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redditsans (Reddit Sans True Type Fonts)
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The typeface of the Internet, Reddit Sans is a sans serif family
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available in 5 weights with true italics. Reddit Sans letterforms were
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chosen for legibility and distinctiveness, pairing humanist
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characteristics with a geometric base. Humanist sans-serif typefaces
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have roots in hand-drawn lettering, giving them warmth and personality,
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while geometric typefaces focus on practicality and simplicity, making
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them ideal for information delivery.
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Reddit Sans has clear, understandable letterforms which maintain some of
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the warm eclectic nature of online discourse. It’s designed to be
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incredibly versatile with a large x-height for readability, and
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disambiguated letterforms for rapid identification. The slash, such a
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key part of the internet's syntax, is foundational to the design of
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Reddit Sans. In Reddit Sans, the slash's 67.5º angle is repeated
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throughout the letterforms, giving them a distinct, contemporary
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appearance.
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We connect people of all ages and abilities, so special attention was
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paid to accessibility features of Reddit Sans. In particular, we chose a
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large x-height to make characters easily legible even at small sizes,
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and included rounded bowls to make characters like o, p, d, and p
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easily recognizable when scanning text. To aid character recognition
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further for people with dyslexia, we made sure to disambiguate
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characters that can be easily confused, such as capital 'I' and
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lowercase 'l' as well as ensuring that characters like 'b' and 'd' or
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'u' and 'n' are not simply rotated or flipped variations of one another.
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Dots on characters like 'I' and 'j' are fully round, helping
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differentiate them from the uppercase. And Reddit Sans' unique 'r' shape
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ensures that the 'rn' pairing is not easily mistaken for an 'm'.
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The fonts include more than 1,000 glyphs. This character set includes
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support for the Google Fonts Latin Core, Latin Plus, Latin Pro and Latin
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Expert glyph sets, excluding the small capitals and discretionary
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ligatures from the Expert set. It also contains a small number of
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additional glyphs and stylistic sets. The range covers Western and
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Central European language, Vietnamese, currencies, alternate numerals,
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math symbols and units of measure, Latin general use extensions,
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superiors and inferiors, spacing modifiers, typographic spaces,
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additional punctuation (with case alternates), numerators and
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denominators, fractions, arrows and geometric shapes. Reddit Sans
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includes support for over 100 languages.
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