Is Myriad Pro finally available for use as a web font? (It's now used by Apple as a web font)

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bperdue picture bperdue · Mar 2, 2014 · Viewed 23.5k times · Source

Apple is using "Myriad Pro Set" as a web font. I'm assuming that somehow we can now purchase a license to use Myriad Pro as a web font.

Adobe says the font is available for web use. But, the only info they provide is a link to Typekit (owned by Adobe), which does offer "Myriad Pro" but Typekit's Myriad Pro is a serif font -- not the sans-serif that Apple has popularized.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Answer

John Washam picture John Washam · Sep 9, 2014

For a subscription fee at Adobe Fonts, the web font is available.

As for the fonts being different (serif vs. sans-serif), here is a side-by-side comparison of the font off apple.com (left) and the font off the Adobe page you linked to (right):

As you can see, there is no difference between the two, at least with this "G" character, and I couldn't find any other noticeable differences.

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