What is the Ocean Sans® font?
Designed in 1993 by Chong Wah of Monotype, Ocean Sans is a typeface that ranges from normal to extended in width, and light to extra bold in weight. It has a large x-height with resulting short ascenders and descenders. It’s unusual for a sans serif because of its relatively high contrast between thick and thin strokes, which makes it useful for display purposes.
It performs well in innumerable type-setting situations. Since the normal width of Ocean Sans is quite narrow, it’s ideal for magazines and other text settings rife with copyfitting issues.
Ocean Sans® Font families
The Ocean Sans® includes the following font families:
- Ocean Sans Std Light
- Ocean Sans Std Light Italic
- Ocean Sans Std Book
- Ocean Sans Std Book Italic
- Ocean Sans Std SemiBold
- Ocean Sans Std SemiBold Italic
- Ocean Sans Std Bold
- Ocean Sans Std Bold Italic
- Ocean Sans Std ExtraBold
- Ocean Sans Std ExtraBold Italic
- Ocean Sans Std Book SemiExtd
- Ocean Sans Std Book SemiExtd Italic
- Ocean Sans Std Bold SemiExtd
- Ocean Sans Std Bold SemiExtd Italic
- Ocean Sans Std Light Extd
- Ocean Sans Std Light Extd Italic
- Ocean Sans Std Book Extd
- Ocean Sans Std Book Extd Italic
- Ocean Sans Std SemiBold Extd
- Ocean Sans Std SemiBold Extd Italic
- Ocean Sans Std Bold Extd
- Ocean Sans Std Bold Extd Italic
- Ocean Sans Std ExtraBold Extd
- Ocean Sans Std ExtraBold Extd Italic
Ocean Sans® Preview
Here is a preview of how Ocean Sans® will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
