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Google Droid Font Designed for Android
While the Android OS has been eld in the making, so has the bespoken identify fashioned specifically for Android. Dubbed the ‘Droid’ font, it was conception of digit assemblage organisation impact with Ascender, a digital typeface consort that has created fonts for Microsoft and Motorola.
When they ordered discover to organisation the Droid font, the consort desired a identify with “common appeal” says Bill Davis, VP of Business Development for Ascender. Google desired a typeface organisation that was both cordial and approachable. Steve Matteson entireness as Ascender’s honcho identify specializer and is answerable for Droid font. “They desired to wager a arrange of styles, from the typical, foamy Google ikon to something rattling techno-looking,” Matteson says. “We desired the identify to be rattling useful, easy to read, and not in some artefact distracting.” Matteson also desired to organisation a typeface that would impact substantially with the Android logo.
via Forbes
