Airbus B612 Cockpit Font
7 days ago
- #typography
- #aviation
- #open-source
- B612 is a highly legible open-source font family designed for aircraft cockpit screens.
- Key design characteristics include maximizing character form distance, respecting letter primitives, and harmonizing forms and spacing.
- Airbus initiated a research collaboration in 2010 with ENAC and Université de Toulouse III to improve cockpit screen legibility.
- Intactile DESIGN was engaged in 2012 to design eight typographic variants of the font, named B612 after Saint-Exupéry's asteroid.
- The font underwent complete hinting on all characters and includes steps for updating and generating TTF files.
- Licensed under Eclipse Public License v2.0, Eclipse Distribution License v1.0, and SIL Open Font License v1.1.