Ping Round
Design Concept
Ping Round is a resolutely modern, approachable typeface with fluid stroke structure. The shapes of Ping Round are warm and unreserved, acting as a counterpoint to the soulless corporate communication that is the norm today.
A whole-world typeface
Following the example of versatile sans typefaces which transcend national borders, Ping Round also aims to be a truly international typeface, supporting not only hundreds of Latin-based languages, but also Arabic, Armenian, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Georgian, Greek, Korean, Hebrew, 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.
Unicase
Ping Round 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.
Numeral Styles
Each weight of Ping Round 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.
