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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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        Bobby HendersonCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 28, 2023

        The application is the same. InDesign on macOS.

        We cannot determine whether it is a "modified" version. But the running width in "italic" is already noticeably different.


        I'm on the Windows platform; I don't know if OSX will provide additional details when checking a font file's properties. The copy I downloaded from Google Fonts, which includes two variable styles and 36 static styles, shows "file version 3.000." Some free fonts sites, such as Font Squirrel, are still offering an old version (1.10) with only 10 static fonts. The Open Sans collection on Adobe Fonts features 13 font files; I can't tell what file version is being used. Obviously there are different generations of Open Sans floating around on various computer systems. If you're sharing layouts with other people it's going to be critical for everyone involved to be using the same vesrion of Open Sans downloaded or synced from the same source, be it Google, Adobe Fonts, Font Squirrel, etc.

        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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