Lato (typeface)

Lato
CategorySans-serif
ClassificationHumanist
Designer(s)Łukasz Dziedzic
Date releasedDecember 2010[1]
LicenseSIL Open Font License[2]
Websitewww.latofonts.com/lato-free-fonts/
Latest release version3.100.dev2

Lato is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Łukasz Dziedzic. It was released in 2010.[3] The name "Lato" is Polish for "summer".[4] Lato was published under the open-source Open Font License.[5]

In August 2018, Lato is used on more than 9.6 million websites, and is the third most served font on Google Fonts, with over one billion views per day.[2]

  1. ^ Martyna Trykozko, Lato podbija świat, czyli jak nieudane zlecenie doprowadziło do spektakularnego sukcesu Polaka, Gazeta.pl, 18 September 2015
  2. ^ a b "Lato". Google Fonts. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference latofonts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Jeremiah Shoaf, Taking A Second Look At Free Fonts, published in Typography: Practical Considerations And Design Patterns, Smashing Magazine GmbH, 2014, p. 39
  5. ^ "Lato fonts - Fedora Project Wiki". fedoraproject.org. Retrieved 10 October 2023.