Ouroboros

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29 March 2021Updated charset to Velvetyne Standard Charset Cleaned some glyphs Changed the xheight Spacing and kerning

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23 March 2021Added support to Latin Extended.

Ouroboros 2.1

22 February 2021Improved some curves & added some symbols suggested by artist Hélène Mourrier. More queer/alternative-culture symbols will be added in the future.

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23 December 2020Vincent Wagner of Studio Brot created a 3D model for a wide selection of latin glyphs of the Pilowlava font! Note that this work is not like a simple automatic extrusion. Vincent carefully sculpted every glyph, achieving the rounder and puffier rendering you could get. Note how the z-thickness of the strokes is not uniform, increasing and decreasing with the width of the strokes, but not linearly. The achieved effect is such as the one you would get by bending a metal tube. This work brings Pilowlava into the haptic world. Those 3D glyphs have been modeled for subdivision. Each single glyph is made from 76 to 786 polygons. This work is released under the Free Art License, meaning that it's freely usable for any personal or commercial use as long as you credit its author, and modifiable as long as you share the modifications under the same license. Files are available under the .blend .c4d .fbx and .obj formats.

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Ouroboros

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Звезды и Чудеса

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.

Giả kim thuật là một truyền thống triết học và tiền khoa học được thực hành khắp châu Âu, Ai Cập và châu Á. Mục đích của giả kim thuật là để làm sạch, trưởng thành và hoàn thiện một số đối tượng. Mục tiêu mà giả kim thuật nhắm đến là chuyển đổi các kim loại cơ bản, rẻ tiền (ví dụ: chì) thành các kim loại quý (ví dụ: vàng); tạo ra thuốc trường sinh bất tử; tạo ra loại thuốc có thể chữa bất kỳ bệnh nào (Panacea) và sự phát triển của Alkahest - một chất dung môi hòa tan mọi thứ.

In physics, the shower-curtain effect is the phenomenon in which a shower curtain gets blown inward with a running shower. The problem of the cause of this effect has been featured in Scientific American magazine, with several theories given to explain the phenomenon but no definite conclusion. As a second meaning, the fact that nearby phase front distortions of an optical wave are more severe than remote distortions of the same amplitude is called shower-curtain effect.

Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicæ sistematisatæ per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros

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Font Infos

- Styles
- Regular
- Initiated by
- Ariel Martín Pérez
- Modified & contributed by
- Hélène Alix Mourrier
- Collections
- Human made
- Serif
- Fantasy
- Writing systems
- Latin
- Symbols
- Cyrillic
- License
- SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
- Get the source files
- Get the PDF specimen
- Initialy published on the 31 October 2018
- Last update on the 22 February 2021

Font description

——————— English ———————

The Ouroboros or uroborus is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. Ouroboros is also a font for alchemists, witches, heretics, outsiders and curious people in general. It's inspired by early art-nouveau styles, which were sometimes used in relation with magical themes and symbolism, so it comes together with a set of alchemical and astronomical symbols.

——————— Français ———————

L'Ouroboros ou uroborus est un ancien symbole qui représente un serpent ou un dragon mangeant sa propre queue. Ouroboros est aussi un caractère typographique conçue pour les alchimistes, les sorcières, les hérétiques, les étrangers et les gens curieux en général. Il a été inspiré par les premiers styles de l'art nouveau, qui étaient parfois associés à des motifs et des symbologies magiques, et c'est pour cela qu'il contient un ensemble de symboles alchimiques et astronomiques.

——————— Español ———————

El Ouroboros o uróboros es un antiguo símbolo que representa una serpiente o un dragón comiéndose su propia cola. Ouroboros es también un tipo de letra para alquimistas, brujas, herejes, forasteros y curiosos en general. Está inspirado en los primeros estilos del art nouveau, que a veces eran utilizados en relación con temas y simbologías mágicas, por lo que contiene un conjunto de símbolos alquímicos y astronómicos.

Learn more about Ariel's design process

The Origins of Ouroboros02 Jan 2019

Versions history

This typeface is open-source. As such, it has been modified over the time and you can see here the different major versions it went by and the people working on these versions. You also can have access to the older versions of the files if you are a nostalgic person. Check all our design history on our fontlog page.

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