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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.
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Details
- Designer
- Dave Crossland
- Release Year
- 2009
- Category
- sans-serif
- Description
- Originally designed by Dave Crossland during his studies at the University of Reading in 2009, Cantarell was chosen for use in GNOME's 3.0 release and later became the default font for its user interface. The font was maintained and improved upon by several designers over the years, including Pooja Saxena who expanded the language support to Cyrillic. In 2014, due to unavoidable vertical metrics adjustments, a variant of Cantarell named Cambay was published with extended Devanagari script support. Cantarell is characterized by its legibility on screens and a design that has received both praise and criticism within the free software community.
Best Use Cases
- Website and app interfaces
- Editorial design
- Corporate branding
Usage Instructions
Cantarell can be effectively used in digital contexts such as website and app interfaces, where its crisp and easy-to-read design shines. It's also suitable for editorial design and corporate branding projects that require a modern sans-serif font.