Source Sans
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| Category | Sans-serif |
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| Classification | Grotesque, Humanist |
| Designer(s) | Paul D. Hunt |
| Foundry | Adobe Inc. |
| Date created | 2012 |
| License | SIL Open Font License |
| Design based on |
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| Variations | Source Han Sans |
| Website | github |
| Latest release version | v3.046 |
| Latest release date | July 14, 2021 |
Source Sans (known as Source Sans Pro before 2021)[1] is a sans-serif typeface created by Paul D. Hunt, released by Adobe in 2012.[2] It is the first open-source font family from Adobe, distributed under the SIL Open Font License.[3][4]
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.[5] It is available in six weights (Regular, ExtraLight, Light, Semibold, Bold, Black) in upright and italic styles, and is also available as a variable font with continuous weight values from 200 to 900.[6] The typeface has wide language support for Latin script, including Western and Eastern European languages, Vietnamese, pinyin romanization of Chinese, and Navajo.[3] Adobe's training material highlights it as having a more consistent colour on the page than the rather condensed News Gothic it is based on.[7][8]
See also
- Benton Sans – another commercial Benton revival, optimised for various weights, widths and optical masters for various sizes of text
- Trade Gothic – Linotype's competing design
Adobe's open source family
- Source Code Pro, the second member of Adobe's open source family, a monospaced sans serif
- Source Serif, the third member of Adobe's open source family
- Source Han Sans, the fourth member of Adobe's open source family and the first to include CJK characters
- Source Han Serif, the last member of Adobe's open source family and includes CJK characters
References
- ↑ "Comparing 5b44992...1cac893". Adobe Inc. 21 January 2021. https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans/compare/5b44992...1cac893.
- ↑ Paul, Ryan (2012-08-03). "Adobe releases Source Sans Pro, a new open source font". Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/08/adobe-releases-source-sans-pro-a-new-open-source-font/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hunt, Paul D. (2 August 2012). "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family". Adobe Systems Incorporated. http://blog.typekit.com/2012/08/02/source-sans-pro/.
- ↑ Gilbertson, Scott (3 August 2012). "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's First Open Source Type Family". Wired. http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/08/adobe-dives-into-the-open-source-font-world-with-source-sans-pro/.
- ↑ Rugen, Chris. "Source Sans review". http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/source-sans/.
- ↑ "Variable Fonts — Source Sans Variable". https://v-fonts.com/fonts/source-sans-variable.
- ↑ "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family". http://blog.typekit.com/2012/08/02/source-sans-pro/.
- ↑ Brown, Tim. "Selecting Typefaces for Body Text". Adobe Systems. https://practice.typekit.com/lesson/selecting-typefaces-for-body-text/. "Source Sans has an obviousness and toughness similar to News Gothic, but with a much more even color. Its letterforms are wider and more widely spaced, more modest than monumental, which makes sense in a body text setting....News Gothic is not a good choice of body text typeface. Certain letter combinations are very dense, and the overall color is not even."
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