Slate
Slate is a neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface designed by Rod McDonald at Monotype Corporation in 2006, which was designed for high levels of legibility. McDonald previously did research with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) focusing on maximizing the legibility of characters and readability of text, and the Slate family was designed for maximum legibility for both print and screen. The Slate family was also designed to be humanist, and as McDonald says "I didn't want a face with an 'engineered' look, or with any noticeable design gimmicks or devices."
Slate
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- Slate
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- 2006.
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Slate is a neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface designed by Rod McDonald at Monotype Corporation in 2006, which was designed for high levels of legibility. McDonald previously did research with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) focusing on maximizing the legibility of characters and readability of text, and the Slate family was designed for maximum legibility for both print and screen. The Slate family was also designed to be humanist, and as McDonald says "I didn't want a face with an 'engineered' look, or with any noticeable design gimmicks or devices."
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• Name — Slate • Style — Sans-serif • Classifications — Neo-grotesque • Creator — Rod McDonald • Foundry — Monotype • Creationdate — 2006 • Shown Here — OnePlus Slate • Cyrillic — yes • Greek — yes • Latin — yes
Slate Pro
Slate Pro
Slate Pro is the UI font of the BlackBerry 10 operating system.
OnePlus Slate
OnePlus Slate
OnePlus Slate was formerly the brand typeface of OnePlus and was an optional UI font for their Android-based OxygenOS since version 4.5.7, instead of Roboto. The font has 6 weights (Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold, Heavy), but no italics.
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2006
Slate first recorded.
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2006
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 4761961-2, Slate.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500185366, Slate, F..
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q17019840: Slate
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Slate and stone for discontinuous roofing and external cladding. Slate-colour | slate-color, n.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 4761961-2, Slate.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500185366, Slate, F..The Getty Research Institute
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