SST (typeface)

SST
Category Sans-serif
Classification Humanist
Commissioned by Sony
Foundry Monotype
Date released 2013

SST is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Monotype for Sony.[1] It supports the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic alphabets and has matching styles for Thai, Hebrew, Japanese and Arabic.[2][3] It is modelled after Helvetica (Sony’s previous typeface) and Frutiger.[4] SST is used on Sony’s product packaging, operating instructions, websites, TV menus, in Playstation 4 and on the Xperia smartphone.[2]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "One typeface, 93 languages for Sony". Monotype Imaging. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Iris Lješnjanin (2015-04-02). "An interview with type designer Akira Kobayashi – "Letters Do Not Stand By Themselves"". Smashing Magazine.com.
  3. ↑ "Sony Design | Design Projects | SST Type Project". Sony Global.
  4. ↑ "SST Type Project Special Interview With Type Director Akira Kobayashi". Sony Global.
  • Luc Devroye. "Sony Design". Type Design Information Page.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.