Lato (typeface)

Lato
Category Sans-serif
Classification Humanist
Designer(s) Łukasz Dziedzic
Date released December 2010[1]
License SIL Open Font License[2]
Website http://www.latofonts.com/lato-free-fonts/
Latest release version 2.015

Lato is a sans-serif typeface designed by Łukasz Dziedzic. It covers all Latin alphabets, along with Cyrillic, Greek, and IPA.[3] The name "Lato" is Polish for "summer".[4]

Dziedzic created the typeface in the summer of 2010 for a Polish bank.[1] When the bank changed its stylistic vision, he shelved the typeface,[1] and released it later that year under the libre SIL Open Font License.[2][4] After Lato was added to Google Fonts it quickly gained popularity,[5] becoming the third most used web font after Google's own Roboto and Open Sans, with over one billion views per day as of August 2018.[6]

Variants

The Lato typeface is available in nine weights from hairline to black, each of which has a distinct italic variant.[7] Each of these 18 variants is additionally available in a LatoLatin version, containing just the subset of glyphs required for European languages based on the Latin alphabet; this allows for smaller file sizes.[7]

Use

As of August 2018, Lato is used on more than 9,600,000 websites.[2] It has also been used in various physical publications, including information signs and election campaign billboards.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Martyna Trykozko, Lato podbija świat, czyli jak nieudane zlecenie doprowadziło do spektakularnego sukcesu Polaka, Gazeta.pl, 18 September 2015
  2. 1 2 3 Google Fonts, Lato
  3. ↑ Antoni Bohdanowicz, "Z czcionką jest jak z krzesłem, najpierw musi być wygodne, a dopiero potem artystyczne" – mówi typograf Łukasz Dziedzic, na:Temat, 6 April 2014
  4. 1 2 Jeremiah Shoaf, Taking A Second Look At Free Fonts, published in Typography: Practical Considerations And Design Patterns, Smashing Magazine GmbH, 2014, p. 39
  5. ↑ Print & Publishing issue 211, October 2015, p. 18
  6. ↑ Google Fonts, Analytics
  7. 1 2 latofonts.com, The Fonts
  8. ↑ Łukasz Majchrzyk, Font „Lato” światowym sukcesem Łukasza Dziedzica, mobiRANK, 21 September 2015

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