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Literata

Text serif. 2 axes in the tester.

wght 200–900 · opsz 7–72 · From €144

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Tester

Type in the field. Every setting is kept in the page address.

Weight 400

Optical size 14

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Size 96px

Leading 1.1

Chapter 11, page 212

Literata · 'wght' 400, 'opsz' 14

Axes

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Tag	Axis	Min	Default	Max	Where
wght	Weight	200	400	900	In tester
opsz	Optical size	7	14	72	In tester

Vertical metrics

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Weights

8 named weights. Set sends one to the tester.

200 ExtraLight

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300 Light

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400 Regular

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500 Medium

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600 SemiBold

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700 Bold

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800 ExtraBold

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900 Black

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Paragraph

18 px and 13 px, default instance.

The library lends up to twelve books for three weeks. Renew twice online or at the desk; reserved items cannot be renewed. Returns after 20:00 go through the slot by the east door and are checked in the next morning.

Glyphs

Latin set, 201 characters. Press one to enlarge.

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Figures

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Accented

Currency and maths

Credits and source

First made as the brand typeface for Google Play Books; version 3 was redrawn from the ground up as a variable font.
Latin by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione; Greek by Irene Vlachou; Cyrillic by Vera Evstafieva and Elena Novoselova.
Optical size runs from 7 (caption) to 72 (headline).

Designers: TypeTogether
License: SIL Open Font License 1.1, OFL.txt
Files: Served unmodified from the Google Fonts CDN
On Google Fonts: 2018-12-06
Prices here: Fictional. The family is free under the OFL.