The REM font family is a sans serif font ready for corporate and display uses. It features a heavy low contrast combined with outstrokes that get slightly thinner, which is the opposite of the conventional approach. All together gives it a contemporary feeling suitable for modern branding. With more than 960 glyphs the font is ready for complex type setting with 4 sets of figures, small caps and some alternate glyphs. The name "REM" is an acronym for "Rapid Eye Movement," which refers to a stage of sleep characterized by quick, random eye movements. I chose to name the font REM because I dreamt of it and began drawing it from my dream.
The font is built using fontmake and gftools post processing script. Tools are all python based, so it must be previously installed.
To install all the Python tools into a virtualenv, do the following:
From terminal:
cd your/local/project/directory
Once in the project folder create a virtual environment. This step has to be done just once, the first time:
python3 -m venv venv
Activate the virtual environment. This step should be done every time when working in the project.
source venv/bin/activate
Install the required dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
Then run the this commands:
cd sources
gftools builder config.yml
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at https://scripts.sil.org/OFL