Public Sans

Classification

Grotesque Sans

Font Technology

Variable Font with 1 axis
Weight (wght): 100–900

How To Use Public Sans

To use Public Sans in your web project, either search Google Fonts and use their embed code or host the font on your server and use the CSS below. Note: fonts served by Google Fonts may be missing some OpenType features that are available in the original font.
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@font-face {
  font-family: 'Public Sans';
  src: url('<YOUR SERVER PATH>PublicSans[wght].ttf') format(woff2);
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-stretch: 100%;
  font-style: normal;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Public Sans';
  src: url('<YOUR SERVER PATH>PublicSans-Italic[wght].ttf') format(woff2);
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-stretch: 100%;
  font-style: italic;
}

Description

Based on Libre Franklin , Public Sans is a strong, neutral typeface for interfaces, text, and headings. It was Developed by the United States Web Design System . The family was upgraded to a variable font in May 2022. To contribute, see github.com/uswds/public-sans

Designer

USWDS, Dan Williams, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida

Copyright

Copyright 2015 The Public Sans Project Authors (https://github.com/uswds/public-sans)

OpenType Features

Fractions
Standard ligatures
Oldstyle figures
Ordinals
Stylistic alternates
Stylistic set 1
Subscript
Superscript
Tabular numbers

Related Fonts

Libre Franklin
Special Gothic
Schibsted Grotesk
Special Gothic Condensed One
Special Gothic Expanded One
Chivo
Asta Sans
Pathway Gothic One
Kantumruy Pro
Fragment Mono
Public Sans regular
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine ears.
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Numerals
oldstyle-nums
tabular-nums
0123456789 0123456789
0123456789 0123456789
Arbitrary Fractions
diagonal-fractions
1/2 1/3 2/3 3/4 5/8 15/16 1234/5678
Fractions
default css
font-feature-settings: "frac" 1
/
/
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
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8
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9
Standard ligatures
font-variant-ligatures: none
font-feature-settings: "liga" 1
fi
fi
fl
fl
Ordinals
default css
font-feature-settings: "ordn" 1
No.
No.
1a
1a
2o
2o
Stylistic alternates
default css
font-feature-settings: "salt" 1
g
g
l
l
Stylistic set 1
default css
font-feature-settings: "ss01" 1
g
g
l
l
Tabular numbers
default css
font-feature-settings: "tnum" 1
0
0
1
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Public Sans italic
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine ears.
, : ; ? ! " “ ” ' ‘ ’ « » ′ ″ ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 - – — ‒ ― / | ⁄ … • · § ¶ * ~ ^ ° © ® ™
Numerals
oldstyle-nums
tabular-nums
0123456789 0123456789
0123456789 0123456789
Arbitrary Fractions
diagonal-fractions
1/2 1/3 2/3 3/4 5/8 15/16 1234/5678
Fractions
default css
font-feature-settings: "frac" 1
/
/
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
Standard ligatures
font-variant-ligatures: none
font-feature-settings: "liga" 1
fi
fi
fl
fl
Ordinals
default css
font-feature-settings: "ordn" 1
No.
No.
1a
1a
2o
2o
Stylistic alternates
default css
font-feature-settings: "salt" 1
g
g
l
l
Stylistic set 1
default css
font-feature-settings: "ss01" 1
g
g
l
l
Tabular numbers
default css
font-feature-settings: "tnum" 1
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
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,
,
¢
¢
$
$
ƒ
ƒ
£
£
¥
¥