Zilla Slab: A common language through a shared font

Re:Zilla Slab: A common language through a shared font by zuzun on Friday August 04, 2017 @03:56PM (#14931633)

So they commissioned a high profile typographer to create a custom typeface just 3-4 years after they commissioned a high profile typographer to create a custom typeface? Makes you wonder if donations to Mozilla will help to keep the web open or help to do a third rebranding.

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Re:Zilla Slab: A common language through a shared font by rhencke on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:07PM (#14931756)

You don't have to wonder where their money goes - take a look:

https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/2015_Mozilla_Audit...

I think it's disingenuous to imply that commissioning a font and working to keep the web open are somehow mutually exclusive goals.

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Re:Zilla Slab: A common language through a shared font by tallblondeguy on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:10PM (#14931785)

If you're arguing against custom typography, I'd respond that creating a custom typeface is a really worthy thing and exciting to see, especially since they're open sourcing it and sharing it with the world.

But I think your main thrust here is that it comes off as Mozilla acting aimless? It's a fair point, and it makes me a bit sad to think that Fira Sans has completely gone off of their radar now.

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Re:Zilla Slab: A common language through a shared font by potch on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:40PM (#14932054)

We didn't throw away Fira Sans, which is the typeface of Firefox. However, we wanted to update the Mozilla brand apart from the Firefox brand, and so Zilla Slab was commissioned.

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