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Fonts that come packaged with operating systems or other software.
SF Arabic is an extension of Apple’s San Francisco type series, used as the Arabic system font on Apple platforms. It is a “contemporary interpretation of the Naskh style with a rational and flexible design”.
| Tags: body text, sans, monoline, optical sizes | |
| Design: | Apple |
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| Publisher: | Apple |
| Characters: | Arabic |
| Released: | 2021-06-08 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | developer.apple.com |
Part of Apple’s San Francisco type series, SF Compact is similar to SF Pro but has more compact proportions for efficiency in small sizes and narrow columns. It is the system font for watchOS.
| Tags: body text, sans, dingbats, monoline, neo-grotesque, optical sizes | |
| Design: | Apple |
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| Publisher: | Apple |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese, dingbats/emoji |
| Released: | 2020-06-22 |
| Updated: | 2021-06-08 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | developer.apple.com |
New York is a serif companion to Apple’s San Franciso type series.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, ball terminals, fat-face, optical sizes | |
| Design: | Apple |
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| Publisher: | Apple |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-06-22 |
| Updated: | 2021-06-08 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | developer.apple.com |
A set of symbols intended to work with Apple’s San Francisco type series for use as UI elements. The system is built with fonts but also includes an app for browsing and implementation.
| Tags: dingbats | |
| Design: | Apple |
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| Publisher: | Apple |
| Characters: | dingbats/emoji |
| Released: | 2019-06-03 |
| Updated: | 2021-06-08 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | developer.apple.com |
A rounded variant of Apple’s SF Pro – part of the larger San Francisco series of system fonts – used for various purposes in macOS, watchOS, iOS, etc. It includes a grade axis for adjusting the stroke weight without changing glyph widths.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, cartoon, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, neo-grotesque, plump/convex, rounded | |
| Design: | Apple |
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| Publisher: | Apple |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-03-25 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | developer.apple.com |
The iA Writer fonts, made for the iA Writer app, are a modification of IBM Plex, originally designed by Bold Monday with Mike Abbink at IBM. The Mono fonts match glyph widths for all characters. Duo allows an additional glyph width for letters that are otherwise cramped. Quattro uses 4 glyph widths, approaching a standard proportional typeface.
| Tags: body text, sans, some serifs, code, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, neo-grotesque, pinched joints, quantized | |
| Design: | Oliver Reichenstein, Bold Monday, Mike Abbink, Paul van der Laan, Pieter van Rosmalen |
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| Publisher: | Information Architects Inc. |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2018-12-21 |
| Licensing: | Bundled, Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
A variable version of Adobe’s Myriad with a basic Latin character set. It comes bundled with Illustrator CC and Photoshop CC apps.
| Tags: body text, sans, CFF, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Carol Twombly, Robert Slimbach |
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| Publisher: | Adobe |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2017-10-19 |
| Updated: | 2018-10-15 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | blog.typekit.com |
A variable version of Adobe’s Minion 3 with a basic Latin character set. It comes bundled with Illustrator CC and Photoshop CC apps.
| Tags: body text, serif, CFF, optical sizes | |
| Design: | Robert Slimbach |
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| Publisher: | Adobe |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2017-10-19 |
| Updated: | 2018-10-15 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | blog.typekit.com |
A variable version of Adobe’s Acumin with a basic Latin character set. It comes bundled with Illustrator CC and Photoshop CC apps.
| Tags: body text, sans, CFF, feature variations, gothic, neo-grotesque, straight-sided, variable posture | |
| Design: | Robert Slimbach |
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| Publisher: | Adobe |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2017-10-19 |
| Updated: | 2018-10-15 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | blog.typekit.com |
Microsoft’s variable rendition of the DIN font standard. The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update includes a version of Bahnschrift with a single weight axis. Upcoming releases of Windows 10 include a version with an additional width axis.
| Tags: body text, sans, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, straight-sided | |
| Design: | Microsoft |
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| Publisher: | Microsoft |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2017-08-23 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | developer.microsoft.com |
The variable version of Adobe’s Source Code Pro. It comes bundled with Creative Cloud apps and is also available as an open source font.
| Tags: body text, sans, some serifs, CFF, code, gothic, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed weight | |
| Design: | Paul D. Hunt |
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| Publisher: | Adobe |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2017-08-18 |
| Updated: | 2021-01-15 |
| Licensing: | Open source, Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
The variable version of Adobe’s Source Sans Pro. It comes bundled with Creative Cloud apps and is also available as an open source font.
| Tags: body text, sans, CFF, gothic | |
| Design: | Paul D. Hunt |
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| Publisher: | Adobe |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2017-08-18 |
| Updated: | 2020-09-07 |
| Licensing: | Open source, Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
The variable version of Adobe’s Source Serif Pro, a contemporary interpretation of Pierre-Simon Fournier’s 18th-century typefaces. It comes bundled with Creative Cloud apps and is also available as an open source font. The design is by Frank Grießhammer, with contributions from Reymund Schroeder, Emilios Theofanous, Thomas Thiemich, and Irene Vlachou.
| Tags: body text, serif, ball terminals, CFF, optical sizes, teardrop terminals | |
| Design: | Frank Grießhammer |
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| Publisher: | Adobe |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2017-08-18 |
| Updated: | 2021-01-25 |
| Licensing: | Open source, Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
SF Pro is the core of Apple’s San Francisco type series. It is the system font for macOS, iOS, iPad OS, and tvOS.
| Tags: body text, sans, dingbats, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, neo-grotesque, optical sizes | |
| Design: | Apple |
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| Publisher: | Apple |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese, dingbats/emoji |
| Released: | 2015-06-12 |
| Updated: | 2022-03-31 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | developer.apple.com |
Skia is, in many ways, the grandparent of modern OpenType variable fonts. Matthew Carter’s Latin successor to his lesser-known Cadmus Greek, Skia was the first of the GX fonts that allowed font variation functionality. Developed for Apple, it has been bundled with their operating systems since System 7.5 in 1994. In more recent OS’s, only the named instances of Skia’s stylistic variations are exposed in the system’s font interface, without variable controls. However, the font still contains data for fluid variation, including stylistic extremes of weight and width beyond those offered as named instances.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, calligraphic, feature variations, flared/concave, inscriptional, spurless | |
| Design: | Matthew Carter |
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| Publisher: | Apple |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 1994-09-12 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | wikipedia.org |