Mozilla's New Fira Typeface

328 点作者 potch超过 11 年前

30 条评论

fdb超过 11 年前

It's designed by Erik Spiekermann:<a href="https://twitter.com/espiekermann/status/382189483031949312" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/espiekermann/status/382189483031949312</a>

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crazygringo超过 11 年前

Very nice. It's awfully similar to Droid Sans, but the slightly lower x-height, and more more "playful" elements (like the gap in the lowercase 'g', the curve at the bottom of the lowercase 'l') make it bit more playful and legible. Above all, it feels more balanced, and accomplished, than Droid Sans.Excellent work.

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zanny超过 11 年前

Hey look, its already in the AUR:<a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/otf-fira-sans/" rel="nofollow">https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/otf-fira-sans/</a><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/otf-fira-mono/" rel="nofollow">https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/otf-fira-mono/</a><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-fira-sans/" rel="nofollow">https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-fira-sans/</a>Who needs firefox OS (I do have the in-browser emulator running, though), I just changed my system font to this. I'll have opinions after a days usage.

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andmarios超过 11 年前

Interesting. The character for greek k (kappa - κ ) is wrong though. The vertical line of the greek k doesn't rise above the rest of the character. It might seem small but it really strikes as ugly and wrong for anyone used to the language.

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TheSwordsman超过 11 年前

This is a beautiful looking font and I could definitely see myself adopting it when typing papers.I'd love to use it in my terminal, but my only problem is the zero isn't dotted or slashed. My terminal font is stupid-small (I think 10pt), and the 0 and O looking similar has bitten me in code a few times.Well, shit...

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potch超过 11 年前

Direct link to the specimen page: <a href="http://mozilla.github.io/Fira/" rel="nofollow">http://mozilla.github.io/Fira/</a>

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jammmuel超过 11 年前

I'm not a fan. I just don't get why they adapted FF Meta. It's overly complex (the 'g' for example), and not a great display font. They should strive for simplicity, rather than individuality. Android's Roboto and iOS's Helvetica Neue achieve this, my personal preference being for for latter.

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wernah超过 11 年前

I'm really curious as to why they would use images over font-face in the style guide examples <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/styleguide/products/firefox-os/typeface/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/styleguide/products/firefox-os/...</a>. As a designer you want to see how the typeface performs in the wild, not snaps of it with some arbitrary aliasing.It's not a bad typeface, although the kerning on the light weight needs a lot of work. If you're wondering what I mean, look at the word 'quick'.

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Samuel_Michon超过 11 年前

Hmm. Looks like FF Meta optimized for screens. Odd that Mozilla and Erik Spiekermann felt this justified having its own name.I made a quick side by side comparison between Fira and Meta Pro: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/Oo3yeYx.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/Oo3yeYx.png</a>

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VeejayRampay超过 11 年前

Looking forward to the next version of the typeface, Firaga.

cypher543超过 11 年前

I'm not a typography expert, so this looks like a hundred other fonts I've seen. Why does every OS need its own custom font?

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stevewillows超过 11 年前

The dot on the lower case 'i' is so high! Outside of that, it looks alright, but still needs some work.

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ChikkaChiChi超过 11 年前

I like it but I tried it on two different monitors and it looks reddish?I'm guessing that's something to do with anti-aliasing but I haven't noticed it before...

thomasjonas超过 11 年前

I'm not sure about the hinting on the font, or maybe it's the rendering in the browser. It just doesn't seem that smooth.

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tommmmmm超过 11 年前

Overall I like it a lot, but I don't like that the sides of the capital M are so slanted. It sticks out a lot in the third screenshot: <a href="http://mozorg.cdn.mozilla.net/media/img/styleguide/products/firefoxos/typeface/example.png" rel="nofollow">http://mozorg.cdn.mozilla.net/media/img/styleguide/products/...</a>

cpeterso超过 11 年前

The typeface's original name was Feura: <a href="https://twitter.com/espiekermann/status/359353798663221248" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/espiekermann/status/359353798663221248</a><pre><code> Why change from Feura to Fira? English-speakers pronounce it as “Fjura”, not “Foyra”. And Fjura sounds like Führer. Not good.</code></pre>

nwienert超过 11 年前

Letter spacing seems wide and overall kerning seems messy, but I don't know much about fonts.Here's a link with some actual screenshot examples:<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/styleguide/products/firefox-os/typeface/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/styleguide/products/firefox-os/...</a>

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dsego超过 11 年前

I love the small g. Notice the differences between normal and italics (especially a, e, f, g, k). It's not just slanted, but curvier as well. Really makes it stand out.

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quarterto超过 11 年前

Nice! I wonder if they deliberately made it close enough to FF Meta that the Firefox wordmark is recognisable?

nwh超过 11 年前

Not a fan of it all, but massive congratulations for them including the different weights properly.

Eduard超过 11 年前

Hm, currently no capital letters ''XYZ'' on the demo page.

ksikka超过 11 年前

Nice font! The demo site could use taller lines. (increase line-height)

digitalzombie超过 11 年前

The zero and O is similar aw. Other wise it's pretty nice.

dutchbrit超过 11 年前

Nice font face, just a shame that Mozilla spends time making web fonts while their actual browser is crap at rendering them. Sa-a-aaad....

MushCraze超过 11 年前

I like it!Clarity, share, curve. Bold, italicize.

magg超过 11 年前

is this gonna be the default font on firefox desktop and mobile?

antonpug超过 11 年前

Ugly as fuck. Can anyone make something that actually beats Helvetica Neue?

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caiob超过 11 年前

Fira mono looks good.

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sillysaurus2超过 11 年前

Does anyone know how/why Helvetica wound up the most appealing font?Publishing content with Helvetica font seems to give the content an automatic, unconscious boost in credibility. Why is that?It seems to be a primal reaction rather than a learned behavior. Helvetica looks the best to me because it looks the best, not because someone else said so.

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gprasanth超过 11 年前

Obligatory link to xkcd - <a href="http://xkcd.com/927/" rel="nofollow">http://xkcd.com/927/</a>

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