Regular

Ping Variable

Latin

In its most general sense, the term ‘world’ refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique while others talk of a ‘plurality of worlds’. Some treat the world as one simple object while others analyze the world as a complex made up of many parts. In scientific cosmology the world or universe is commonly defined as ’the totality of all space and time; all that is, has been, and will be’. Theories of modality, on the other hand, talk of possible worlds as complete and consistent ways how things could have been. Phenomenology, starting from the horizon of co-given objects present in the periphery of every experience, defines the world as the biggest horizon or the ‘horizon of all horizons’. In philosophy of mind, the world is commonly contrasted with the mind as that which is represented by the mind. Theology conceptualizes the world in relation to God, for example, as God’s creation, as identical to God or as the two being interdependent. In religions, there is often a tendency to downgrade the material or sensory world in favor of a spiritual world to be sought through religious practice. A comprehensive representation of the world and our place in it, as is commonly found in religions, is known as a worldview. Cosmogony is the field that studies the origin or creation of the world while eschatology refers to the science or doctrine of the last things or of the end of the world.

Ping is a fluid sans serif font with a geometric structure, but unlike other geometric typefaces, Ping doesn’t reject the influence of the human hand. Ping’s simplified letterforms are constructed with the least number of pen strokes; for example the lowercase letters ‘a’, ‘d’, ‘p’, ‘b’ and ‘g’ are drawn without lifting the pen at all. Ping is resolutely modern, rational but not faceless, full of respect for the past while exploring the possibilities of the present moment. <a href="https://www.typotheque.com/articles/a_brief_history_of_sans_serif_typefaces">Read the essay</a> about the background and inspiration for designing Ping.

Ping, Design Concept

Design Concept

Following the example of versatile sans typefaces which transcend national borders, Ping also aims to be a truly international typeface, supporting not only hundreds of Latin-based languages, but also Arabic, Armenian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Cyrillic, Devanagari, Georgian, Greek, Korean, Hebrew, Japanese, and Thai. The proportions of the Latin shapes were adjusted to facilitate seamless integration with all the above-mentioned writing scripts; rather than merely giving other languages their version of a Latin-based design, Ping was constructed with a global perspective from the ground up, giving it a unique voice across different cultures and making it useful to designers worldwide.

Ping, A whole-world typeface

A Whole-world Typeface

Ping has a very large x-height that matches the height of the small caps. Influenced by modern typographic designs, a special unicase OpenType substitution feature is available that mixes lowercase letters and small caps, creating a fluid mix of letterforms that occupy the space between the baseline and the x-height.

Ping, Unicase opentype feature

Unicase

Each weight of Ping includes nine different kinds of numerals. Lining figures come as default figures in Ping. It also, however, includes old-style figures, tabular numerals (both lining and old-style), superior, inferior, circled and circled inverted numerals. For running text, old-style figures work best; for use in capital setting, use lining figures. When you take a licence for this font, you can choose your own default numeral variant.

Ping, numeral styles

Numeral Styles

Black

Arabic

Arabic transliteration

Mazanderani

Persian (Farsi)

Armenian

Chinese

Cantonese (Simplified)

Cyrillic

Abaza

Abkhaz

Adyghe

Altai

Avar

Azeri (Cyrillic)

Azeri (Latin)

Balkar

Bashkir

Belarusian

Bosnian

Bulgarian

Buryat

Chechen

Chuvash

Crimean Tatar

Dargin

Dungan

Evenki

Gagauz

Ingush

Kabardian

Kalmyk

Karakalpak

Kazakh

Khakas

Kirghyz

Komi

Koryak

Kumyk

Lezgian

Macedonian

Manci

Mansi

Mari

Mongolian

Montenegrin

Mordvin (Erzya)

Mordvin (Moksha)

Muslim Tat, Latin

Nanai

Nenets

Nogai

Ossetic

Romanian

Russian

Rusyn 

Selkup

Serbian

Shor

Tabasaran

Tajik (Cyrillic)

Talysh, Latin

Tatar

Tsakhur

Turkmen

Tuva

Tuvan

Udmurt

Uighur

Ukrainian

Uzbek

Western Mari

Yakut

Devanagari

Awadhi

Bhojpuri

Bodo

Dogri

Dotyali

Eastern Tamang

Goan Konkani

Hindi

Kangri

Konkani

Magahi

Maithili

Marathi

Nepali

Sindhi

Georgian

Greek

Greek (modern)

Hebrew

Judeo-Persian

Ladino

Japanese

Korean

Abua

Achinese

Achuar-Shiwiar

Acoli

Adara

Afar

Afrikaans

Ahtna

Alago

Albanian

Alekano

Aleut

Anaang

Ao Naga

Arabic, Chadian Spoken

Aragonese

Aromanian

Asturian

Awak

Aymara

Baka

Balinese

Banda, West Central

Bangwinji

Bapuku

Basque

Batak Toba

Bedawiyet

Bekwarra

Bemba

Bena

Bench

Benga

Bete-Bendi

Bikol

Bilen

Bini

Bislama

Blackfoot

Bokobaru

Breton

Buginese

C’Lela

Cahungwarya

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Yupik

Chamorro

Cheyenne

Chichewa

Chiduruma

Chiga

Chimborazo Highland Quichua

Chokwe

Chuukese

Colognian

Comorian, Latin

Cornish

Corsican

Croatian

Czech

Danish

Dawro

Delaware

Dikaka

Dogon, Toro So

Dutch

Ebira

Efik

Emai-Iuleha-Ora

Embu

English

Esperanto

Estonian

Ezaa

Faroese

Fijian

Filipino

Finnish

French

Frisian

Friulian

Fuliiru

Galician

Gamo

Ganda

Gbaya (Sudan)

German

Ping is a fluid sans serif font with a geometric structure, but unlike other geometric typefaces, Ping doesn’t reject the influence of the human hand. Ping’s simplified letterforms are constructed with the least number of pen strokes.

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