Typography
Our primary fonts have been chosen with legibility and accessibility in mind.
Our main body copy font, FS Me was researched and developed with – and endorsed by – Mencap, the UK’s leading charity and voice for those with learning disabilities. Every letter of FS Me was tested for its appeal and readability with a range of learning disability groups.
Calibri is our default font where it isn’t possible to use the brand fonts.
If you are working with Tearfund and require a copy of our fonts, please contact design@tearfund.org
Important note: We don’t use ligatures in any of our fonts, so please make sure to turn this setting off in your design software.
Tearfund Sans – headline font
A bespoke headline font has been developed based on FS Me, called Tearfund Sans. Developed with distinctive elements to provide an ownable lead typeface for use as a headline font. It is intended for use as the title for all communication channels. For accessibility reasons, please do not use uppercase.
FS Me – body font
FS Me is designed specifically to improve legibility for people with learning disabilities and works with Latin-based languages, Cyrillic and Greek. For body copy use the regular weight. Use bold for subheads not uppercase.
Gander – complementary font.
Gander is our complementary typeface. This is intended for very minimal use. It is best used for short annotations, short notes or as a small visual variation in a communication piece. It must not be used for long paragraphs or quotations. Consider this to be a potent spice and use it very sparingly.