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Steve Matteson

Steve Matteson is credited on four families in the library. The first was added in 2010 and the latest in 2011. By class: two sans serifs, one monospaced family, one serif. Two are variable fonts.

The familiesIn order of addition, each name set in its own outlines

ArimoSans serif · 2010 · weights 400–700

CousineMonospace · 2010 · weights 400–700 (2)

TinosSerif · 2010 · weights 400–700 (2)

Open SansSans serif · 2011 · weights 300–800

Range of the work

The lowercase runs from Tinos, the shortest at 459 units per 1,000 em, to Open Sans at 535. In width, Tinos is the narrowest (459) and Cousine the widest (600). Beyond Latin, the families cover eight subsets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Greek Extended, Hebrew, Math, Symbols, Vietnamese. Measured against the medians of their own classes, three of the four families with ascenders have a taller x-height, two of all four set a wider lowercase and two a darker one.

Against the class medianDifferences from the median of each family’s class, per 1,000 em; ink in percentage points

Family	Class	x-height	Width	Ink	Weights	Subsets
Open Sans	Sans serif	+17	+1	−2 pts	300–800 + italic	10
Cousine	Monospace	+12	±0	±0 pts	400–700 (2) + italic	8
Arimo	Sans serif	+10	−32	+2 pts	400–700 + italic	8
Tinos	Serif	−23	−54	±0 pts	400–700 (2) + italic	8