Typography

For the sake of brand consistency, here are some handy references and examples for the correct uses of typography on the WordPress apps:

Open Sans

WordPress uses Open Sans as the default text face.

Open Sans is a humanist sans serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson, Type Director of Ascender Corp. This version contains the complete 897 character set, which includes the standard ISO Latin 1, Latin CE, Greek and Cyrillic character sets. Open Sans was designed with an upright stress, open forms and a neutral, yet friendly appearance. It was optimized for print, web, and mobile interfaces, and has excellent legibility characteristics in its letterforms.

Open Sans on Google Fonts

We use three weights:

Light 300

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Regular 400

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Bold 700

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Font Sizes

Open Sans Light 300 | Size: 32pt (64pt @2x) | LineHeight: 35pt (64pt @2x)

Large Post Title (Single View)

Open Sans Regular 400 | Size: 18pt (36pt @2x) | LineHeight: 20pt (40pt @2x)

Post Title (List View)

Open Sans Regular 400 | Size: 12pt (24pt @2x) | LineHeight: 14pt (29pt @2x)

Subtitle / Date

Open Sans Bold 700 | Size: 10pt (20pt @2x) | LineHeight: 12pt (24pt @2x) | All-Caps

LABEL (DRAFT, UPLOADING, TAGS, ETC)

Open Sans Regular 400 | Size: 16pt (32pt @2x) | LineHeight: 24pt (48pt @2x)

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