Open Sans

Sans Serif humanist-sans by Steve Matteson #2 on Google Fonts
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About Open Sans

Steve Matteson a conçu cette police sans-serif humaniste avec un stress vertical et des ouvertures larges qui privilégient la lisibilité sur toutes les tailles et résolutions d'écran. L'une des polices web les plus déployées au monde, elle adopte un ton neutre et professionnel, parfaitement adaptée au corps de texte, aux modèles d'e-mail et aux applications web. Les axes variables de largeur et de graisse, ainsi que la prise en charge des scripts hébreu et grec, en font un outil multilingue polyvalent.

Character Map

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

Weight Waterfall (6)

300 Light
400 Regular
500 Medium
600 SemiBold
700 Bold
800 ExtraBold

How to Use

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

Details

Category
Sans Serif
Style
humanist-sans
Weights
6
Italic
✓
Coréen
✗
Designer
Steve Matteson
License
OFL
Version
Popularity
#2
Downloads
1

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 hebrew latin latin-ext math symbols vietnamese

Best For

body-text web-app email

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Typography Concepts

  • Aperture

    The opening of a partially enclosed counter in letters like 'c', 'e', 's'. Wider apertures generally improve readability at small sizes.

  • Sans Serif

    A typeface without serifs — 'sans' means 'without' in French. Clean, modern appearance popular in digital design.

  • Neo-grotesque

    Refined sans-serif style from the 1950s with uniform strokes and neutral appearance. The dominant style in modern UI design.

  • Humanist Sans

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

  • Legibility

    How easily individual characters can be distinguished from each other — an intrinsic quality of the typeface design itself.

  • WCAG Typography

    Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as applied to text — minimum contrast ratios (4.5:1 AA, 7:1 AAA), resizable text, and no images of text.

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