Android: The Inside Story of the Android Font
byMichael Baumert on September 26, 2008 10:51 AM

Gizmodo has the skinny on the story behind the unifying design theme in the Android OS - the sans font. :)
Throughout the design process, it swung from bubbly, candy-coated Google cuteness to a harsher, blocky techno style before something more neutral and approachable was settled on--Droid. It's the only font on the phone--apps will use it too, since it's in the SDK--with three variants: serif, sans serif and monospace. So it's a good thing they took their time.
