Source Code Pro is a monospaced sans serif
typeface
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created by
Paul D. Hunt for
Adobe Systems
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. It is the second
open-source
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font family from Adobe, distributed under the
SIL Open Font License.
Source Code Pro (2012)
Source Code Pro is a set of monospaced OpenType fonts designed to work well in
coding environments. This family of fonts complements the
Source Sans family and is available in seven weights: Extralight, Light, Regular, Medium, Semibold, Bold, Black.
Changes from Source Sans Pro include:
*Long x-height
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Dotted zero
*Redesigned i, j, and l
*Increased sizes of punctuation marks
*Optimized shapes of important characters like the greater- and less-than signs
*Adjusted heights of dashes and mathematical symbols improving alignment with each other
The font has been regularly upgraded since its first release. Italics styles were added in 2015, and
variable formats were introduced in 2018.
See also
Adobe's open-source family
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Source Sans, the first member of Adobe's open-source family.
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Source Serif, the third member of Adobe's open-source family.
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Source Han Sans
Source Han Sans is a sans-serif East Asian gothic typeface, gothic typeface family created by Adobe Inc., Adobe and Google. It is also released by Google under the Noto fonts project as Noto Sans CJK. The family includes seven weights, and suppo ...
, the fourth member of Adobe's open-source family and the first to include
CJK characters
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.
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Source Han Serif, the last member of Adobe's open source family and includes CJK characters.
References
External links
Source Code Proat Adobe
Source Code Pro specimenon
GitHub
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GitHub project page
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Free software Unicode typefaces
Monospaced typefaces
Adobe typefaces
Typefaces designed by Paul D. Hunt
Sans-serif typefaces
Typefaces and fonts introduced in 2012