The current Blue Hills Digital site uses two Google Fonts:
- Cabin, for headlines
- Open Sans, for body copy
At the time I’m writing this (June 10), you are reading these words in Open Sans, and the heading on this post is still Cabin. But at some point in the not too distant future, these words will change 🪄
First, why change? There’s nothing wrong with Open Sans and Cabin, I don’t think. Over time, however, I’ve come to dislike Cabin, and since this is my own website, I get to make changes based on a whim, without needing to build a business case for my boss 🤪
I’ve landed on Hanken Grotesk, an open source sans-serif typface that has a full set of weight variations and characters. It’s easily accessible via Google Fonts, and contains enough variety that I plan to use it across headings and body copy, unless someone persuades me that’s a terrible idea.
Here’s a preview that I shared with the Digital Landscape subscribers today:
