Introducing Mona Sans and Hubot Sans
Blog post from GitHub
GitHub has released two open-source variable fonts, Mona Sans and Hubot Sans, which can be used freely under the Open Font License (OFL). Mona Sans, a versatile typeface inspired by industrial-era grotesques, is designed for primary use across various mediums, while Hubot Sans, a more geometric and technical font, serves as a secondary option for headers and pull quotes. Both fonts feature variable axes of weight, width, and slant, offering thousands of styling combinations and are available in static and variable formats. GitHub recommends using the variable .ttf versions for local use and the woff2 versions for web use, and encourages optimization techniques like preloading, subsetting, and creating custom fallback fonts to enhance performance and reduce layout shifts. Users are invited to contribute to the continued development and improvement of these fonts through GitHub.