Open Sans
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Open Sans is a humanist sans-serif
typeface
designed by Steve Matteson
. It was designed with an "upright stress, open forms and a neutral, yet friendly appearance", being especially designed for legibility across print, web, and mobile interfaces. The character repertoire contains 897 glyphs.
Open Sans is available in a large number of variants for a font with an open license. The ten variants are Book 300, Book 300 Italic, Normal 400, Normal 400 Italic, Semi-Bold 600, Semi-Bold 600 Italic, Bold 700, Bold 700 Italic, Extra-Bold 800, and Extra-Bold 800 Italic.
Sans-serif
In typography, a sans-serif, sans serif or san serif typeface is one that does not have the small projecting features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. The term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without"....
typeface
Typeface
In typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....
designed by Steve Matteson
Steve Matteson
Steven R. Matteson is an American typeface designer whose work is included in several computer operating systems and embedded in game consoles, cell phones and other electronic devices...
. It was designed with an "upright stress, open forms and a neutral, yet friendly appearance", being especially designed for legibility across print, web, and mobile interfaces. The character repertoire contains 897 glyphs.
Open Sans is available in a large number of variants for a font with an open license. The ten variants are Book 300, Book 300 Italic, Normal 400, Normal 400 Italic, Semi-Bold 600, Semi-Bold 600 Italic, Bold 700, Bold 700 Italic, Extra-Bold 800, and Extra-Bold 800 Italic.