Originally designed in 2014 as the brand typeface for Google Play
Books, Literata was made the default typeface in
Google’s ebooks in 2015. Later extended. Version 3 was completely
redrawn and open-sourced under the SIL Open Font License in
December 2018, now spanning 4 optical sizes (Display, Subhead,
Text, Caption) in a range of weights, plus italics. Also available
in variable font format. Includes support for Latin, Greek,
Cyrillic, PinYin, and Vietnamese.
Lead design and concept by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione
(Latin), type design by Irene Vlachou, Elena Novoselova (Greek,
with consultation by More…
Originally designed in 2014 as the brand typeface for Google Play Books, Literata was made the default typeface in Google’s ebooks in 2015. Later extended. Version 3 was completely redrawn and open-sourced under the SIL Open Font License in December 2018, now spanning 4 optical sizes (Display, Subhead, Text, Caption) in a range of weights, plus italics. Also available in variable font format. Includes support for Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, PinYin, and Vietnamese.
Lead design and concept by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione (Latin), type design by Irene Vlachou, Elena Novoselova (Greek, with consultation by Gerry Leonidas), and Vera Evstafieva (Cyrillic, with consultation by Kiril Zlatkov). Assistant design by Pooja Saxena and Roxane Gataud.
