Always a popular question: "What is the name of the font that Apple uses for the logo?" The counter-question would be: "In which logo?" It has been a different typeface at different times. Currently, the Myriad Pro Set is the house and court font used in Apple marketing, but a few other fonts were in use before then.
Currently in use: The font "Myriad Pro Set" is represented on the Apple website as well as on product packaging and press documents (source: apple.com).
Rob Janoff designed the Apple logo in 1977. He used the color red and the font "Motter Tektura", which was developed in 1975 by Othmar Motter in Austria. The font may still sound familiar to one or the other because it was also used by Reebok in the logo.
The Apple logo from 1977 was designed with the font "Motter Tektura" - also used in the Reebok logo (source: Wikipedia).
1984 - Think different with Apple Garamond
In 1984, Tony Stan's "ITC Garamond" font was selected as Apple's new corporate font. However, Apple felt that the font should be slightly narrower. The existing font "ITG Garamond Condensed" was too "narrow" for Apple's taste with 64% of the spacing of the "normal" Garamond, so that a version with 80% of the normal spacing could be created. This font was then used as "Apple Garamond" in the future. You know this font from all the campaigns that went hand in hand with “Think different.” And this addition was always placed under the Apple logo if there was enough space for it.
From 1984 the Apple logo and all marketing typography was made with the Apple Garamond font. This font is based on the "ITC Garamond" and has been adapted for Apple (source: Wikipedia).
2002 - from Garamond serif to Myriad sans-serif
Beginning in 2002, Apple began using a variant of the Adobe Myriad font in its logo, marketing, and packaging design. The transition from a serif typeface to a sans serif typeface seems to have taken place, as the Myriad is not only more legible but also more modern than the outdated "Apple Garamond". The latest version of the Myriad is the "Myriad Pro", which Apple uses slightly modified as "Myriad Apple". The original iPod logo shows the "Adobe Myriad Pro Semibold".
The Apple iPod logo in the Myriad Pro semibold font.
2006 - from Myriad Pro normal to light
From 2006, the "Apple Myriad" was then replaced by a new font called "Myriad Set", which contains additional symbols and ligatures. At the end of 2013, thinner variants of the Myriad Pro were used in Apple's marketing, such as the "Myriad Pro Light", which was used in headlines. An even thinner variation of the Myriad Pro Light was used in some marketing materials and press releases.
2016 - Myriad Set Pro still in use
To see what font Apple is currently using, I just took a look at the website's source code. There you will find the reference to the "Myriad Pro Set" both in the HTML code and in the CSS file.
The CSS code on the Apple website contains numerous uses of the "Myriad Set Pro" font, which is apparently still Apple's current corporate font.The "Myriad Set Pro" is also mentioned in the HTML code from Apple.com.
I hope this article answers the questions about the font in the Apple logo in full. :-)
Which fonts Apple uses on the website, in Mac OS X and iOS, may soon be part of a post. ;)
Jens has been running the blog since 2012. He appears as Sir Apfelot for his readers and helps them with problems of a technical nature. In his free time he drives electric unicycles, takes photos (preferably with his iPhone, of course), climbs around in the Hessian mountains or hikes with the family. His articles deal with Apple products, news from the world of drones or solutions for current bugs.
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