Open francisrupert opened 5 years ago
Since Milestone 2.5.2 is relatively ahead of schedule, going to see if this is worthwhile for 2.5.2 as well -- and more directly, how much of an impact (good or bad) would it have to legacy products implemented with Source Sans?
If so, it might warrant a release of 2.6.0 instead.
font-family
, but potentially select adjustments of font-weight
and font-size
. (e.g. #431)Animated toggling between Public Sans and Source Sans (current typeface).
The good folks of 18F designed an Open Source typeface, Public Sans (GH), and is the default typeface for US Web Design System.
It's a core part of their v2 Design System, and while we've already determined updating to
uswds@2.x.x
is out of scope anytime soon - per https://github.com/USDA-FSA/fsa-style/issues/286#issuecomment-479607295 - it would be prudent to explore Public Sans and understand impacts, pros/cons, etc; and if it would be good (and usable) fit for the Design System.One thing that's significantly inhibited us from true Typography exploration has been ability (or relative inability) to freely install or budget for font installation - let alone manage installation among many staff machines. The fact that Public Sans is Open Source and created by a peer agency can make that path smoother. Additionally, there appears to be a strong likelihood it will wind up in Google Fonts (tracking https://github.com/uswds/public-sans/issues/29). If nothing else, that'll make Figma use and adoption smoother as well.
-via https://github.com/uswds/public-sans