Open Sans

Designed by Steve Matteson

6 weights • Version 44 • On Google Fonts since 2011 • Popularity #2

Quick Summary

12

Styles · incl. italic

300-800

Weight Range

2

Variable axes

10

Languages / Subsets

Category
sans-serif
Best for
textdisplayui
Descriptors
humanist
Variable axes
WidthWeight
Scripts
Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Vietnamese
Origin
Greece
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 16, 2025

© 2020 The Open Sans Project Authors

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About Open Sans Fonts

Open Sans is a humanist sans serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson, Type Director of Ascender Corp. This version contains the complete 897 character set, which includes the standard ISO Latin 1, Latin CE, Greek and Cyrillic character sets. Open Sans was designed with an upright stress, open forms and a neutral, yet friendly appearance. It was optimized for print, web, and mobile interfaces, and has excellent legibility characteristics in its letterforms.

In March 2021, the family has been updated to a variable font family and it also includes Hebrew, and unified and simplified the licensing under OFL.

To contribute, see github.com/googlefonts/opensans

Who Designed Open Sans?

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Steve Matteson is a typeface designer based in Louisville, CO. Owner of Matteson Typographics and formerly Type Director for Monotype and Ascender Corp. Steve is an avid cyclist, musician and letterpress printer.

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