Source Sans 3
Source Sans 3 carries true small capitals, a feature present in 179 of the 1,899 families. Its regular file holds 2,478 glyphs, 3.6 times the median of the sans serifs (686). It lists seven script subsets, more than 95% of the sans serifs.
| Measure, per 1,000 em | Source Sans 3 | Median of 732 sans serifs |
|---|---|---|
| Ascender (top of d) | 712 | 740 |
| Cap height (top of H) | 656 | 702 |
| x-height (top of x) | 486 | 519 |
| Descender (foot of p) | −205 | −213 |
| x-height ÷ cap height | 0.74 | 0.70 |
| Average lowercase width | 475 | 522 |
| Ink coverage, a–z | 41.4% | 40.2% |
Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot
X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders
Just below: Mada, Sofia Sans Extra Condensed; just above: Nunito Sans, Exo 2
Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs
Just below: Mada, Cantora One; just above: Blinker, Gidole
Weights and styles
One variable file per style covers every weight from 200 to 900, with a matching italic; eight of the nine standard steps fall inside that range.
| Axis | Tag | Range | In the library |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | wght | 200 to 900 | 545 families |
ScriptsFamilies sharing each subset
- Latin1,843
- Latin Extended1,525
- Vietnamese532
- Cyrillic306
- Cyrillic Extended243
- Greek128
- Greek Extended76
Inside the file
In the measured file: 1,615 Unicode characters are mapped.
Declared features: capitals to small capitals, old-style figures, proportional figures, fractions, superscripts, subscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures, stylistic alternates, slashed zero, case-sensitive forms and ten stylistic sets.
Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em
Outside the sans serif class
Same designer
Paul D. Hunt is also credited on Source Code Pro and Mada.
File: ofl/sourcesans3, google/fonts 9862abc · font software © its authors, SIL Open Font License 1.1 · method