OS Nadrey

Rewriting the Rules of Type Design & International Collaboration

Started in 2023, Nadrey is a sweet and nostalgic typeface that carries affection in its forms.

Aware that breaking into type design would be difficult coming from outside the eurocentric ecosystem, I signed in 2025 with ALT-tf, a foundry positioning itself around diversity and representation in type design, to distribute it. Unfortunately, the relationship revealed what many "progressive" Western institutions practice despite their good intentions: extraction disguised as support, savior complex masquerading as partnership, expanding control beyond agreed terms.

I terminated the contract in January 2026. Under the settlement, ALT can continue selling Nadrey Regular until £2309 net is reached, at which point all rights return home, to O'Plérou Studio.

Rather than wait passively, I'm offering a gift to those who help me recover Nadrey faster:
Anyone who buys ALT Nadrey Regular and sends their receipt receives the four additional weights that ALT doesn't own, for free.
Each purchase reduces the distance between Nadrey and freedom.

Once liberated, OS Nadrey complete family becomes free for Ivorian individuals and small businesses, and available to license for international buyers.