As of writing this, there are only 9 on Google Fonts and it was my first exposure to this type of font. Noto Emoji is a variable font that also allows you to change the weight of the thickness on the emojis, which is very helpful as they scale up or down in their size.Īs I was finally coming to fully understand all the interesting things you can do with variable fonts (like the Wonky Axis variable, which is officially my favorite axis), Google Fonts then released and introduced me to Color Fonts. Since Noto Emoji has solid color outlined emojis, this will allow you to better incorporate emojis as a part of a light theme / dark theme applications. Not only are the Emojis in this font one of the better designed ones out there, but this dedicated font will allow you to have a consistent style to your Emojis in your content and designs across all browsers, operating systems, and apps. There is even a dedicated website ( ) that catalogues all the different emojis on all the different platforms and how they are displayed. So a green apple emoji (□) will display differently depending on if you are viewing it on your iPhone, your Pixel, Firefox, Twitter, Skype, WhatsApp and so on. Then I remembered that every browser, every operating system, ever app can and do have their own library of emojis to render for the user to view. When I first heard about these fonts I was a bit baffled on why there would be a dedicated font to emojis. These fonts are my goto prototyping fonts! They all account for spaces and different letter sizes (unlike the Redacted font) giving a more true and realistic feeling of how fonts will appear.įresh from Google are two Emoji Fonts! We have the full color Noto Color Emoji font and the solid color version simply called Noto Emoji. Flow Circular: Fully rounded corners for a nice pill shaped style.These all are the essentially the same font but with different amounts of rounded corners: There are three fonts in this family, Flow Circular, Flow Rounded, and Flow Block. Since it’s a mono font, you could essentially find a another monospaced font with similar sizing and reveal that text under the redacted text upon hover. I also think there is a lot of potential in using the Redacted font for an interactive web browser puzzle game. The Redacted Script is especially nice for testimonial sections of a prototype. How To Use Redacted Fonts:īoth of these fonts are great for rapid prototyping, allowing you to keep the focus on the design and general layout without getting hung up on what the words say or the font choice. The best part about this font is that it have different weights so depending on the size of it, you can have it properly weighted. It has that nice personal feel unlike the Redacted Font. All letters are transformed to an indiscernible script font in the style of handwriting. The Redacted Script Font is the cursive alternative of this font family. It is also a monospaced font, so regardless the letter being used they will all be the same sized space. It has a great “this is an official document” feeling that you see in a government release. The Redacted Font is as if a person took a black highlighter to a document, blacking out every word and every space (the only font I’ve seen like this). Let’s talk about these ‘lil weird fonts.įirst up is the Redacted font family! There are two fonts in this family, one is the aptly-named Redacted and the other is Redacted Script. But I am here to tell you you’re wrong! Well… they are very much weird and quirky but they are far from useless and I am here to tell you why. You, much like past me, will take a quick little glance at these fonts and think that they are weird and quirky and useless. Recently however, I have been noticing some weird fonts being released and I need to talk about them. 10 out of 10 twitter feed, would recommend. It’s great! There’s a lot of great fonts being highlighted, some great info, and sometimes some fun little projects people are doing. Google Fonts is constantly adding new fonts to their long library of fonts on a weekly basis and it’s great! I personally subscribe to Google Font’s twitter feed (which I did not know they had for the longest of time!) to keep a pulse on what fonts are being released and other changes to their platform.
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