1351143 - Typography - switch from Fira to Open Sans

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: Pages & Content, enhancement)

Description

[Eric Renaud [:erenaud]]

User Story - https://tree.taiga.io/project/malexis-mozillaorg-durable-team/us/1123

Tasks -

- Build list of pages w. Fira
- Code conversions to Open Sans

Comment 1

[Craig Cook (:craigcook)]

The only pages using Fira Sans are those using the Pebbles framework, and there aren't many:

1.  home
2.  /technology
3.  /internet-health
4.  /internet-health/privacy-security
5.  /internet-health/digital-inclusion
6.  /internet-health/open-innovation
7.  /about/leadership
8.  /newsletter/firefox
9.  /newsletter/mozilla
10. /newsletter/developer
11. /moss
12. /firefox/new/?xv=breakfree
13. /firefox/new/?xv=wayofthefox

Comment 2

[Craig Cook (:craigcook)]

Attachment: Github pull request https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/pull/4739

Comment 3

[[github robot]]

Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/c78175672e7635f6e1657028629debd60eb4c3e3
[fix bug 1351143] Switch Pebbles to Open Sans

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d0ca20820bc541efeef581a2da5a29a158ebcaec
Merge pull request #4739 from craigcook/bug-1351143-pebbles-open-sans

[fix bug 1351143] Switch Pebbles to Open Sans

Comment 4

[Adolfo Jayme]

A step backwards — switching to an overused (diluting your brand as a consequence), passé font with less readability features. I thought the plan was to use the new, bespoke font since 2014 (!), according to bug 1047087?

Comment 5

[Adolfo Jayme]

It goes without saying that Fira has more glyph coverage than Open, as well, so pages in other languages (such as Kabyle, which uses ɣ) look ugly and patchy.

And I don’t see Google’s Open Sans mentioned anywhere in https://mozilla.ninja/typography.

This is all wrong.