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AR One Sans

A variable sans by Niteesh Yadav for augmented reality interfaces, with a resolution axis beside its weight axis.

Sans Serif 4 styles · variable by Niteesh Yadav OFL

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AR One Sans is a sans serif family by Niteesh Yadav, designed for augmented reality and user interfaces. AR One Sans is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700 and an AR Retinal Resolution axis from 10 to 60. It has four named weights and 586 glyphs, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

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Designer
Niteesh Yadav
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
4 4 weights
Variable font
Yes AR Retinal Resolution 10–60, Weight 400–700
Glyphs
586
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 1.001;gftools[0.9.33]
Used for
Body textInterfacesTech

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

Try AR One Sans

Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of AR One Sans; the download contains the complete files.

AR One Sans font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
AR One Sans specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400AR One Sans Regular
  • Medium 500AR One Sans Medium
  • SemiBold 600AR One Sans SemiBold
  • Bold 700AR One Sans Bold

AR One Sans is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file, and the named weights above are positions on that range.

About AR One Sans

AR One Sans is a sans serif family made for text that floats over the real world in augmented reality displays. Niteesh Yadav gave it low stroke contrast, generous letter spacing and sturdy shapes so that words stay readable against busy backgrounds; the official notes say the forms were tested on devices from high-end headsets to low-resolution phone-based viewers. The specimen shows open apertures and curves that turn slightly square. The family is a variable font with two axes. Weight runs from 400 to 700, with Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold as named steps. The second axis, AR Retinal Resolution, runs from 10 to 60 and adjusts the design for low- and high-resolution displays; the notes state that these optical versions share the same widths, so text does not reflow. The file holds 586 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese.

Where AR One Sans works

AR and VR interface labels
Low contrast and wide spacing keep labels legible when the background is a moving camera view.
Apps that span headsets and phones
The resolution axis tunes the letters for each display type without changing line breaks, because the versions are duplexed.
Heads-up overlays and captions
Sturdy strokes from Regular to Bold stay visible in subtitles and status text laid over video.
Longer reading in immersive apps
The official notes report testing in longer texts, so instructions and descriptions can use the same family as the labels.
Conventional screen interfaces
Open apertures and four named weights also serve dashboards and mobile screens outside AR.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 586 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2022 The Ar-One-Sans Project Authors (https://github.com/niteeshy/ar-one-sans)

What the license allows

  • Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
  • Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
  • Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions

  • The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
  • A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
  • The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with AR One Sans

Alice Serif

AR One Sans is sans serif and Alice is serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Besley Slab Serif

AR One Sans is sans serif and Besley is slab serif (6 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

B612 Mono Monospace

B612 Mono is a monospace family (2 weights) for code and figures next to AR One Sans as the text face.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use AR One Sans on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "AR One Sans";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/AROneSans-VariableFont_ARRR%2Cwght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400 700;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "AR One Sans", sans-serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves AR One Sans with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

A custom axis: ARRR
Beside weight, the font has an AR Retinal Resolution axis with the tag ARRR, from 10 to 60. It has to be set through font-variation-settings; software without variable font support ignores it.
Weight starts at Regular
The weight axis covers 400 to 700 only. There is no light or thin end.
No italics
The family is upright only, in a single variable file.

FAQs

Is AR One Sans free for commercial use?

AR One Sans can be used in commercial work at no charge under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits modifying and redistributing the files, but the fonts cannot be sold on their own and derivatives must keep the same license.

Who designed AR One Sans?

AR One Sans was designed by Niteesh Yadav. The copyright notice names The Ar-One-Sans Project Authors.

Is AR One Sans a variable font?

Yes. AR One Sans is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700 and an AR Retinal Resolution (ARRR) axis from 10 to 60.

What does the ARRR axis in AR One Sans do?

The AR Retinal Resolution axis of AR One Sans switches between optical versions for low- and high-resolution displays. According to the official notes, the versions are duplexed, so changing the value does not reflow text.

How many weights does AR One Sans have?

AR One Sans has four named weights: Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700.

Which languages does AR One Sans support?

AR One Sans includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Turkish and Vietnamese.

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