Source Sans Pro

Source Sans Pro
Category Sans-serif
Classification Grotesque sans-serif, Humanist sans-serif
Designer(s) Paul D. Hunt
Foundry Adobe Systems
Date created 2012
License SIL Open Font License

Source Sans Pro is a sans serif typeface created by Paul D. Hunt for Adobe Systems.[1] It is the first open-source font family from Adobe, distributed under the SIL Open Font License.[2][3]

The typeface is inspired by the forms of the American Type Founders' gothics by Morris Fuller Benton, such as News Gothic, Lightline Gothic and Franklin Gothic, modified with both a larger x-height and character width and more humanist-influenced italic forms.[4] It is available in six weights (Regular, ExtraLight, Light, Semibold, Bold, Black) in upright and italic styles. The typeface has wide language support for Latin script, including Western and Eastern European languages, Vietnamese, pinyin Romanization of Chinese, and Navajo.[2]

Adobe's open source family

See also

References

  1. ↑ Paul, Ryan (2012-08-03). "Adobe releases Source Sans Pro, a new open source font". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  2. 1 2 Hunt, Paul D. (2 August 2012). "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family". Adobe Typekit Blog. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Gilbertson, Scott (3 August 2012). "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's First Open Source Type Family". Webmonkey. Wired. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Rugen, Chris. "Source Sans review". Typographica. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

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