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Source Sans
Category	Sans-serif
Classification	Grotesque, Humanist
Designer(s)	Paul D. Hunt
Foundry	Adobe Inc.
Date created	2012
License	SIL Open Font License
Design based on	Franklin Gothic; News Gothic;
Variations	Source Han Sans
Website	github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans
Latest release version	v3.052
Latest release date	March 30, 2023; 20 months ago

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Source Sans (known as Source Sans Pro before 2021)^[1] is a sans-serif typeface created by Paul D. Hunt, released by Adobe in 2012.^[2] It is the first open-source font family from Adobe, distributed under the SIL Open Font License.^[3]^[4]

The typeface is inspired by the forms of the American Type Founders' gothics by Morris Fuller Benton, such as News Gothic, Lightline Gothic and Franklin Gothic, modified with both a larger x-height and character width and more humanist-influenced italic forms.^[5] It is available in six weights (Regular, ExtraLight, Light, Semibold, Bold, Black) in upright and italic styles, and is also available as a variable font with continuous weight values from 200 to 900.^[6] The typeface has wide language support for Latin script, including Western and Eastern European languages, Vietnamese, pinyin romanization of Chinese, and Navajo.^[3] Adobe's training material highlights it as having a more consistent colour on the page than the rather condensed News Gothic it is based on.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Comparing 5b44992...1cac893". adobe-fonts/source-sans. Adobe Inc. 21 January 2021 – via GitHub.
^ Paul, Ryan (3 August 2012). "Adobe releases Source Sans Pro, a new open source font". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b Hunt, Paul D. (2 August 2012). "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family". Adobe Typekit Blog. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
^ Gilbertson, Scott (3 August 2012). "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's First Open Source Type Family". Webmonkey. Wired. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
^ Rugen, Chris. "Source Sans review". Typographica. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^ "Variable Fonts — Source Sans Variable".
^ "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family". TypeKit. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ Brown, Tim. "Selecting Typefaces for Body Text". Typekit Practice. Adobe Systems. Retrieved 28 July 2018. Source Sans has an obviousness and toughness similar to News Gothic, but with a much more even color. Its letterforms are wider and more widely spaced, more modest than monumental, which makes sense in a body text setting....News Gothic is not a good choice of body text typeface. Certain letter combinations are very dense, and the overall color is not even.

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[1] "Comparing 5b44992...1cac893". adobe-fonts/source-sans. Adobe Inc. 21 January 2021 – via GitHub.

[paul-2] Paul, Ryan (3 August 2012). "Adobe releases Source Sans Pro, a new open source font". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

[hunt-3] Hunt, Paul D. (2 August 2012). "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family". Adobe Typekit Blog. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

[4] Gilbertson, Scott (3 August 2012). "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's First Open Source Type Family". Webmonkey. Wired. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

[5] Rugen, Chris. "Source Sans review". Typographica. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

[6] "Variable Fonts — Source Sans Variable".

[7] "Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family". TypeKit. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[Adobe_Selecting_Typefaces_for_Body_Text-8] Brown, Tim. "Selecting Typefaces for Body Text". Typekit Practice. Adobe Systems. Retrieved 28 July 2018. Source Sans has an obviousness and toughness similar to News Gothic, but with a much more even color. Its letterforms are wider and more widely spaced, more modest than monumental, which makes sense in a body text setting....News Gothic is not a good choice of body text typeface. Certain letter combinations are very dense, and the overall color is not even.

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 {{Infobox typeface
 | image = SourceSansPro-sample.svg
-| name = Source Sans Pro
+| name = Source Sans
 | style = [[Sans-serif]]
-| classifications = [[Sans-serif#Grotesque|Grotesque sans-serif]], [[Sans-serif#Humanist|Humanist sans-serif]]
+| classifications = [[Sans-serif#Grotesque|Grotesque]], [[Sans-serif#Humanist|Humanist]]
 | creationdate = 2012
 | creator = Paul D. Hunt
-| website = {{URL|github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans-pro}}
+| website = {{URL|github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans}}
-| latest_release_version = v3.028
+| latest_release_version = v3.052
-| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2020|09|07}}
+| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2023|03|30}}
 | foundry = [[Adobe Inc.]]
 | license = [[SIL Open Font License]]
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 | cyrillic = yes
 | based_on = {{ubl|[[Franklin Gothic]] | [[News Gothic]]}}
+| variations = [[Source Han Sans]]
 }}
-'''Source Sans Pro''' is a sans serif [[typeface]] created by [[Paul D. Hunt]], released by [[Adobe|Adobe Inc.]] in 2012.<ref name="paul">{{Cite web| last = Paul| first = Ryan| title = Adobe releases Source Sans Pro, a new open source font| work = Ars Technica| access-date = 2016-11-06| date = 2012-08-03| url = https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/08/adobe-releases-source-sans-pro-a-new-open-source-font/}}</ref> It is the first [[open-source license|open-source]] font family from Adobe, distributed under the [[SIL Open Font License]].<ref name="hunt">{{cite web | url=http://blog.typekit.com/2012/08/02/source-sans-pro/ | title=Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family | last=Hunt | first=Paul D. | date=2 August 2012 | website=Adobe Typekit Blog | publisher=Adobe Systems Incorporated | access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/08/adobe-dives-into-the-open-source-font-world-with-source-sans-pro/ | title=Source Sans Pro: Adobe's First Open Source Type Family | last=Gilbertson | first=Scott | date=3 August 2012 | website=Webmonkey | publisher=[[Wired (website)|Wired]] | access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref>
+'''Source Sans''' (known as '''Source Sans Pro''' before 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2021 |title=Comparing 5b44992...1cac893 |url=https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans/compare/5b44992...1cac893 |website=adobe-fonts/source-sans |publisher=Adobe Inc |via=[[GitHub]]}}</ref> is a [[sans-serif]] [[typeface]] created by [[Paul D. Hunt]], released by [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe]] in 2012.<ref name="paul">{{Cite web| last = Paul| first = Ryan| title = Adobe releases Source Sans Pro, a new open source font| work = Ars Technica| access-date = 2016-11-06| date = 2012-08-03| url = https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/08/adobe-releases-source-sans-pro-a-new-open-source-font/}}</ref> It is the first [[open-source license|open-source]] font family from Adobe, distributed under the [[SIL Open Font License]].<ref name="hunt">{{cite web | url=http://blog.typekit.com/2012/08/02/source-sans-pro/ | title=Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family | last=Hunt | first=Paul D. | date=2 August 2012 | website=Adobe Typekit Blog | publisher=Adobe Systems Incorporated | access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/08/adobe-dives-into-the-open-source-font-world-with-source-sans-pro/ | title=Source Sans Pro: Adobe's First Open Source Type Family | last=Gilbertson | first=Scott | date=3 August 2012 | website=Webmonkey | publisher=[[Wired (website)|Wired]] | access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref>
-The typeface is inspired by the forms of the [[American Type Founders]]' gothics by [[Morris Fuller Benton]], such as [[News Gothic]], [[Lightline Gothic]] and [[Franklin Gothic]], modified with both a larger [[x-height]] and character width and more humanist-influenced italic forms.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rugen|first1=Chris|title=Source Sans review|url=http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/source-sans/|website=Typographica|access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> It is available in six weights (Regular, ExtraLight, Light, Semibold, Bold, Black) in upright and italic styles, and is also available as a [[variable font]] with continuous weight values from 200 to 900.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://v-fonts.com/fonts/source-sans-variable|title=Variable Fonts — Source Sans Variable}}</ref> The typeface has wide language support for Latin script, including Western and Eastern European languages, Vietnamese, pinyin Romanization of Chinese, and Navajo.<ref name="hunt"/> Adobe's training material highlights it as having a more consistent [[Type color|colour]] on the page than the rather condensed News Gothic it is based on.<ref>{{cite web|title=Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family|url=http://blog.typekit.com/2012/08/02/source-sans-pro/|website=TypeKit|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="Adobe Selecting Typefaces for Body Text">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Tim |title=Selecting Typefaces for Body Text |url=https://practice.typekit.com/lesson/selecting-typefaces-for-body-text/ |website=Typekit Practice |publisher=Adobe Systems |access-date=28 July 2018 |quote=Source Sans has an obviousness and toughness similar to News Gothic, but with a much more even color. Its letterforms are wider and more widely spaced, more modest than monumental, which makes sense in a body text setting....News Gothic is not a good choice of body text typeface. Certain letter combinations are very dense, and the overall color is not even.}}</ref>
+The typeface is inspired by the forms of the [[American Type Founders]]' gothics by [[Morris Fuller Benton]], such as [[News Gothic]], [[Lightline Gothic]] and [[Franklin Gothic]], modified with both a larger [[x-height]] and character width and more humanist-influenced italic forms.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rugen|first1=Chris|title=Source Sans review|url=http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/source-sans/|website=Typographica|access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> It is available in six weights (Regular, ExtraLight, Light, Semibold, Bold, Black) in upright and italic styles, and is also available as a [[variable font]] with continuous weight values from 200 to 900.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://v-fonts.com/fonts/source-sans-variable|title=Variable Fonts — Source Sans Variable}}</ref> The typeface has wide language support for [[Latin script]], including Western and Eastern European languages, [[Vietnamese alphabet|Vietnamese]], [[pinyin]] romanization of Chinese, and [[Navajo alphabet|Navajo]].<ref name="hunt"/> Adobe's training material highlights it as having a more consistent [[Type color|colour]] on the page than the rather condensed News Gothic it is based on.<ref>{{cite web|title=Source Sans Pro: Adobe's first open source type family|url=http://blog.typekit.com/2012/08/02/source-sans-pro/|website=TypeKit|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="Adobe Selecting Typefaces for Body Text">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Tim |title=Selecting Typefaces for Body Text |url=https://practice.typekit.com/lesson/selecting-typefaces-for-body-text/ |website=Typekit Practice |publisher=Adobe Systems |access-date=28 July 2018 |quote=Source Sans has an obviousness and toughness similar to News Gothic, but with a much more even color. Its letterforms are wider and more widely spaced, more modest than monumental, which makes sense in a body text setting....News Gothic is not a good choice of body text typeface. Certain letter combinations are very dense, and the overall color is not even.}}</ref>
 __NOTOC__
 ==See also==
 * [[Benton Sans]] – another commercial Benton revival, optimised for various weights, widths and optical masters for various sizes of text
 * [[Trade Gothic]] – Linotype's competing design
 ===Adobe's open source family===
 * [[Source Code Pro]], the second member of Adobe's open source family, a monospaced sans serif
-* [[Source Serif Pro]], the third member of Adobe's open source family
+* [[Source Serif]], the third member of Adobe's open source family
 * [[Source Han Sans]], the fourth member of Adobe's open source family and the first to include [[CJK characters]]
 * [[Source Han Serif]], the last member of Adobe's open source family and includes CJK characters
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 * [https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/source-sans Source Sans Pro] at Adobe
 * [https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-sans/ Source Sans Pro specimen] on [[GitHub]]
-* [https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans-pro GitHub project page]
+* [https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans GitHub project page]
 {{Free and open-source typography}}
+{{Typography-stub}}
 [[Category:Grotesque sans-serif typefaces]]
-[[Category:Open-source typefaces]]
 [[Category:Free software Unicode typefaces]]
 [[Category:Adobe typefaces]]

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