SST (typeface)

SST

Category	Sans-serif
Classification	Humanist
Commissioned by	Sony
Foundry	Monotype
Date created	2013
Date released	2013

SST is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Monotype for Sony.[1] It supports the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic alphabets and has matching styles for Thai, Hebrew, Japanese and Arabic.[2][3] It is modelled after Helvetica (Sony's previous typeface) and Frutiger.[4] SST is used on Sony's product packaging, operating instructions, websites, TV menus, in PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and on the Xperia smartphone.[2]

Notes and references

1. "One typeface, 93 languages for Sony". Monotype Imaging. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
2. Iris Lješnjanin (2015-04-02). "An interview with type designer Akira Kobayashi – "Letters Do Not Stand By Themselves"". Smashing Magazine.com.
3. "Sony Design | Design Projects | SST Type Project". Sony Global. 18 December 2013.
4. "SST Type Project Special Interview With Type Director Akira Kobayashi". Sony Global. 11 December 2013.

External links

• Luc Devroye. "Sony Design". Type Design Information Page.