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M+ OUTLINE FONTS (M+ 2P Light)
CategorySans Serif, Monospace
Designer(s)Morishita, Cōji (森下 浩司)
FoundryM+ FONTS PROJECT
Date created2002
Date released2011-07-12 v 041
VariationsThin, 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]. It has also been selected as an excellent font among eight fonts for print and screen[5]. The current version contains over 3200 glyphs.

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 license for these font files is as follows::

These fonts are free softwares. Unlimited permission is granted to use, copy, and distribute it, with or without modification, either commercially and noncommercially. THESE FONTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY.[6]

References

  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. ^ 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)
  5. ^ Ian Cylkowski (June 7, 2010). "excellent font for print and screen". design by izo.
  6. ^ "M+ OUTLINE FONTS". Retrieved 2010-10-25.
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