Judson

Serif · by Daniel Johnson · 3 styles

Download

Judson.zip · 618 KB · 4 files including OFL.txt

Typography profile

Weights
400 and 700
Italics
1 of 2 weights
Scripts
Latin (incl. Extended), Vietnamese
Best for
  • Latin Extended languages
  • Vietnamese text
Consider alternatives for
  • Hierarchies that need several weights
Characteristics
  • Legibility-focused
  • Large x-height
  • Discretionary ligatures

Styles

32px

  1. Judson Regular 400 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  2. Judson Regular 400 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  3. Judson Italic 400 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  4. Judson Italic 400 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  5. Judson Bold 700 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  6. Judson Bold 700 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

BPOZZ Design Note

Judson places diacritics, stacked ones included, with OpenType mark-to-mark positioning, and its roman covers the International Phonetic Alphabet. There is no bold italic, though, so a bold word inside italic text is synthesized by the browser rather than drawn.

BPOZZ editorial guidance for designers.

About Judson

About
A serif designed for African literacy, covering Latin-based alphabets for African languages and the International Phonetic Alphabet, with OpenType mark placement.
Designer
Daniel Johnson
Category
Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1

You may use, embed, modify and redistribute this font, including in commercial projects. The font files may not be sold on their own. Read the full license (OFL.txt).

Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Daniel Johnson (<il.basso.buffo@gmail.com>).

Source
Google Fonts

Download files taken unmodified from the google/fonts repository; the WOFF2 files used for the previews on this page are compressed from them. Added to Google Fonts 4 May 2011.

Upstream project: github.com/librefonts/judson.

Available styles
  • Regular 400
  • Italic 400
  • Bold 700
Available formats
  • TTF download
  • WOFF2 web preview
Character sets
Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese