Gilbert Baker passed away in 2017. In his honor, a font family called Gilbert was created using the same design elements as the rainbow flag. The bold and bright lines of color from Baker’s flag find their most recent interpretation in this font. Now, these stripes are bent and laid together to form each letter. This creates a playful but bold sans serif font that is unmistakably linked to the rainbow flag. Interestingly, the colors of the most recent iteration of the rainbow flag are not used. The black and brown stripes that promote intersectionality and the blue, white, and pink stripes that promote transgender rights are absent from this design. This could be because many people are still skeptical of the new colors due to design issues or it could be because Baker did not have any hand in the redesigns. It is arguable that the dark areas of overlap on some letters could be pointing to the new colors without explicitly including them. Even so, this font holds the same values of Baker’s original design. It is meant for everyone, everywhere, and so the Gilbert font is available for free download by anyone with access to the internet.

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