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Typography

The University of Oslo has three sets of fonts. The fonts create consistency and are chosen for the greatest possible functionality. Only these fonts will be used in UiO's communication.

Fonts in use

  • Profile fonts: Swiss 721 and Suisse BP Serif?
  • Font on websites: Helvetica
  • Usage fonts: Arial and Times New Roman

 

Profile fonts

Profile fonts are used in branding communication and are essential to the distinctiveness of our profile. These fonts are not freely available, and require a licence. The profile fonts are mainly used by designers, advertising agencies and the university’s inhouse printing company, Reprosentral. The fonts are defined with correct styles in UiO’s templates.

Primary font – Swiss 721

Our primary font is Swiss 721. Swiss 721 is a sans serif font, with a large family of weights and proportions suitable for both print and screen.

It’s important to use the fonts to create identity and structure. In short, we use the weights as follows:

  • Swiss 721 Regular is used in main headings, introductions and body text.
  • Swiss 721 Bold is used in subheadings.
  • Swiss 721 Italic is used to highlight sentences or words.
Illustration showing UiO's primary profile font used in headings and subheadings
Example showing the primary font used in titles and subtitles

Secondary font

Our secondary font is Suisse BP Serif. Suisse BP is a serif font that can be used together with Swiss 721 to highlight quotes or utterances to create variation and contrast in the layout. In longer texts, such as books, magazines and scientific publications, Suisse BP is used in body text. Suisse BP should not be used in titles.

In short, we use the weights as follows:

  • Suisse BP Serif Regular can be used in quotes, highlighted sections and body text.
  • Swiss 721 Italic can be used to highlight sentences or words.
Illustration showing uses of UiO's secondary font to highlight a quote
Example showing the secondary font used to highlight a quote

Usage fonts

  • Arial and Times New Roman?

For everyday use, in PowerPoint presentations, reports and letters in Word, and in designing graphs and tables in Excel, Arial and Times New Roman are used. These fonts are available for free use on all machines and are ready for use in all of UiO's templates. 

Illustration showing the use of UiO's usage fonts in a power point presentation
Example showing the usage fonts in a PowerPoint presentation

In short, we use the fonts as follows:

  • Arial is used in PowerPoint, on information screens and in headings and subheadings in letters and Word documents.
  • Times New Roman is used as a text font in letters and documents.

Fonts on the websites

  • Helvetica?

All websites uses Helvetica in body text. Times New Roman is used on opening text and citations.

Font sizes

Front pages

  • H1: 50px, normal, #000000
  • H2: 40px, normal, #000000
  • H3: 31px, normal, #000000
  • H4: 26px, normal, #000000
  • H5: 21px, normal, #000000
  • p, a: 18px, normal, #000000

Other pages

  • H1: 50px, normal, #000000
  • H2: 28px, normal, #000000
  • H3: 23px, normal, #000000
  • H4: 19px, bold, #000000
  • H5: 17px, bold, #000000
  • p, a: 18px, normal, #000000


This is an h1 heading

This is an h2 heading

This is an h3 heading

This is an h4 heading

This is a paragraph

This is a link

Dette er en lenke

Links (a, a:hover)

In text

  • Normal: colour: #000000 with underline
  • Hover: colour: #3E31D6 with underline

Other links

  • Normal: colour: #2771bb, without underline
  • Hover: with underline

Lists (ol, ul)

  • All lists uses line height 27px

Numbered list

  1. First point
  2. Second point
  3. Third point

Bullet list

  • First point
  • Second point
  • Third point

Nested lists

  • First point
  • Second point
    • First subpoint
    • Second subpoint
      • First subpoint
      • Second subpoint
  • Third point
  • Fourth point

Citation

Citation:Times New Roman 31px, normal, #000000