RedHatOfficial/Overpass resource
Overpass open source web font family — Sponsored by Red Hat observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4243
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1140
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2096 stars · 110 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Overpass is an open source web font family inspired by Highway Gothic, sponsored by Red Hat and available on Google Fonts. It includes eight weights, true italics, and a monospaced variant (Overpass Mono), built via GitHub Actions with FontBakery QA tests.
Use cases
- find an open source sans-serif web font for a website
- self-host a Red Hat-style font family
- get a monospaced font for code editors and terminals
- use a Highway Gothic-inspired typeface in a design project
- embed an OFL-licensed font in an open source project
When to choose
- you need a free, permissively licensed (OFL/LGPL) web font
- you want a clean sans-serif with many weights plus a matching monospace
- you want a font sponsored by Red Hat and available on Google Fonts
When to avoid
- you need a serif or display typeface
- you need a font with extensive non-Latin script support
Facets
dataset · maturity stable
developer-tools web-design cross-platform cross-platform font webfont typography highway-gothic ofl red-hat monospace web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/RedHatOfficial/Overpass · fetched 2026-08-28 · 428dc0c2ea03
- homepage: http://overpassfont.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 57e2d3627401
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| RedHatOfficial/Overpass | main | 23 |
For agents
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