Typography

Typography

A consistent use of typography produces clear text, structure and hierarchy.

Web Fonts (Including Web graphics, Video captions and Presentations)

Sans-serif fonts are standard on the web and digital channels because texts are harder to read on a computer screen.

Open Sans is a round and clean font that reads well on all screen sizes so we recommended its use on websites, video content and presentation.

Installing Open Sans

You don't need to download the font to use it on your website, however it is advisable that fonts are not imported from Microsoft Word.

For video and presentations, you can download and install Open Sans in your computer from the Google Fonts site for free: 

• https://www.google.com/fonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Open+Sans

On the above page, click on the arrow link (towards the right of the page) and in the resulting pop-up window click on the "Download font family to your collection as a zip file" and save the file. Once you have saved the font on your computer (for example, in your Desktop) you can proceed to install the font:

• Instructions for Windows users
• Instructions for Mac users

You may need to have admin rights to your computer to install new fonts. For more information contact the IT Helpdesk.