Pulp To Pixels

Every now and then we notice a trend in fonts or notice a cer­tain face show­ing up every time we flip a page or load a link. One such font to recently start pop­ping up on the web—and in our local cof­fee shops flyers—is Museo. It’s a dis­tinc­tive and con­tem­po­rary semi-​​slab serif which makes for highly-​​legible headlines.

The Open­Type font fam­ily from exljib­ris Font Foundry offers sup­port for CE lan­guages and even esperanto. Besides lig­a­tures, con­tex­tual alter­na­tives, styl­is­tic alter­nates, frac­tions and proportional/​tabular fig­ures MUSEO also has a ‘case’ fea­ture for case sen­sative forms.

Museo Sans font fam­ily is avail­able in five weights (100, 300, 500, 700, and 900) with each an italic. Three weights are absolutely free (300, 500, and 700) and two are paid (100 and 900).

The 300, 500, and 700 weights can cur­rently be down­loaded for free from MyFonts (reg­is­tra­tion required).

About the author

Jeff designs print and web expe­ri­ences for a vari­ety of clients and enjoys shar­ing what he learns along the way. He entered the indus­try at the split of web design from graphic design occurred and is now fas­ci­nated as the two dis­ci­plines are on the cusp of com­ing full cir­cle to merge into a new, media savvy gen­er­a­tion of design­ers. When not crazy busy, Jeff likes geo­caching and con­sum­ing copi­ous amounts of cof­fee. You should fol­low him on Twit­ter and Facebook.

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