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.