YouTube Display

Developing A Global Multi-script Display For The Streaming Giant

The iconic and globally recognized YouTube brand came to us with the challenge of unifying its visual identity for a global refresh. They sought a system that could deliver both consistency and distinctiveness across billions of users and touchpoints. We developed a heavy lifting display typeface that builds on YouTube’s brand equity while supporting expansive language coverage

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Team:

Extended Latin & Cyrillic: Lucas Sharp, My-Lan Thuong Devanagari & Tamil: Anagha Narayanan Hangul: Yanghee Ryu Thai: Śirin Gunkloy, Hebrew: Anna Khorash Arabic: Maha Akl Japanese: Lucas Sharp, Calvin Kwok & Kazuhiro Yamada.

YouTube Mastering Team: Extended Latin, Cyrillic, Japanese, and Thai: Calvin Kwok Hangul: Aaron Bell Arabic: Holdon Foundry.

Extended Latin and Cyrillic Kerning: Igino Marini

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Extended Latin & Cyrillic: Lucas Sharp, My-Lan Thuong

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Hangul: Yanghee Ryu

Devanagari & Tamil: Anagha Narayanan

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YouTube Sans Tamil and Devanagari samples.

Thai: Śirin Gunkloy

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Japanese: Lucas Sharp, Calvin Kwok & Kazuhiro Yamada.

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Arabic: Maha Akl

Hebrew: Anna Khorash

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With thanks to... Jenny Pierce - Business Lead at YouTube

Kieran Mistry - Head of Design
Louise Cox - Production Lead
Matt Saint - Design Lead
Charlie Jeffries - Motion Lead
Harry Boyd - Design & Motion Lead
Charlie le Maignan - Motion Designer
Stefan Iyapah - Motion Designer
Jack Collis - Motion Designer
John Grist - Motion Designer
Shauna Buckley - Senior Designer
Ruta Paskeviciute - Senior Designer
Will Alexander - Senior Designer
Tom Robinson - Senior Designer
Malaika Francique - Designer
Ben Eli - Designer & Brand Standards
Min Kim - Art Director & Researcher
Jessica Price - Copy Lead
Jack Vanzet - Sound Designer
Jack Wimmer - Strategic Consultant
Katee Hui - Strategic Consultant
Mat Heinl - Strategic Consultant
Dante Sacomani - Strategic Consultant

+ partners Sharp Type, Phantom, and Gesture Systems