Play
Play.zip · 405 KB · 3 files including OFL.txt
Typography profile
- Weights
- 400 and 700
- Italics
- None
- Scripts
- Latin (incl. Extended), Cyrillic, Greek, Vietnamese
- Best for
- Cyrillic text
- Greek text
- Vietnamese text
- Latin Extended languages
- Consider alternatives for
- Hierarchies that need several weights
- Characteristics
- Large x-height
- Case-sensitive forms
- Stylistic sets
- Discretionary ligatures
- Large glyph set
Styles
Play Regular 400 at 18px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Play Regular 400 at 32px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Play Bold 700 at 18px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Play Bold 700 at 32px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
BPOZZ Design Note
Play has a bold but no italic in either weight, so emphasis inside running text either goes bold or receives a slanted roman the browser synthesises.
BPOZZ editorial guidance for designers.
About Play
- About
- A minimal sans-serif by Jonas Hecksher in which every letter is derived from a squared-circular 'O'. Large open counters and a generous x-height keep it legible in interfaces and text.
- Designer
- Jonas Hecksher
- Version
- 2.101
- Category
- Sans 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).
This family declares a Reserved Font Name: if you modify the font, the modified version must use a different name.
Copyright (c) 2011, Jonas Hecksher, Playtypes, e-types AS (lasse@e-types.com), with Reserved Font Name 'Play', 'Playtype', 'Playtype Sans'.
- Source
-
Google Fonts
Download files taken unmodified from the google/fonts repository. Added to Google Fonts 4 May 2011.
Upstream project: github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg.
- Available styles
- Regular 400
- Bold 700
- Available formats
- TTF download and web preview
- Character sets
- Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese