Following the tradition established in 2022, I am presenting here an overview of some interesting new open-source typefaces that were published on the Google Fonts platform in 2023. I am listing them in the chronologic order of publication.
After Part 1 (February–March) and Part 2 (April to August), we now reach the third part that goes from September to December 2023.
Inclusive Sans
Inclusive Sans, by Olivia King, is a text font designed for accessibility and readability. It is inspired by the friendly personality of contemporary neo-grotesques while incorporating key features to make it highly legible in all uses. Designed by Olivia King. Google Fonts / Github / Online presentation
New fonts released (or updated) in September: AR One Sans, Gabarito, Onest, Pixelify Sans, Young Serif, Inclusive Sans, Mooli.
AR One Sans
AR One Sans, designed by Niteesh Yadav, is a font for Augmented Reality (AR) environments and UIs with high-readability in busy backgrounds. It includes axes for Weight and also a special ‘AR Retinal Resolution’ axis.
Gabarito
Gabarito is a light-hearted geometric sans typeface with 6 weights ranging from Regular to Black originally designed for an online learning platform in Brazil.
Mooli
Mooli is a Sans Serif font designed for young readers, by Vernon Adams.
Onest
Onest is a hybrid of geometric and humanistic grotesques. It is suitable for reading long texts from the screens of any device and is recommended for apps and sites. A typeface created for Moldova.
Slackside
Slackside by @mksdsato is a Japanese handwritten style Kana font.
Wavefont and Linefont
Wavefont and Linefont by Dmitry Ivanov are non-text variable fonts to render data.
Young Serif
Young Serif by Bastien Sozeau, a heavy weight old style serif typeface, taking inspiration from Plantin Infant or ITC Italian Old Style.
Hedvig Letters
The Hedvig typeface family was created by Kanon Foundry (Malmö, Sweden), as a brand typeface for an insurance company.
Playpen Sans
Playpen Sans produced by TypeTogether is a casual handwriting font with 7 alternates for each character and an automatic shuffler that ensures the overall organic, spontaneous, and authentic feel of the style.
The overview of interesting typefaces published by Google Fonts in 2023 comes to a close.
You can look back at the fonts of 2022, or follow up with the typefaces released in 2024.