+ The Droid typeface family was designed in the fall of 2006 by Ascender's + Steve Matteson, as a commission from Google to create a set of system fonts + for its Android platform. The goal was to provide optimal quality and comfort + on a mobile handset when rendered in application menus, web browsers and for + other screen text. + The family was later extended in collaboration with other designers such as + Pascal Zoghbi of 29ArabicLetters. +
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