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December 22, 2021
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Open Sans: difference between Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts?

  • December 22, 2021
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Hi,

there are 13 font types of Open Sans in the Adobe library (3 of them of the Condensed family): 

https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/open-sans

 

... vs. (12 fonts in) Google:

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans

 

But e.g. is the style "Regular" / "Regular 400" exactly the same (using it in print publications) and therefore does it not matter which one I use?

 

Thanks!

mycc

 

 

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    HARSHIKA_VERMA
    Community Manager
    HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    January 5, 2022

    Thank you for your patience, mycc. Here is the answer to your question-

     

    As to the discrepancy in the number of fonts listed (13 vs 12): we include the 3 “Condensed” in the main “Open Sans” family, while Google does not include those, and Google includes 2 “Medium” (upright & italic) that we do not include in our listing.

    About whether our “Regular” is exactly the same as Google’s “Regular 400” —our team is investigating on this one if there is a discrepency.

     

    Thanks,

    Harshika

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      Christian27200516osxt
      Participant
      August 23, 2023

      Hi Harshika,


      We have noticed that the width of the "Open Sans" font package is not identical in the "italic" font styles. The font delivered and activated through Adobe Cloud behaves differently than the font loaded and activated directly from Google (vendor). The "Google variant" runs slightly longer than the Adobe variant. Can this be?


      Best regards
      Christian

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        Community Expert
        Bobby HendersonCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 25, 2023

        Are you using the same application to test the version of Open Sans downloaded from Google Fonts and the version synced via Adobe Fonts?

         

        If there are slight tracking length differences between the two versions of Open Sans it's possible one version is a different build of the typeface. It is common for typefaces to be updated from time to time for various reasons. There could be one or more bugs that need to be fixed. Sometimes type designers add additional characters and/or features to a type family or they make refinements to existing glyphs. Sometimes they expand the type family with more styles (more weights, widths, etc). People who have bought copies of type families from vendors like MyFonts can often get the updated fonts for free. In the case of Google the updated fonts would replace the old ones.

        HARSHIKA_VERMA
        Community Manager
        HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        December 28, 2021

        Hi mycc,

         

        Thank you for reaching out and sorry for the delay in response. I have shared your question with our Fonts team so that I can give you the right information. The team is on vacation. Hence, please expect a delay in response. 

         

        I will make sure to get back to you as soon as I hear back from the team.

         

        I really appreciate your patience.

         

        Happy New Year in advance. 

         

        Thanks,

        Harshika

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