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Big Shoulders Display SC

XO Type Co · A condensed, tall sans-serif variable font in the Big Shoulders family, installed as a single TTF file.

CaskFontsApple silicon · Intel
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From homebrew/cask
30-day installs1
1-year installs18Last 365 days
Latest versionlatestMay 30, 2024 · May 30, 2024
Download size200KBarm64 / x86_64 · ttf
Release cadenceIrregular0 releases in 30 days

Big Shoulders Display SC is a font you can install on a Mac.

About

Big Shoulders Display SC is a condensed, tall sans-serif variable font from the Big Shoulders family. The family was created for the Chicago Design System and draws on Chicago’s railway, civic and dance histories. This Homebrew cask installs the Display SC font file only; it does not install an application or the other Big Shoulders family variants.

  • The installed artifact is BigShouldersDisplaySC[wght].ttf, a variable-font file.
  • The broader Big Shoulders family is described as American Gothic in style, with tall forms.
  • The project describes its wider family as including Text and Display optical-size designs, but this cask supplies only the Display SC file.

Install with brew install --cask font-big-shoulders-display-sc. After installation, select Big Shoulders Display SC in a font-aware application, such as a design or document editor, to use it. Installing the font alone does not enable it in an application that cannot select installed fonts.

The project’s general language-coverage and glyph notes refer to the broader family; they do not establish full Unicode coverage or ligature support for this specific installed file.

Sources: Project overview

New What’s new in latest May 30, 2024 · OpenNavo editorial

  • FontAdded the variable font file to the source distribution.
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Install and uninstall

Homebrew installs the font in ~/Library/Fonts, where Font Book can use it.

Install without Homebrew

Download the same file Homebrew uses: github.com/google/fonts/raw/main/ofl/bigshouldersdisplaysc/BigShouldersDisplaySC%5Bwght%5D.ttf

Uninstall command
$ brew uninstall --cask \font-big-shoulders-display-sc

A regular uninstall removes the app and keeps its settings and caches.

Questions

Is Big Shoulders Display SC safe?

Big Shoulders Display SC is in Homebrew’s official catalog and has not been disabled. Since September 2026, Homebrew disables apps that fail macOS Gatekeeper checks. The download comes from github.com; Homebrew does not verify a checksum for it. It was installed 1 time through Homebrew in the last 30 days.

How do I completely uninstall Big Shoulders Display SC on a Mac?

Run brew uninstall --cask font-big-shoulders-display-sc.