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What font is used on the Google maps for the labels?
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Google Maps Font is → Product Sans.
The convention is to use the serif font to label natural features and the sans serif for cultural features. For the sans serif I chose Century Gothic, which is a classic, reliable mapping font.
On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app . Tap Accessibility. From here, you can: Change font size: To make words larger, tap Font size, and then set your preferred letter size.
Arial is the base font, but then they outline it very deliberately to make it stand out against certain backgrounds.
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/browse_thread/thread/9318b651e7174aa0?pli=1
This is an extremely good analysis of the textual design of the maps, which may also address your question: (assuming your question is motivated by "why is the font so effective"):
http://www.41latitude.com/post/3183269217/google-maps-label-reability-3
EDIT: I posted the wrong blog entry for 411latitude at first, but I've corrected it now.
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Google Maps now uses Roboto for labels.
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