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Cantarell (typeface)

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Cantarell
CategorySans-serif
ClassificationHumanist
Designer(s)Dave Crossland
FoundryAbattis
Date created2009
LicenseSIL Open Font License

Cantarell is the default typeface supplied with the user interface of GNOME since version 3.0, replacing Bitstream Vera. The font was originated by Dave Crossland in 2009.

History

The Cantarell fonts were initially designed by Dave Crossland during his studies of typeface design at the University of Reading.[1] In 2010, the fonts were chosen by GNOME for use in its 3.0 release, and the font sources were moved to GNOME's Git repository.[2] The fonts are maintained there, allowing contributions from a variety of designers including Jakub Steiner and Pooja Saxena. Saxena is tasked with improving the design and language support.[3]

Distribution

Linux distributions that ship GNOME 3 include this typeface family by default, like Fedora. Google includes the font family in its font directory making the typeface available for use in websites.

Criticism

Cantarell fonts initially received criticism from the free software community. It was argued that the GNOME’s use of Cantarell reduced legibility in desktop applications, it was badly kerned and has deformed glyphs,[4] although other users enjoyed the design, calling it "stylish and beautiful, but most importantly, crisp and easy to read." [5] The initial release notes stated that it was designed for legibility on screens.[6]

GNOME's choice was also criticized since Cantarell supports only Latin languages, far less than the previously used DejaVu fonts.[7] When the fonts were first published, Crossland invited others to extend the language support.[8] This finally began in 2013 when Pooja Saxena joined the GNOME foundation's "Outreach Programme for Women" internship,[9] and began applying the design to the Cyrillic script.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Work from the MA typeface design class of 2009". Typefacedesign.org. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  2. ^ "Cantarell, a Humanist sans-serif font family". GNOME GIT source code repository. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  3. ^ Saxena, Pooja (2013-05-29). "Becoming an OPW intern". Pooja Saxena. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  4. ^ Fortin Tam, Jean-François (2011-04-13). "On Cantarell". jeff.ecchi.ca. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  5. ^ Martin, Chema (2011-10-25). "Cantarell, a new favorite font of mine". Chema Martin. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  6. ^ Crossland, David (2009-07-06). "Cantarell". Dave Crossland. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  7. ^ "The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience". LWN.net. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  8. ^ Crossland, David (2009-07-06). "Cantarell". Dave Crossland. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  9. ^ "OutReachProgramForWomen - GNOME Wiki!". GNOME.org. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  10. ^ Saxena, Pooja (2013-05-29). "Becoming an OPW intern". Pooja Saxena. Retrieved 2013-11-10.

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