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Atkinson Hyperlegible Next

A variable sans from Braille Institute's project with seven weights, italics and clearly separated letters.

Sans Serif 14 styles · variable by Braille Institute, Applied Design Works, Elliott Scott and others OFL

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next is a sans serif typeface credited to Braille Institute, Applied Design Works, Elliott Scott, Megan Eiswerth and Letters From Sweden. Atkinson Hyperlegible Next is a variable font with a 200–800 weight axis and italics, 14 styles in all. Atkinson Hyperlegible Next is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interfaces, forms and reading text.

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designers
Braille Institute, Applied Design Works, Elliott Scott, Megan Eiswerth, Letters From Sweden
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
14 7 weights, with italics
Variable font
Yes Weight 200–800
Glyphs
392
Languages checked
24 see the list
Last updated
version 2.001

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

Try Atkinson Hyperlegible Next

Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Atkinson Hyperlegible Next; the download contains the complete files.

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Atkinson Hyperlegible Next specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • ExtraLight 200Atkinson Hyperlegible Next ExtraLight ExtraLight Italic
  • Light 300Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Light Light Italic
  • Regular 400Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Regular Italic
  • Medium 500Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Medium Medium Italic
  • SemiBold 600Atkinson Hyperlegible Next SemiBold SemiBold Italic
  • Bold 700Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Bold Bold Italic
  • ExtraBold 800Atkinson Hyperlegible Next ExtraBold ExtraBold Italic

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file per style, and the named weights above are positions on that range.

About Atkinson Hyperlegible Next

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next is a sans serif family whose letterforms are drawn so that similar characters differ visibly. In the specimen the zero carries a diagonal slash, the lowercase q ends in a short tail turned to the right, the lowercase l curves at its foot, and the capital I has horizontal bars, so I, l and 1 cannot be mistaken for one another. The family is variable along a weight axis from 200 to 800, with seven named weights from ExtraLight to ExtraBold and an italic for each, 14 styles in total. Google Fonts credits Braille Institute, Applied Design Works, Elliott Scott, Megan Eiswerth and Letters From Sweden; the font's name table also lists Linus Boman and Theodore Petrosky. The 392 glyphs cover the Latin and Latin Extended subsets. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Atkinson Hyperlegible Next works

Forms, codes and reference numbers
A slashed zero and distinct I, l and 1 reduce misreadings in passwords, serials and booking codes.
App and web interfaces
Seven weights from ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800 cover labels, buttons, headings and fine print in one family.
Reading text with emphasis
Every weight has an italic, so body copy, quotations and bold-italic warnings stay in the same design.
Printed notices and instructions
Clearly separated character shapes help short instructions on leaflets, labels and handouts.

Glyphs

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

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 392 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

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext. 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 2020-2024 The Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/atkinson-hyperlegible-next)

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 Atkinson Hyperlegible Next

Aref Ruqaa Serif

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next is sans serif and Aref Ruqaa is serif (2 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Podkova Slab Serif

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next is sans serif and Podkova is slab serif (5 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Lekton Monospace

Lekton is a monospace family (2 weights) for code and figures next to Atkinson Hyperlegible Next 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 Atkinson Hyperlegible Next 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: "Atkinson Hyperlegible Next";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/AtkinsonHyperlegibleNext-Italic-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 200 800;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Atkinson Hyperlegible Next";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/AtkinsonHyperlegibleNext-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 200 800;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Atkinson Hyperlegible Next", sans-serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Atkinson Hyperlegible Next with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Weight axis 200 to 800
The variable files span ExtraLight to ExtraBold. There is no Thin 100 or Black 900.
Two variable files
The package holds one roman and one italic variable file. Static instances are available from the official source.
Latin only
The subsets are Latin and Latin Extended; Cyrillic and Greek are not in these files.

FAQs

Is Atkinson Hyperlegible Next free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Atkinson Hyperlegible Next may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and passed on, but the font files cannot be sold on their own, and derivatives keep the same license.

Who designed Atkinson Hyperlegible Next?

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next is credited to Braille Institute, Applied Design Works, Elliott Scott, Megan Eiswerth and Letters From Sweden. The font's name table also lists Linus Boman and Theodore Petrosky.

How many weights does Atkinson Hyperlegible Next have?

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next has seven named weights, from ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic, which makes 14 styles.

Is Atkinson Hyperlegible Next a variable font?

Yes. Atkinson Hyperlegible Next is a variable font with a weight axis from 200 to 800, in separate roman and italic files.

Which languages does Atkinson Hyperlegible Next support?

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as Spanish, French, German, Turkish, Polish and Romanian.

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