Zilla Slab is a free to use,
open source
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slab serif
In typography, a slab serif (also called ''mechanistic'', ''square serif'', ''antique'' or ''Egyptian'') typeface is a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs. Serif terminals may be either blunt and angular ( Rockwell), ...
font commissioned by the
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation (stylized as moz://a) is an American non-profit organization that exists to support and collectively lead the open source Mozilla project. Founded in July 2003, the organization sets the policies that govern development, ...
as a part of their
rebranding
Rebranding is a marketing strategy in which a new name, term, symbol, design, concept or combination thereof is created for an established brand with the intention of developing a new, differentiated identity in the minds of consumers, invest ...
process from mid-2016 to 2017. It was created in 2017 by
Peter Biľak and Nikola Djurek,
typeface designers for the
Typotheque
Typotheque is a type foundry and design studio from The Hague, Netherlands that develops and markets original typefaces. In October 2009, Typotheque became the first type foundry to introduce the concept of webfonts. The typefaces sold under ...
foundry. It is inspired by the
Tesla Slab font,
also originally designed by Typotheque. Its variant, Zilla Slab Highlight, features a unique
ligature in its bold weight, where the character sequence “ill” will turn into “://”, purposely intended for using the stylized Mozilla wordmark as “moz://a”.
Usage
Zilla Slab is used as the branding font for
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation (stylized as moz://a) is an American non-profit organization that exists to support and collectively lead the open source Mozilla project. Founded in July 2003, the organization sets the policies that govern development, ...
, featured in its logo as well as their other products and projects, such as
MDN Web Docs
MDN Web Docs, previously Mozilla Developer Network and formerly Mozilla Developer Center, is a documentation repository and learning resource for web developers. It was started by Mozilla in 2005 as a unified place for documentation about open web ...
and
Common Voice, alongside Inter and Metropolis.
As of February 21, 2018, Ohio University started using Zilla Slab as their secondary font of choice.
Availability
Zilla Slab is available on
GitHub
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,
Google Fonts
Google Fonts (formerly known as Google Web Fonts) is a computer font and web font service owned by Google. This includes free and open source font families, an interactive web directory for browsing the library, and APIs for using the fonts via ...
, and through Mozilla's
CDN. Its variant, Zilla Slab Highlight, is also sourced in the same GitHub repository, and available on Google Fonts as well.
See also
*
Fira typeface by
Mozilla
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References
External links
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Typotheque typefaces
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