Download Work Sans Light Font
Font description
Around 1800 (100 years before Helvetica and Univers) the first Sans Serif typefaces to include lowercase letters used to have very High Contrast (the difference between thick and thin lines). Maybe because the were derived from the more traditional serif typefaces of the time. But for same reason, as the genre evolved, the fashion was to create 'monoline' sans, of very little contrast. Today, contrasted Sans are very rare, and only a few are successful. While digging in old specimens, we found three that immediately caught our attention: Doric Italic and Taylor Gothic from American Type Founders (1897), and Charter Oak from Keystone Type Foundry of Philadelphia (1906). Racing Sans is a current high contrast sans, paying tribute to this forgotten genre.
Font category
Full name of the font
Work Sans Light
License information
Free for commercial use
Designed by
Wei Huang
Designer website
Font file name
WorkSans-Light.ttf
Trademark
Racing Sans is a trademark of Pablo Impallari
Font family
Work Sans Light
Font sub family
Regular
Version
Version 1.400
PostScript
WorkSans-Light
Manufacturer
Wei Huang
PostScript
WorkSans-Light
License description
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
Reserved
http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
Preferred sub family
Work Sans
Compatible full
Light