# Foundation One

Based on the central font design used in Foundation, the Apple TV+ series based on the Asimov books, to indicate a change in context, location or time.  Released with the SIL Open Font License (OFL).

<img src="samples/Foundation_One_name.png" alt="The name Foundation One is shown in large type on an image showing spaceships attacking a planet, a scene from the Apple TV+ series Foundation — underneath that is a tagline, 'The premier font used across the galaxy'" title="Foundation One, the premier font used across the galaxy">

The font is still under construction and not all the characters and numbers (and hardly any symbols or punctuation) have shown up.  Here the "missing" glyphs are substituted with  &#8220;compatible conjectures&#8221;:

<!-- img src="samples/Foundation_One_conjectured_characters.png" alt="The text 'Quizzical twins proved my hijack bugfix' plus numbers, basic symbols and punctuation, set in the Foundation One font, based on the Apple TV+ series Foundation" title="Characters already completed in the Foundation One font" / -->

<img src="samples/Foundation_One_glyphs.png" alt="All uppercase letters, numbers, punctuation and most Basic Latin symbols of the Foundation One font, displayed against a scene from the Apple TV+ series Foundation, based on the Asimov books" title="Foundation One charset, fleshed out to the Basic Latin codeblock">

As you can see, the font features distinctive S, M, U, W, B, K and G shapes not shared with other typefaces.  Many characters and all the numbers include dots in the design (H, 1, 3) or as a decorative element (A, S, W). 

To download the related OFL font based on Foundation&rsquo;s title sequence, visit the <a href="https://github.com/rsperberg/foundation-titles-hand" title="Jump to Foundation Titles repo">Foundation Titles</a> repo here on GitHub.  A font based on the <a href="https://github.com/rsperberg/foundation-logo" title="Jump to Foundation Logo repo"> Foundation Logo</a> is also in progress, and a <a href="https://github.com/rsperberg/foundation-screen" title="Jump to Foundation Screen repo">font</a> based on the type design seen on computer screens in Foundation is planned.

The source .ifm2archive files are in the file format used by iFontMaker, the iPad font-design tool made by Eiji and Tom, Inc., which you can find at <a href="https://2ttf.com/" title="Jump to 2ttf.com">2ttf.com</a>.  To install Foundation One on an iPhone or iPad, use the command “Install (for iOS)” at <a href="https://2ttf.com/BW7GxybNOS0" title="Jump to 2ttf.com/BW7GxybNOS0">2ttf.com/BW7GxybNOS0</a>.  You may have to use Safari for this to work.

