Typeface · Slab serif
Zilla Slab
Zilla Slab is a free to use, open source slab serif font commissioned by the Mozilla Foundation as a part of their rebranding process from mid-2016 to 2017.
About Zilla Slab
Zilla Slab is a free to use, open source slab serif font commissioned by the Mozilla Foundation as a part of their rebranding process from mid-2016 to 2017. It was created in 2017 by Peter Biľak and Nikola Djurek, typeface designers for the Typotheque 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 "mozilla" will turn into "moz://a", purposely intended for using the stylized Mozilla wordmark.
From the Wikipedia article “Zilla Slab”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using Zilla Slab in a book
Slab serifs are sturdy and characterful — good for headings, covers and some children's or technical books; heavy slabs tire the eye in long text.
Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.
Free alternatives on Google Fonts
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q66372709 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).