Back in January I joined the Help Scout brand creative team. A few months in I noticed that we had three different, but similar, sans serif typefaces in play. Each one had a very specific purpose and worked very well. But we made a company-wide switch to Google Workspace for, well, many things (docs, slides mainly) and as you know, in that ecosystem it’s Google Fonts or nothing. So what’d I do? I Frankensteined the vibe of all three of those typefaces into a new one, Scoutie Sans.
It’s got some very intentional quirks and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It probably deserves a much more in-depth writeup than I’m providing here, but it was a fun challenge and I’m also surprised at how enthusiastic the team was about creating a new brand font and open-sourcing said brand font. Progressive AF, if you as, me.
The only downside to Google Workspace is the lack of alternates. That’d be my only request in Google Docs/Slides if I’m being honest. Just some elegant way to batch activate one of these (specifically ss07 at small sizes).
You can download Scoutie Sans from Google Fonts or Github. No idea on an ETA for Figma. Enjoy, and as always, show me what you do with it ✌️