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Literata
Literata is a serif typeface commissioned by Google and designed by the independent type foundry TypeTogether.
About Literata
Literata is a serif typeface commissioned by Google and designed by the independent type foundry TypeTogether. It was released in 2015 and is the default font family in Google Play Books, since version 3.4.5. The typeface was inspired by Scotch Roman and old-style typefaces. It was intended to establish a unique visual identity for the Play Books app, suitable across a wide variety of screen sizes, resolutions, and rendering software. Literata initially included two different weights (regular and bold) and corresponding upright italicised variations (no real italic). Version 2.1 named Literata Book added two different weights (Medium and SemiBold) and small caps, and made cap-height numerals the default. It includes support for full extended Latin, Polytonic Greek, and Cyrillic scripts.
From the Wikipedia article “Literata”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using Literata in a book
Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.
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Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q20006821 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).