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San Francisco (sans-serif typeface) San Francisco (also known as SF Pro) is a neo-grotesque typeface made by Apple Inc. It was first released to developers on November 18, 2014. [ 1][ 2] It is the first new typeface designed at Apple in nearly twenty years and has been inspired by Helvetica and DIN. [ 1]
Univers. Univers ( French pronunciation: [ynivɛʁ] ⓘ) is a large sans-serif typeface family designed by Adrian Frutiger and released by his employer Deberny & Peignot in 1957. [ 1] Classified as a neo-grotesque sans-serif, one based on the model of nineteenth-century German typefaces such as Akzidenz-Grotesk, it was notable for its ...
Typography, i.e. the use of fonts, on Wikipedia can often be a source of heated debates. This is because Wikipedia has never set an explicit font in its default skin. This was true for Monobook, and still holds for Vector. The base font for these skins are simply defined as font-family: sans-serif. Likewise, the size of fonts are also subject ...
Font. In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font is a matched set of type, with a piece (a "sort") for each glyph. A typeface consists of various fonts that share an overall design. In the 21st century, with the advent of computer fonts, the terms "font" and "typeface" are often used ...
Sans-serif typefaces have become the most prevalent for display of text on computer screens. On lower-resolution digital displays, fine details like serifs may disappear or appear too large. The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without" and "serif" of uncertain origin, possibly from the Dutch word schreef meaning "line" or pen ...
In traditional typography nomenclature, a font is a specific instance of a typeface. In this article, word "font" is to be read as "computer font" and "font family" is the web equivalent of a print-industry typeface. In the first CSS specification, [2] authors specified font characteristics via a series of properties: font-family. font-style.
Open Sans is an open source humanist sans-serif typeface that was designed by Steve Matteson under commission from Google. It was released in 2011 and is based on his earlier design called Droid Sans, which was specifically created for Android mobile devices but with slight modifications to its width. The typeface is characterized by its wide ...
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 ...