M+ FONTS

M⁺ OUTLINE FONTS (M⁺ 2P Light)
Category	Sans Serif, Monospace
Designer(s)	Morishita, Cōji (森下浩司)
Foundry	M+ FONTS PROJECT
Date created	2002
Date released	2010-09-25 v 033
Variations	Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold, Heavy, Black and Proportional, Monospace, and Combination Proportional/Monospace

The M⁺ OUTLINE FONTS are sans-serif, with proportional and monospaced fonts and many different weights ranging from thin to black. The fonts feature the following characters: C0 controls and basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, Japanese Kana, and Japanese Kanji^[1]. The fonts are developed using FontForge^[2]. It was selected as one of the "free fonts of the month" in Smashing Magazine^[3], and also selected as "Project of the Month" in SourceForge.JP^[4].

The proportional font variations are

1P — aimed as sophisticated and relaxed design
2P — variation of above
1C — optimized to be proportioned well in typesetting
2C — variation of above

The fixed-width font variations are (these are only available in thin, light, regular, medium, bold)

1M — created to emphasize the balance of natural letterform and high legibility
2M — variation of above
1MN — aimed at a new distinctive design for a terminal font specialized to programming

The font files are released like public domain:

THESE FONTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY.—^[5]

References

^ "M⁺ OUTLINE FONTS | FONTS FEATURES". M⁺ FONTS PROJECT. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
^ "M⁺ OUTLINE FONTS | ABOUT #SPECIAL THANKS". M⁺ FONTS PROJECT. 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
^ Vitaly Friedman (March 7, 2008). "Free Fonts Of The Month (in March 2008)". Smashing Magazine. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
^ hiromichi-m (2009-08-03). "今月のプロジェクト 2009年8月 - M+ FONTS" (in Japanese). SourceForge.JP. Retrieved 2010-04-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ "M⁺ OUTLINE FONTS | ABOUT #LICENSE". Retrieved 2009-11-14.

External links

[1] "M⁺ OUTLINE FONTS | FONTS FEATURES". M⁺ FONTS PROJECT. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-22.

[2] "M⁺ OUTLINE FONTS | ABOUT #SPECIAL THANKS". M⁺ FONTS PROJECT. 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-14.

[3] Vitaly Friedman (March 7, 2008). "Free Fonts Of The Month (in March 2008)". Smashing Magazine. Retrieved 2010-02-14.

[4] romichi-m (2009-08-03). "今月のプロジェクト 2009年8月 - M+ FONTS" (in Japanese). SourceForge.JP. Retrieved 2010-04-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[5] "M⁺ OUTLINE FONTS | ABOUT #LICENSE". Retrieved 2009-11-14.

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