Zilla Slab

Zilla Slab
CategorySlab serif
ClassificationMechanistic, Humanist
Designer(s)Peter Biľak, Nikola Djurek
Commissioned byMozilla Foundation
FoundryTypotheque
Date created2017
LicenseSIL Open Font License
Design based onTesla Slab
VariationsZilla Slab Highlight
Websitegithub.com/mozilla/zilla-slab
Latest release version1.002
Latest release dateAugust 23, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-08-23) [1]

Zilla Slab is a free to use, open source slab serif font commissioned by the Mozilla Foundation[2] as a part of their rebranding process from mid-2016 to 2017.[3][4][5] It was created in 2017 by Peter Biľak and Nikola Djurek,[2] typeface designers for the Typotheque foundry. It is inspired by the Tesla Slab font,[6][2] also originally designed by Typotheque. Its variant, Zilla Slab Highlight, features a unique ligature in its bold weight, where the character sequence "mozilla" will turn into "moz://a", purposely intended for using the stylized Mozilla wordmark.[2]

  1. ^ "Release v1.002 · mozilla/zilla-slab". GitHub. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  2. ^ a b c d Gorlovetsky, Yuliya (2017-07-10). "Zilla Slab: A common language through a shared font - Mozilla Open Design". Mozilla Open Design. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  3. ^ Johnson Banks Corporation. "Mozilla | Johnson Banks". Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  4. ^ Johnson, Michael (2016-06-10). "Designing in the Open". Mozilla Open Design. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  5. ^ Johnson, Michael (2016-07-06). "Going deeper into Mozilla's identity problem - Mozilla Open Design". Mozilla Open Design. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  6. ^ "Typotheque: New Wordmark and Typeface for Mozilla". Typotheque. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2019-07-20.