Radio-Canada Typeface
CBC/Radio-Canada is a Canadian Crown corporation serving as the national public radio and television broadcaster. The English- and French-language service units of the corporation are commonly known as CBC and Radio-Canada, respectively.
In early 2017, work started on a custom typeface for use by CBC/Radio-Canada. In 2021, this typeface was expanded to cover a wider range of weights and now includes roman and italic variable fonts, and in early 2023, the family was extended to include the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Unicode block.
This project has been selected as a winner at the 2018 Communication Arts Typography competition in the Typeface Design category.
The latest release is available on Google Fonts.
Variable Font Axes
Radio-canada has the following axes:
| Axis | Tag | Range | Default | Static Instances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | wght | 300 to 700 | 400 | Light, Regular, Medium, Semibold, Bold |
| Width | wdth | 75 to 100 | 100 | Condensed, SemiCondensed, Regular |
wght (Weight) Axis
The wght axis spans Light (300) to Bold (700).
wdth (Width) Axis
The wdth axis spans Condensed (75) to Regular (700).
Building
Fonts are built automatically by GitHub Actions - take a look in the "Actions" tab for the latest build.
If you want to build fonts manually on your own computer, you will need to install the yq utility. On OS X with Homebrew, type brew install yq; on Linux, try snap install yq; if all else fails, try the instructions on the linked page.
Then:
make buildwill produce font files.make testwill run FontBakery's quality assurance tests.make proofwill generate HTML proof files.
License
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
Repository Layout
This font repository structure is inspired by Unified Font Repository v0.3, modified for the Google Fonts workflow.