IBM Plex is a global typeface family developed as IBM’s corporate typeface. It is designed for user interfaces and a broad range of other typographic applications.
The family includes Sans, Serif, Mono, Sans Condensed, and Math designs. Roman and true italic styles are available, together with extensive language and writing-system coverage.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Includes Sans, Serif, Mono, Sans Condensed, and Math typefaces.
- Offers Roman and true italic styles.
- Designed to work well in user interface environments and other mediums.
- Supports extended Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Chinese writing systems.
- Provides source files and multiple font formats.
- Includes variable font packages.
- IBM Plex Math supplies more than 5,000 glyphs covering mathematical and technical notation.
- Available as downloadable releases and individual npm packages.
Website: github.com/IBM/plex
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Developer: IBM
License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
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