BC Sans
The standard font for B.C. Government digital services is BC Sans. BC Sans is an open source font family, and is a modified version of Noto Sans, developed by Google. BC Sans includes modifications to support Indigenous languages in British Columbia.
Font weights and styles included:
- BC Sans Regular - 400
- BC Sans Italic - 400
- BC Sans Bold - 700
- BC Sans Bold Italic - 700
- BC Sans Light - 300
- BC Sans Light Italic - 300
Typography standards for print are on the B.C. Visual Identity Program page.
Download Files
If you are wanting the fonts in different file formats, here are all the options
- Download all font files (.eot, .ttf, .otf, .woff, .woff2)
- Download files for your local computer (.otf, .ttf)
Integration
npm i --save @bcgov/bc-sans
React
Embed into a root level component
import '@bcgov/bc-sans/css/BC_Sans.css'
Typography.js
See Typography.js installation instructions here
import Typography from 'typography';
import '@bcgov/bc-sans/css/BC_Sans.css';
const typography = new Typography({
baseFontSize: '16px',
baseLineHeight: 1.25,
headerFontFamily: ['BC Sans', 'Noto Sans', 'Verdana', 'Arial', 'sans-serif'],
bodyFontFamily: ['BC Sans', 'Noto Sans', 'Verdana', 'Arial', 'sans-serif'],
scaleRatio: 2.074,
});
export default typography;
Why are there two similar CSS files in this package?
For new projects, you only need to include one of the two CSS files: css/BC_Sans.css
. Then, reference BC Sans
in your CSS font-family
rules.
Originally, this package shipped with just css/BCSans.css
. This file uses BCSans
(no space) as the font-family
name in its @font-face
declarations. Lots of existing application code references this name. But the metadata in the font files use BC Sans
(with a space) for the font family name. As a result, UI design tools like Figma output code using BC Sans
from the font files. This generated code would not work directly with this package without manual intervention.
css/BC_Sans.css
uses BC Sans
for its CSS font-family
names. This matches the family metadata fields in the font files. Font style code generated from Figma works with css/BC_Sans.css
. New projects should use css/BC_Sans.css
for smoothest designer to developer hand-off. For existing projects, there is no need to switch.
Contributing
Integrating it differently? Create a pull request to help us build out the documentation.