts
I’ve set up “Wild Type Gear”: a little T-shirt shop with some typographic designs I liked to see on shirts. Prices are as low as possible, because it’s just a fun project (I don’t make any profit out of this).
Recommended Books on (type) design
Thinking with type by Ellen Lupton - A wonderfull book on using type.
Designing Type by Karen Cheng - A great book on constructing type.
Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst - A must have.
How to Learn FontLab Fast by Leslie Cabarga
Highly recommended
- RMX Tools - Absolutely indispensable tools for type design by Tim Ahrens
- iKern - Brilliant spacing & kerning service by Igino Marini
- KLTF - Goodies for (OT) font production by Karsten –Grandmaster- Luecke
