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| Category | Sans-serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | Humanist |
| Designer(s) | Łukasz Dziedzic |
| Date released | December 2010[1] |
| License | SIL Open Font License[2] |
| Website | www.latofonts.com/lato-free-fonts/ |
| Latest release version | 2.015 |
Lato is a humanist sans-seriftypeface designed by Łukasz Dziedzic. It was released in 2015. The name 'Lato' is Polish for 'summer'.[3]
As of August 2018, Lato is used on more than 9.6 million websites, and is the third most served font on Google Fonts, with over one billion views per day.[2]
Use[edit]
Free Fonts Lato Heavy
Lato has been used in various physical publications, including information signs and election campaign billboards.[4]
Development[edit]
Lato was created in 2010 for a Polish bank by Łukasz Dziedzic.[1] When the bank changed its stylistic vision, he shelved the typeface,[1] and released it later that year under the libreSIL Open Font License.[2][3]
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]
Language support[edit]
Free Lato Fonts Printable
It supports all Latin alphabets, along with Cyrillic, Greek, and IPA.[7]
Derivatives[edit]
The Lato typeface is available in nine weights from hairline to black, each of which has a distinct italic variant.[8] 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.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ abcMartyna Trykozko, Lato podbija świat, czyli jak nieudane zlecenie doprowadziło do spektakularnego sukcesu Polaka, Gazeta.pl, 18 September 2015
- ^ abcGoogle Fonts, Lato
- ^ abJeremiah Shoaf, Taking A Second Look At Free Fonts, published in Typography: Practical Considerations And Design Patterns, Smashing Magazine GmbH, 2014, p. 39
- ^Łukasz Majchrzyk, Font „Lato” światowym sukcesem Łukasza Dziedzica, mobiRANK, 21 September 2015
- ^Print & Publishing issue 211, October 2015, p. 18
- ^Google Fonts, Analytics
- ^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
- ^ ablatofonts.com, The Fonts
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lato. |
