New York (2019 typeface)
New York is a transitional serif typeface created by Apple Inc. It was released to developers in June 2019.[1] It is released by Apple freely but solely for use in developing or creating mock-ups of software on Apple platforms.[2]
Category | Transitional |
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Foundry | Apple Inc. |
Date released | 2018 (Apple Books) 2019 (developer use) |
Variations | New York Small New York Medium New York Large New York Extra Large |
Also known as | SF Serif Serif UI |
Website | https://developer.apple.com/fonts/ |
Originally codenamed Serif UI, it was first showcased in WWDC 2018 on June 4, 2018 when the new Apple Books app was introduced.[3] It was exclusive to Apple Books on iOS 12; as a result, it was not available for download on the Apple Developer site. It was later released in four optical sizes with six weights each, under the name New York in June 2019 on the Apple Developer site.[4] The font includes OpenType features for lining and text figures in both proportional and tabular widths.
Despite Apple having created a typeface with the same name with the bitmap format for the original Macintosh (later converted to TrueType vector format), it is unrelated to this design.
Usage
Similar to San Francisco's usage, Apple also limits the usage of New York by others. According to its license, it is restricted to the design and development of applications for Apple's platforms.[2][4]
References
- Leow, Mikelle. "Apple Rolls Out New System Typeface, 'New York', Now Available For Download". DesignTaxi. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- Carter, Dom. "Apple's new free system font isn't actually that new". CreativeBloq. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- Pardes, Arielle. "Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2018". Wired. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- "Fonts". Apple Developer. Retrieved 2019-06-05.