🖋️ Typography#
Fonts#
We use the following fonts on different media (e.g. websites, e-mail, business cards, handouts):
Poppins: The standard font for all media and printed matter
Roboto Mono: The monospace font for code fragments
Hint
Our logo is an exception that contains the font Lucida Grande.
Font sizes and spacing#
We design everything on a scale of 2 (see «Layout & Grid» section). This creates a balanced rhythm across all design elements. Also, this rule applies to the typographic scale, too. Use the factor 1.5 for the line spacing resp. line-height. For the paragraph spacing use 1x or x times the line spacing of the body copy.
The following table refers to the «Poppins» font:
PRINT (pt) |
WEB (px) |
SLIDES |
|
---|---|---|---|
Section Title |
SemiBold, 48/60 |
SemiBold, 56/60 |
128/128 |
Subline |
Thin, 16/24 |
ExtraLight, 16/24 |
Regular, 32/48 |
Main Title / H1 |
Light, 24/30 |
Bold, 28/36 |
SemiBold, 80/120 |
H2 |
SemiBold, 18/24 |
Bold, 24/32 |
– |
H3 |
SemiBold, 12/18 |
SemiBold, 20/24 |
– |
H4 |
SemiBold, 10.5/16 |
Bold, 16/20 |
– |
H5 |
SemiBold, 8.5/12 |
– |
– |
Leadtext |
Regular, 12/18 |
Regular, 20/24 (25) |
Regular, 64/80 |
Bodycopy |
Regular, 8.5/12 |
Regular, 16/20 |
Regular, 40/60 |
Marginalia |
Light, 6/12 |
ExtraLight, 14/18 |
Light, 20/32 |
Hint
Line lengths#
Consider the line lengths to ensure that texts remain legible. A proper line length depends on the medium, the number of columns, and the language. Thus, too general rules of thumb don’t make sense. We have to decide on a case-by-case basis. To help you decide, here are some rough clues:
Printed matters: 50 - 70 characters (depending if it’s one or two columns)
Web: ~ 35em
Websites#
The standard font-size on websites is 16px. This results in a baseline grid of 20px. Base all other texts and headlines on the baseline grid.
For websites, use the following font stack:
font-stack: 'Poppins', Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Arial', sans-serif
Print matters#
Set the body text with 9pt, line spacing with 16pt and the font style «Regular» for printed matters and documents ins standard sizes such as A4.
E-mail#
For e-mails, we use Helvetica Neue or Arial with a size of 12px by default.
Keynotes and presentations#
«Poppins» is also used for presentations. The basic font sizes are under «Slides» in the section Font sizes and spacing.
Font colours#
These are our primary font colours: