Open Sans is a humanist sans serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson; the font is available from the Google Font Directory as TrueType files licensed under the Apache License version 2.0. The package provides support for this font family in LaTeX. It includes the original TrueType fonts, as well as Type 1 versions, converted for this package using FontForge for full support with dvips

The author is Mohamed El Morabity. The package is Copyright © 2011 Mohamed El Morabity.