14 DAY TRIAL // The Ubuntu Project has announced today, 25th of January a new exhibition, at London’s Design Museum, which is dedicated to the Ubuntu Font, with the collaboration of its creators, Dalton Maag.
The exibition, entitled “Shape my language”, will run from 28th January to 28th February 2011 and its main function is to show the advance in design that The Ubuntu Project has made in the last years.
The development of the Ubuntu Font Family was headed by the international typeface designers Dalton Maag and its focus was placed on aesthetics and productivity. The creation of this new font family was funded by Canonical and as usual, these fonts are free to use, share and build upon.
“It is heartening to have the outstanding work on the Ubuntu Font Family recognized by such a prestigious authority as the Design Museum” said Ivanka Majic, Creative Strategy Lead of Ubuntu.
The Ubuntu Font Family includes Regular, Bold, Light and Medium weights, with italics and there is even a Monospaced member of the family for terminal applications, as well as a Condensed version for space-critical applications, with a total of 13 variants.
“We wanted to build a comprehensive high quality font in collaboration with Dalton Maag that would reflect the innovation and creativity of the open source world in its design. We also chose to share this with the web developers worldwide as an open source font. The exhibition recognizes how the Ubuntu Project is as much about design and user experience as it is about delivering great software.”
The Ubuntu Font Family debuted in the current Ubuntu 10.10 release of the Ubuntu operating system and is also available for download from Softpedia. The Ubuntu Font Family can also be accessed through the Google Font Directory. Any web designer can now pick Ubuntu from the Google Font Directory via the Google Font API, and bring the beauty and legibility of the Ubuntu fonts to their web properties.