Source Sans

Source Sans (known as Source Sans Pro before 2021)^[1] is a sans-serif typeface created by Paul D. Hunt, released by Adobe in 2012.^[2] It is the first open-source font family from Adobe, distributed under the SIL Open Font License.^[3][4]

Source Sans

Category	Sans-serif
Classification	Grotesque, Humanist
Designer(s)	Paul D. Hunt
Foundry	Adobe Inc.
Date created	2012
License	SIL Open Font License
Design based on	Franklin Gothic News Gothic
Variations	Source Han Sans
Website	github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans
Latest release version	v3.052
Latest release date	March 30, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-03-30)

The typeface is inspired by the forms of the American Type Founders' gothics by Morris Fuller Benton, such as News Gothic, Lightline Gothic and Franklin Gothic, modified with both a larger x-height and character width and more humanist-influenced italic forms.^[5] It is available in seven weights (Regular, ExtraLight, Light, Medium, Semibold, Bold, Black) in upright and italic styles, and is also available as a variable font with continuous weight values from 200 to 900.^[6] The typeface has wide language support for Latin script, including Western and Eastern European languages, Vietnamese, pinyin romanization of Chinese, and Navajo.^[3] Adobe's training material highlights it as having a more consistent colour on the page than the rather condensed News Gothic it is based on.^[7][8]

See also

• Benton Sans – another commercial Benton revival, optimised for various weights, widths and optical masters for various sizes of text
• Trade Gothic – Linotype's competing design

Adobe's open source family

• Source Code Pro, the second member of Adobe's open source family, a monospaced sans serif
• Source Serif, the third member of Adobe's open source family
• Source Han Sans, the fourth member of Adobe's open source family and the first to include CJK characters
• Source Han Serif, the last member of Adobe's open source family and includes CJK characters