Radio Canada Big

Classification

Font Technology

Variable Font with 1 axis
Weight (wght): 400–700

How To Use Radio Canada Big

To use Radio Canada Big 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.
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Radio Canada Big';
  src: url('<YOUR SERVER PATH>RadioCanadaBig[wght].ttf') format(woff2);
  font-weight: 400 700;
  font-stretch: 100%;
  font-style: normal;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Radio Canada Big';
  src: url('<YOUR SERVER PATH>RadioCanadaBig-Italic[wght].ttf') format(woff2);
  font-weight: 400 700;
  font-stretch: 100%;
  font-style: italic;
}

Description

CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster. Their mandate is to inform, enlighten, and entertain in order to strengthen Canadian culture on radio, television, and digital platforms. Radio Canada Big is a variable font with a weight axis that spans from Regular (400) to Bold (700), offering a spectrum of options to suit diverse design needs. To contribute, see github.com/googlefonts/radiocanadadisplay .

Designer

Étienne Aubert Bonn
Since 2012, Étienne Aubert Bonn has been working as a type designer at Coppers and Brasses, the type foundry he cofounded with Alexandre Saumier Demers. Together, he and Alexandre offer a variety of type-related services including retail typefaces, custom fonts, lettering work, and typographic consultancy. Additionally, he is involved in teaching type design at UQAM as part of the graphic design BA course. Prior to his current endeavors, he completed a graphic design BA at UQAM, followed by a type design certificate at Type@Cooper and the Type and Media MA at KABK.

Copyright

Copyright 2022 The Radio Canada Big Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/radiocanadadisplay)

OpenType Features

Related Fonts

Radio Canada Big 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
tabular-nums
0123456789 0123456789
Arbitrary Fractions
diagonal-fractions
1/2 1/3 2/3 3/4 5/8 15/16 1234/5678
Discretionary ligatures
default css
font-feature-settings: "dlig" 1
ffij
ffij
fij
fij
Fractions
default css
font-feature-settings: "frac" 1
1/4
1/4
1/2
1/2
3/4
3/4
Standard ligatures
font-variant-ligatures: none
font-feature-settings: "liga" 1
ffi
ffi
ffij
ffij
ffl
ffl
ff
ff
fi
fi
fij
fij
fl
fl
Ordinals
default css
font-feature-settings: "ordn" 1
No.
No.
1a
1a
2o
2o
Tabular numbers
default css
font-feature-settings: "tnum" 1
0
0
1
1
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Radio Canada Big 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
tabular-nums
0123456789 0123456789
Arbitrary Fractions
diagonal-fractions
1/2 1/3 2/3 3/4 5/8 15/16 1234/5678
Discretionary ligatures
default css
font-feature-settings: "dlig" 1
ffij
ffij
fij
fij
Fractions
default css
font-feature-settings: "frac" 1
1/4
1/4
1/2
1/2
3/4
3/4
Standard ligatures
font-variant-ligatures: none
font-feature-settings: "liga" 1
ffi
ffi
ffij
ffij
ffl
ffl
ff
ff
fi
fi
fij
fij
fl
fl
Ordinals
default css
font-feature-settings: "ordn" 1
No.
No.
1a
1a
2o
2o
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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.
,
,
:
:
;
;