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| Category | Serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | Transitional |
| Designer(s) | Veronika Burian and José Scaglione (Latin), Vera Evstafieva and Kiril Zlatkov (Cyrillic), Irene Vlachou and Gerry Leonidas (Greek)[1] |
| Foundry | TypeTogether |
| License | SIL Open Font License (print), proprietary (e-book) |
Literata is a transitional serif typeface designed by TypeTogether that was commissioned by Google specifically for the Google Play Books application in 2015. Literata replaces Droid Serif as the default reading typeface within the Google Play Books e-reader.
There are two distinct publicly released versions of Literata:[2]
History edit
In early May 2015, Google announced that a new custom-made typeface called Literata would be used for Google Play Books.[3][4]
On 7 December 2018, Literata was open-sourced under the SIL Open Font License and released on GitHub.[5]
Unicode coverage edit
Literata supports Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
License edit
Literata was originally a proprietary typeface...
External links edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Literata". TypeTogether. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ https://github.com/googlefonts/literata/blob/master/DESCRIPTION.en_us.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Swanner, Nate (May 18, 2015). "Google announces Literata, its new e-book typeface". The Next Web. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ Petrovan, Bogdan (May 19, 2015). "Literata is the elegant new typeface of Google Play Books, get it here". Android Authority. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "googlefonts/literata". GitHub. Retrieved 10 December 2018.