noto type specimen
The Google Noto Type Specimen is a comprehensive exploration of the characteristics and usage of the multilingual font. The type specimen establishes Noto's unique features and strengths while highlighting the importance of multilingual font support in today's globalized world.
2023
Editorial Design Typography
February - March 2024
Multilingual fonts give people around the world a voice on a global platform, the digital platform.
I chose four languages of Latin, Cyrillic, and Indic origins to compare their Noto Sans letterforms. In doing so, we understand the differences in scripts as well as the changes in Noto Sans for each language.
Noto is a large typeface family. For the purpose of this type specimen, I chose to focus on 4 languages of Noto Sans fonts – English, Russian, Telugu, and Kannada. This helped keep the content concise and successfully communicate the significance of Noto and it's role as a multilingual font in the today's world.