Source Sans 3

Sans Serif humanist-sans by Paul D. Hunt #43 on Google Fonts
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About Source Sans 3

Source Sans war Adobes erste Open-Source-Schriftart, entworfen von Paul D. Hunt als klarer, gut lesbarer serifenloser Stil für Benutzeroberflächen und Text. Die dritte Iteration verfeinert das Original mit einer variablen Gewichtachse und verbesserten Schriftschnitten über 12 Gewichte. Die klaren, offenen Buchstabenformen und sorgfältige Hinting machen Source Sans 3 zu einer soliden Wahl für Unternehmens-UI und lange Lesetexte.

Character Map

AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMm
NnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
0123456789
!@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",.<>?

Weight Waterfall (8)

200 ExtraLight
300 Light
400 Regular
500 Medium
600 SemiBold
700 Bold
800 ExtraBold
900 Black

How to Use

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Source+Sans+3:wght@200;300;500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Source+Sans+3:wght@200;300;500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap');
font-family: 'Source Sans 3', sans-serif;
brew install --cask font-source-sans-3

Details

Category
Sans Serif
Style
humanist-sans
Weights
8
Italic
✓
Koreanisch
✗
Designer
Paul D. Hunt
License
OFL
Version
Popularity
#43

License Usage

Web useAllowed
PrintAllowed
Video / BroadcastAllowed
PackagingAllowed
App embeddingAllowed
Brand / LogoAllowed
ModificationAllowed

OFL — Free for personal & commercial use

Language Support

cyrillic cyrillic-ext greek greek-ext latin latin-ext vietnamese

Best For

body-text documentation ui

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Typography Concepts

  • Stem

    The main vertical stroke of a letter, such as the upright in 'l', 'b', 'd'. The heaviest stroke in most typeface designs.

  • Typeface

    The overall design of a set of characters — the artistic creation. Often confused with 'font', which is a specific size/weight/style of a typeface.

  • Humanist Sans

    Sans-serif typefaces inspired by Renaissance handwriting with organic stroke variation. Warmer and more readable than geometric styles.

  • Kerning

    The adjustment of space between individual letter pairs to achieve visually consistent spacing.

  • Tracking

    The uniform adjustment of spacing across an entire range of characters, unlike kerning which targets specific pairs.

  • Font Weight

    The thickness of character strokes, typically ranging from 100 (Thin) to 900 (Black). Regular is 400, Bold is 700.

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