@fontsource/open-sans

What is @fontsource/open-sans?

@fontsource/open-sans is an npm package that allows you to self-host the Open Sans font in your web projects. It provides a convenient way to include the font in your project without relying on external CDNs, ensuring better performance and control over the font loading process.

What are @fontsource/open-sans's main functionalities?

Basic Usage

This code imports the default weight and style of the Open Sans font into your project.

import '@fontsource/open-sans';

Specific Weight and Style

This code imports specific weights (400 and 700) of the Open Sans font, allowing you to use different font weights in your project.

import '@fontsource/open-sans/400.css';
import '@fontsource/open-sans/700.css';

Variable Fonts

This code imports the variable font version of Open Sans, which allows for more flexible and responsive typography.

import '@fontsource/open-sans/variable.css';

Subsetting

This code imports only the Latin subset of the Open Sans font, which can reduce the font file size and improve loading times if you only need Latin characters.

import '@fontsource/open-sans/latin.css';

Other packages similar to @fontsource/open-sans

@fontsource/roboto

@fontsource/roboto provides the Roboto font in a similar manner to @fontsource/open-sans. It allows you to self-host the Roboto font, offering various weights, styles, and subsets for better performance and control.

typeface-open-sans

typeface-open-sans is another package that allows you to self-host the Open Sans font. It is similar to @fontsource/open-sans but may not offer as many customization options or subsets.

@fontsource/lato

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README

Fontsource Open Sans

The CSS and web font files to easily self-host the “Open Sans” font. Please visit the main Fontsource website to view more details on this package.

Quick Installation

Fontsource offers multiple methods to import the CSS, including using a bundler like Vite or using SASS. You can find full documentation here.

npm install @fontsource/open-sans

Within your app entry file or site component, import it in.

import "@fontsource/open-sans"; // Defaults to weight 400
import "@fontsource/open-sans/400.css"; // Specify weight
import "@fontsource/open-sans/400-italic.css"; // Specify weight and style

Supported variables:

• Weights: [300,400,500,600,700,800]
• Styles: [italic,normal]
• Subsets: [cyrillic,cyrillic-ext,greek,greek-ext,hebrew,latin,latin-ext,math,symbols,vietnamese]

Note: italic may not be supported by all fonts. To learn more about what weights and styles are supported, please visit the Fontsource website.

Finally, you can reference the font name in a CSS stylesheet, CSS Module, or CSS-in-JS.

body {
  font-family: "Open Sans";
}

Licensing

Always make sure to read the license for each font you use. Most of the fonts in the collection use the SIL Open Font License, v1.1. Some fonts use the Apache 2 license. The Ubuntu fonts use the Ubuntu Font License v1.0.

Copyright 2020 The Open Sans Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/opensans) OFL-1.1

Other Notes

Font version (provided by source): v40.

If you have any suggestions or ideas to improve the performance of font loading or expand the existing library, feel free to star and contribute to this repository. You can share your suggestions or ideas by creating an issue.