Cantarell (typeface)
| Category | Sans-serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | Humanist |
| Designer | Dave Crossland |
| Foundry | Abattis |
| Date created | 2009 |
| License | SIL Open Font License |
| Website | cantarell |
| Latest release version | 0.303 |
| Latest release date | 13 September 2021 |
Cantarell is a humanist typeface used as the default user interface typeface of GNOME from version 3.0 until version 48, replacing Bitstream Vera and DejaVu. The font was originated by Dave Crossland in 2009.
Operating systems that shipped GNOME (version 3 to version 48) included this typeface family by default, such as Fedora Linux, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes the font family in its Google Fonts directory, making the typeface available for use in Web sites. It is notably absent in Ubuntu which includes the Ubuntu typeface instead.
In GNOME 48, Cantarell was replaced with Adwaita Sans as the default typeface for the user interface. Adwaita Sans is a customized version of Inter, which was initially intended to replace Cantarell starting from GNOME 47.