Zilla Slab Explained

Zilla Slab
Style:Slab serif
Classifications:Mechanistic, Humanist
Creator:Peter Biľak, Nikola Djurek
Commissioned By:Mozilla Foundation
Foundry:Typotheque
Creationdate:2017
License:SIL Open Font License
Based On:Tesla Slab
Variations:Zilla Slab Highlight
Latest Release Version:1.002
Latest Release Date: [1]
Latin:yes

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, typeface designers for the Typotheque foundry. It is inspired by the Tesla Slab font,[6] 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.

Usage

Zilla Slab is used as the branding font for Mozilla Foundation, featured in its logo as well as their other products and projects, such as MDN Web Docs and Common Voice, alongside Inter and Metropolis.[7] [8]

As of February 21, 2018, Ohio University started using Zilla Slab as their secondary font of choice.[9]

Availability

Zilla Slab is available on GitHub,[10] Google Fonts,[11] and through Mozilla's CDN.[12] Its variant, Zilla Slab Highlight, is also sourced in the same GitHub repository, and available on Google Fonts as well.[13]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Release v1.002 · mozilla/zilla-slab. 2017-08-23. 2021-03-19. GitHub.
  2. Web site: Zilla Slab: A common language through a shared font - Mozilla Open Design. Mozilla Open Design. Yuliya. Gorlovetsky. 2017-07-10. 2019-07-20.
  3. Web site: Mozilla Johnson Banks. Johnson Banks Corporation. 2019-07-20.
  4. Web site: Designing in the Open. Mozilla Open Design. Michael. Johnson. 2016-06-10. 2019-07-20.
  5. Web site: Going deeper into Mozilla's identity problem - Mozilla Open Design. Mozilla Open Design. Michael. Johnson. 2016-07-06. 2019-07-20.
  6. Web site: Typotheque: New Wordmark and Typeface for Mozilla. Typotheque. 2017-01-24. 2019-07-20.
  7. Web site: Typography - Protocol Design System. Mozilla Protocol - Protocol Design System. Mozilla. 2019-07-21.
  8. Web site: Typography - Mozilla Dot Design. Mozilla Dot Design. Mozilla. 2019-07-21.
  9. Web site: OHIO: Compass Branding OHIO with updated color palettes and typography. Ohio University. Renea. Morris. 2018-02-21. 2019-07-21.
  10. Web site: mozilla/zilla-slab: Mozilla's Zilla Slab Type Family. GitHub. 2019-07-20.
  11. Web site: Zilla Slabs - Google Fonts. Google Fonts. Typotheque. 2019-07-20.
  12. Web site: Mozilla CDN. 2019-07-20.
  13. Web site: Zilla Slab Highlight - Google Fonts. Google Fonts. Typotheque. 2019-07-20.

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