Fonts

Arial

Arial is a modern, open-source font. It can be used in all sorts of printed matter. Added as a house style font because unlike the Parry , this font does not require a licence. Furthermore it is the most suitable font from a digital accessibility point of view.

N.B. Arial replaces the Verdana font in PowerPoint and Excel templates and in Google Slides.

Parry

Parry is the current house style font for print material. The font has two versions: Normal Grotesque, the sans-serif version with a modern character and Parry Normal, the version with serif and a classic look. If this more classic look is desirable, Parry Normal can be chosen. Each faculty/service unit will have at least one licence for this font (huisstijl@rug.nl). Design agencies that take a lot of UG commissions will purchase the font themselves (https://originaltype.com).

Note that Parry is no longer supported in its current form by design software such as by In Design, Illustrator en Photoshop. This may be a consideration to switch to Arial. Another possibility is to buy a modified Parry font (https://originaltype.com).

Georgia

Font for staff members (print preference)

Default in Dotoffice Word templates

Open Sans

In use for the UG website and in video templates since 2017. Also usable as a font in self-produced videos.

Egyptienne

This font is only used in the University of Groningen logo and in the logo bar.