Before Droid was the name of an Android phone from Verizon and Motorola, it was the name of this collection of fonts.
These fonts are available under the Apache license. There will be more about this license, and Android’s use of it, in a future post; for now, I’ll just remark that it’s a free software license.
Ascender Corporation developed the Droid fonts. It continues to work on them. Some versions of Droid fonts will be available under commercial licenses.
The Droid fonts should not be confused with the Android Custom Typeface, which is used in the Android logo. I am prevented from showing you the Android Custom Typeface by two things: first, I like you too much to inflict it upon you; and second, the Android brand guidelines forbid me from doing so.
The Droid fonts are key to the Android experience – yes, even more than the Iconic Android is. And I rather like them.
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