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Session 804

Introducing the New System Fonts

Antonio Cavedoni Type Designer

Design

Agenda

Agenda

San Francisco Fonts

Agenda

San Francisco FontsDesign Principles

Agenda

San Francisco FontsDesign PrinciplesNew Features, Changes, and Code

Agenda

San Francisco FontsDesign PrinciplesNew Features, Changes, and CodePotential API Pitfalls

San Francisco

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San Francisco

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SF Compact

SF and SF Compact

San Francisco

SF SF Compact

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SF and SF Compact



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SF and SF Compact

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Texture

To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature—could one dream of anything more? We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy,

Texture

To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature—could one dream of anything more? We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy,

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To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature—could one dream of anything more? We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win. Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon.

Texture

To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature—could one dream of anything more? We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win. Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon.

oesoes

To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature—could one dream of anything more? We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win. Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. Never in all their history have men been able truly to conceive of the world as one: a single sphere, a globe, having the qualities of a globe, a round earth in which all the directions eventually meet, in which there is no center because every point, or none, is center — an equal earth which all men occupy as equals. The airman's earth, if free men make it, will be truly round: a globe in practice, not in theory.

Texture


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Proportions

5Hlpx

5HlpxBaseline

5Hlpxx-Height

5HlpxCap-Height

5HlpxDescender

5HlpxAscender

Proportions

5Hlpx

5HlpxCompatible Overall Vertical Metrics

Cap-Height Lower Than Ascenders

5Hlpx

Large x-Height

5Hlpx

Numbers Align with Uppercase

5Hlpx

Latin

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Za b c d e f g h i j k l m n

o p q r s t u v w x y z

Polishktóre wstrząsnęły sumieniem ludzkości, i że

ogłoszono uroczyście jako najwznioślejszy cel ludzkości dążenie do zbudowania takiego świata, w

którym ludzie korzystać będą z wolności słowa i przekonań oraz z wolności od strachu i nędzy,

zważywszy, że konieczne jest zawarowanie praw człowieka przepisami prawa, aby nie musiał –

doprowadzony do ostateczności – uciekać się do buntu przeciw tyranii i uciskowi, zważywszy, że

Icelandicæðsta markmið almennings um heim allan sé að skapa veröld, þar sem menn fái notið málfrelsis,

trúfrelsis og óttaleysis um einkalíf afkomu. Mannréttindi á að vernda með lögum. Að öðrum

kosti hljóta menn að grípa til þess örþrifaráðs að rísa upp gegn kúgun og ofbeldi. Það er mikilsvert að efla

vinsamleg samskipti þjóða í milli. Í stofnskrá sinni hafa Sameinuðu þjóðdirnar lýst yfir trú sinni á grundvallaratriði mannréttinda, á göfgi og gildi

Hungarianfellázító barbár cselekményekhez vezetett, és hogy az ember legfőbb vágya egy olyan világ eljövetele,

amelyben az elnyomástól, valamint a nyomortól megszabadult emberi lények szava és

meggyőződése szabad lesz, tekintettel annak fontosságára, hogy az emberi jogokat a jog uralma védelmezze, nehogy az ember végső szükségében

a zsarnokság és az elnyomás elleni lázadásra kényszerüljön, tekintettel arra, hogy igen lényeges a

Vietnamesecả các nước và tất cả các dân tộc đánh giá việc

thực hiện mục tiêu mà mọi cá nhân và mọi tổ chức trong xã hội, trên cơ sở luôn ghi nhớ Bản tuyên ngôn

này, sẽ phấn đấu thúc đẩy sự tôn trọng các quyền và tự do cơ bản của con người thông qua truyền bá

và giáo dục, cũng như sẽ phấn đấu đảm bảo cho mọi người dân, ở chính các nước thành viên của

Liên Hợp Quốc và ở các lãnh thổ thuộc quyền quản lý của mình, công nhận và thực hiện những quyền

Cyrillic

А Б В ГД ЕЖЗИЙ К ЛМНО П Р СТ УФХЦ ЧШЩЬЮЯа б в гд е ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч шщ ью я

RussianВсеобщую декларацию прав человека в

качестве задачи, к выполнению которой должны стремиться все народы и все государства с тем,

чтобы каждый человек и каждый орган общества, постоянно имея в виду настоящую

Декларацию, стремились путем просвещения и образования содействовать уважению этих прав и свобод и обеспечению, путем национальных и международных прогрессивных мероприятий

Greek

Α Β ΓΔ Ε Ζ ΗΘ Ι Κ ΛΜΝ Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ ΥΦΧΨΩα β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φχ ψω

Greekοποίο πρέπει να κατατείνουν όλοι οι λαοί και όλα τα έθνη, έτσι ώστε κάθε άτομο και κάθε όργανο της κοινωνίας, με τη διακήρυξη αυτή διαρκώς

στη σκέψη, να καταβάλλει, με τη διδασκαλία και την παιδεία, κάθε προσπάθεια για να αναπτυχθεί ο σεβασμός των ανθρώπινων δικαιωμάτων και των ελευθεριών αυτών, και να εξασφαλιστεί

προοδευτικά, με εσωτερικά και διεθνή μέσα, η παγκόσμια και αποτελεσματική εφαρμογή τους

San Francisco

San Francisco

New typeface called San Francisco

San Francisco

New typeface called San FranciscoiOS and OS X make use of a new font family called SF

San Francisco

New typeface called San FranciscoiOS and OS X make use of a new font family called SFWatch family renamed to SF Compact

San Francisco

New typeface called San FranciscoiOS and OS X make use of a new font family called SFWatch family renamed to SF CompactFamilies have similar proportions

San Francisco

New typeface called San FranciscoiOS and OS X make use of a new font family called SFWatch family renamed to SF CompactFamilies have similar proportionsSF and SF Compact are related but different designs

Download Info

Apple Fonts and Text Pagedeveloper.apple.com/fonts

Download Info BETA

Apple Fonts and Text Pagedeveloper.apple.com/fonts

Principles

Visual perception islargely about illusion

Equalizing Height

Equalizing HeightOvershoot

To make two shapes look similar, they often have to be made dissimilar

#Bonus

#Bonus: Octothorpe

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Bonus: Octothorpe

Bonus: Octothorpe

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#Bonus: Octothorpe

Visual perception islargely about illusion

Optical Sizes

Optical Sizes

San Francisco

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Negative Space

Negative Space


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aesConfusable Shapes

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Display Versus Text




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Text

Display

40pt

16pt

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19pt

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30pt

Display Versus Text

Optical Sizes

Optical Sizes

Two optical, size-specific families—Text and Display

Optical Sizes

Two optical, size-specific families—Text and DisplayThe system automatically switches at 20pt

Optical Sizes

Two optical, size-specific families—Text and DisplayThe system automatically switches at 20ptNo adoption necessary

Optical Sizes

Two optical, size-specific families—Text and DisplayThe system automatically switches at 20ptNo adoption necessaryApp designers need to be aware of the difference

Tracking

Tracking

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Tracking Versus KerningTracking

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Tracking


TrackingNegative


TrackingNegative

H OHH OOHHH

H OHH OOHHH

Kerning

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Kerning

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Kerning

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KerningNegative

H OHH OOHHH

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Tracking Versus Kerning

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Tracking Versus Kerning

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Tracking Summary

Tracking Summary

Tracking is automatically enabled for System Font

Tracking Summary

Tracking is automatically enabled for System FontFor designers, we provide the tracking tables that System Font supports

Weights

Font Weight

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nFont Weight

Font Weight

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Text Weights

Light Regular Medium Semibold Bold Heavy

Light Italic Regular Italic Medium Italic Semibold Italic Bold Italic Heavy Italic

Light Regular Medium Semibold Bold Heavy

Text Weights

Display Weights

Light Regular Medium Semibold Bold HeavyBlack

ThinUltralight

Light Regular Medium Semibold Bold HeavyBlack

ThinUltralight

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New System Font weight APIs in AppKit and UIKit

New Weights Adoption

New System Font weight APIs in AppKit and UIKitNSFont.systemFontOfSize(SIZE, weight: WEIGHT) UIFont.systemFontOfSize(SIZE, weight: WEIGHT)


New System Font weight APIs in AppKit and UIKitNSFont.systemFontOfSize(SIZE, weight: WEIGHT) UIFont.systemFontOfSize(SIZE, weight: WEIGHT)


UIFontWeightUltralight UIFontWeightThin UIFontWeightLight UIFontWeightRegular UIFontWeightMedium UIFontWeightSemibold UIFontWeightHeavy UIFontWeightBlack

NSFontWeightUltralight NSFontWeightThin NSFontWeightLight NSFontWeightRegular NSFontWeightMedium NSFontWeightSemibold NSFontWeightHeavy NSFontWeightBlack

How to Use Weights

How to Use Weights

Differentiation and hierarchy

How to Use Weights

Differentiation and hierarchySimilitude

How to Use Weights

Differentiation and hierarchySimilitudeVoice

Weight-Use in Differentiation and Hierarchy

Today’s weather is great.


Weather forecasts Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday


Weight Used for Similitude

Larger size = Lighter weightSmaller size = Heavier weight

Weight Used for Similitude

Weight Used for Voice


Bee Weather

Tuesday 37°CWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday

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Monday 39°C37°C39°C38°C37°C38°C40°C

39°C


Bee Weather


39°C38°C37°C38°C40°C

Monday 39°C37°C39°C38°C37°C38°C40°C

39°CDove WeatherMonday 20°CTuesday 23°CWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday

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Zebra Weather


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Monday 39°C37°C39°C38°C37°C38°C40°C

39°CDove WeatherMonday 20°CTuesday 23°CWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday

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How to Use Weights

How to Use Weights

Legibility first

How to Use Weights

Legibility first• Establish hierarchy with consistency and clarity

How to Use Weights

Legibility first• Establish hierarchy with consistency and clarity• On iOS, use Text Style APIs and adopt Dynamic Type

Settings > General > Accessibility > Bold Text

How to Use Weights

How to Use Weights

Relying on weights that are too bold will hit upper weight limit

How to Use Weights

Relying on weights that are too bold will hit upper weight limitOn the other hand, too-light text is unreadable for many users

Weights Summary

Weights Summary

New font weights are available in OS X 10.11 and iOS 9

Weights Summary

New font weights are available in OS X 10.11 and iOS 9New APIs are available to make use of them

Weights Summary

New font weights are available in OS X 10.11 and iOS 9New APIs are available to make use of themSame guidelines about hierarchy, legibility, and taste apply to usage

Typographic Features

Features Make Fonts Active


Features are behaviors embedded inside a font


Features are behaviors embedded inside a fontMake complex scripts and languages possible


Features are behaviors embedded inside a fontMake complex scripts and languages possibleAllow access to extended glyphs

Feature Example: Fractions

1/2

1/2 ½Feature Example: Fractions

1/2 ½U+00BD VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF


2/9Feature Example: Fractions

2/9 ?Feature Example: Fractions

2/9 2


2/9 2/


2/9 29/


2/9 29⁄

U+2044 FRACTION SLASH


2/9Feature Example: Fractions

2/9 2⁄9Feature Example: Fractions

65/324 65⁄324Feature Example: Fractions

Enabling Features: Typography Panel

let pointSize : CGFloat = 60.0 let systemFontDesc = UIFont.systemFontOfSize(pointSize, weight: UIFontWeightLight).fontDescriptor() let fractionFontDesc = systemFontDesc.fontDescriptorByAddingAttributes( [ UIFontDescriptorFeatureSettingsAttribute: [ [ UIFontFeatureTypeIdentifierKey: kFractionsType, UIFontFeatureSelectorIdentifierKey: kDiagonalFractionsSelector, ], ] ] )

label.font = UIFont(descriptor: fractionFontDesc, size:pointSize)

Enabling Features: Code

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Feature Example: Superiors/Superscripts

Feature Example: Inferiors/Subscripts

C3H8

C3H8

Feature Example: Inferiors/Subscripts

C3H8

Feature Example: Uppercase Forms

A+3

Feature Example: Uppercase Forms

A+3A+3

Special Features

Special Feature: Vertically Centered Colon

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Special Feature: Alternate Six and Nine

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300510

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12 12

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Optional feature


Optional featureAvailable with code


Optional featureAvailable with codeUIFontFeatureTypeIdentifierKey: kStylisticAlternativesType


Optional featureAvailable with codeUIFontFeatureTypeIdentifierKey: kStylisticAlternativesType

UIFontFeatureSelectorIdentifierKey: kStylisticAltOneOnSelector

Bonus: Features and Optical Sizes

265⁄324Display


265⁄324 265⁄324Display Text


Features Summary

Features Summary

Features are behavior-embedded inside a font

Features Summary

Features are behavior-embedded inside a fontSome features are automatically turned on for System Font

Features Summary

Features are behavior-embedded inside a fontSome features are automatically turned on for System FontOthers require opt-in

Numbers

0123456789

Number Spacing

Monospaced (Tabular) Numbers

0123456789


235,667+30,521+

1,273,313+9,831+

127,053+9,967,345+

235,667+30,521+

1,273,313+9,831+

127,053+9,967,345+

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Proportional Numbers

0123456789

Monospaced for Animation

Friday,June 12th

Proportionals for Static Labels

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+1 (123) 300-4000


Friday,June 12th


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+1 (123) 300-4000


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+1 (123) 300-4000


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Proportional numbers by default, opt into

monospaced

Numbers Summary

Numbers Summary

Numbers are now proportional by default

Numbers Summary

Numbers are now proportional by defaultApplications not linked against OS X 10.11 and iOS 9.0 get monospaced numbers

Numbers Summary

Numbers are now proportional by defaultApplications not linked against OS X 10.11 and iOS 9.0 get monospaced numbers New shortcut API in AppKit

Numbers Summary

Numbers are now proportional by defaultApplications not linked against OS X 10.11 and iOS 9.0 get monospaced numbers New shortcut API in AppKitNSFont.monospacedDigitsSystemFontOfSize(mySize weight:)

Font API Pitfalls

Don’t Access Fonts with Private Names

let myFont = UIFont.fontWithName(“.ApplePrivateFont” size:mySize)

Don’t Reference Font File Names

… /System/Library/Fonts/Apple Color Emoji.ttf /System/Library/Fonts/AppleSDGothicNeo-Bold.otf /System/Library/Fonts/Avenir.ttc /System/Library/Fonts/HiraKakuInterface-W2.otf /System/Library/Fonts/Monaco.dfont /System/Library/Fonts/Palatino.ttc /System/Library/Fonts/ZapfDingbats.ttf …

Don’t Access System Font by Name

let myFont = UIFont.systemFontOfSize(mySize)

…later in the code…

let myOtherFont = UIFont.fontWithName(myFont.familyName size:mySize)

Do Reuse Font Descriptors

let systemFont = UIFont.systemFontOfSize(mySize)

…later in the code…

let myOtherFont = UIFont.fontWithDescriptor(systemFont.fontDescriptor() size:mySize)

Don’t Draw System Font at a Different-Than-Nominal Point Size

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Font API Pitfalls

Font API Pitfalls

Treat fonts as opaque objects

Font API Pitfalls

Treat fonts as opaque objectsFonts with optical sizes break old assumptions

Font API Pitfalls

Treat fonts as opaque objectsFonts with optical sizes break old assumptionsRelying on System APIs ensures correct behavior and rendering stability

Summary

MotivationSan FranciscoOptical SizesTrackingWeightFeaturesNumbersFont API Pitfalls

Summary

More Information

DocumentationApple Fonts and Text Pagedeveloper.apple.com/fonts

Designing Great Appsdeveloper.apple.com/design

Technical SupportApple Developer Forumsdeveloper.apple.com/forums

Developer Technical Supportdeveloper.apple.com/support/technical

General InquiriesCurt Rothert, App Frameworks [email protected]

Mike Stern, User Experience [email protected]

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Text and Fonts Lab Frameworks Lab D Friday 3:30PM

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