Literata
Sign in to saveLiterata is a serif typeface commissioned by Google and designed by the independent type foundry TypeTogether. It was released in 2015 and is the default font family in Google Play Books, since version 3.4.5. The typeface was inspired by Scotch Roman and old-style typefaces. It was intended to establish a unique visual identity for the Play Books app, suitable across a wide variety of screen sizes, resolutions, and rendering software.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- variable font
- Official website
- www.type-together.com/literata
- Image
- Literata typeface sample.svg
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- writing system
- Greek alphabet
- copyright license
- SIL Open Font License
- source code repository URL
- github.com/googlefonts/literata
- commissioned by
- publication date
- 2015-00-00
- software version identifier
- 3.103
- Commons category
- Literata
- catchphrase
- A contemporary serif typeface family for long-form reading
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Literata is a serif typeface commissioned by Google and designed by the independent type foundry TypeTogether. It was released in 2015 and is the default font family in Google Play Books, since version 3.4.5. The typeface was inspired by Scotch Roman and old-style typefaces. It was intended to establish a unique visual identity for the Play Books app, suitable across a wide variety of screen sizes, resolutions, and rendering software.
Literata initially included two different weights (regular and bold) and corresponding upright italicised variations (no real italic). Version 2.1 named Literata Book added two different weights (Medium and SemiBold) and small caps, and made cap-height numerals the default.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Literata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.