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legitster
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Public Sans – A strong, neutral typeface for text ...
The key word is "neutral". The government doesn't set a preference for a specific font or organization.
citizenkeen
on April 8, 2019
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What is a neutral font?
legitster
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If they pick a font, even an open source one, it could encourage people to copy them. Or be making some (very minor) statement about open source.
By developing their own font, they don't set preference for any organization, group, or business.
snazz
on April 8, 2019
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They do develop it on GitHub, which I would consider to be a stronger statement than font choice.
beatgammit
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Well, nobody said they had to be
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cbhl
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If I recall correctly, Open Sans was commissioned by Google.
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