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Ubuntu brand guidelines

Ubuntu design guidelines provide brand values, typography specs with an interactive font tester, palette ratios, and downloadable font packages.

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Ubuntu guidelines: Our brand values
Our brand values Captured 16 Sep 2026

Brand values page introducing Canonical and Ubuntu principles alongside communication guideline sections.

Ubuntu guidelines: Logos
Logos Captured 16 Sep 2026

Design resources index featuring font downloads, an icon grid, mascot wallpapers, and drive links.

Ubuntu guidelines: Colour palette
Colour palette Captured 16 Sep 2026

Colour palette guide displaying screen and print values, aubergine variants, and context usage pie charts.

Ubuntu guidelines: Font
Font Captured 16 Sep 2026

Ubuntu font family documentation highlighting variant details, an interactive font tester, and font downloads.

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I like how direct and practical the Ubuntu design guidelines feel. Rather than hiding typefaces behind gating or registration, the site offers direct downloads for both the compiled fonts and full source code packages. The font page stands out with its live tester for Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts, making weight and style choices easy to preview. On the color side, seeing pie charts that define palette proportions between community and Canonical contexts is a thoughtful detail that keeps communications grounded. It gives designers clear technical specifications without unnecessary friction.

At a glance

Sections
Brand · Font · Vanilla · Accessibility · Resources · Contribute
Downloads
ZIP, TAR.GZ
Tone
A practical and open technical guide built for community contributors and Canonical teams.

What I noticed

  1. The typography documentation includes an interactive font tester with sliders for size and weight, supporting Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts.1
  2. The color documentation uses pie charts to define the visual balance between orange and aubergine across Canonical and community contexts.2
  3. The resources area routes logo seekers directly to an external Canonical Brand Resources Drive rather than hosting files locally.3

Numbers refer to the screenshots above.

What I could not see

  • Could not inspect the contents of the external Canonical Brand Resources Drive linked for logos.
  • Could not review the Figma design system library linked from the resources section.
  • Could not verify accessibility or Vanilla components linked in the main navigation.

Ideas to borrow

  1. Providing direct downloads for font source code archives alongside compiled binaries serves open-source contributors and technical teams well.45

Quick answers

Where can I download the Ubuntu font family?

The font family is available for direct download as a ZIP file (2.2MB) or as source code in a TAR.GZ archive (8.4MB) on the Resources and Font pages.645

Where are official Ubuntu logos hosted?

Logos are accessed through a direct link to the Canonical Brand Resources Drive on the Resources page.3

Reviewed on 25 September 2026. Request a correction · I built this

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