The standard font for B.C. Government digital services is BC Sans. BC Sans is an open source font family, and is a modified version of Noto Sans, developed by Google. BC Sans includes modifications to support Indigenous languages in British Columbia. B.C. Government is currently working to include Indigenous languages in government records, systems and services. Find out what steps are being taken and how you can stay informed at Including Indigenous languages in government records, systems and services.
Font weights and styles included:
- BC Sans Regular - 400
- BC Sans Italic - 400
- BC Sans Bold - 700
- BC Sans Bold Italic - 700
- BC Sans Light - 300
- BC Sans Light Italic - 300
For digital typography guidance, please see B.C. Design System > Foundations > Typography.
For print typography guidance, please see B.C. Visual Identity Program > Design Guidelines.
If you are wanting the fonts in different file formats, here are all the options
- Download all font files (.eot, .ttf, .otf, .woff, .woff2)
- Download files for your local computer (.otf, .ttf)
npm i --save @bcgov/bc-sans
In a root-level component: import "@bcgov/bc-sans/css/BC_Sans.css";
Include @bcgov/bc-sans/css/BC_Sans.css in your application's global styles or stylesheet entry point.
Reference BC Sans in your CSS font-family rules. Consider using the typography tokens from @bcgov/design-tokens.
You only need to include one of the two CSS files: css/BC_Sans.css.
BCSans font name will be dropped.
Projects that use the legacy css/BCSans.css file should migrate to css/BC_Sans.css and update their CSS rules to reference the correct BC Sans as font name.
Versions of this package before v2.1.0 shipped with only css/BCSans.css. This file uses the incorrect name BCSans (no space) as the font-family name in its @font-face declarations.
The correct font name (matching the metadata in the font files) is BC Sans (with a space). css/BC_Sans.css uses BC Sans for its CSS font-family names. UI design tools like Figma output code using the BC Sans name from the font files.
Integrating it differently? Create a pull request to help us build out the documentation.