Noto

Noto is a town and comune in southeastern Sicily, Italy, located in the Val di Noto region in the province of Syracuse. It is renowned for its Baroque architecture rebuilt after the 1693 earthquake that devastated much of the area, giving Noto and nearby towns a distinctive Late Baroque character. The historic center includes landmarks such as the Cathedral of San Nicolò and the 18th‑century Palazzo Nicolaci, and the town is part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto, recognized for its cohesive urban design and artistic heritage. Noto remains a popular tourist destination, hosting festivals such as flower‑parade processions and the Infiorata di Noto that draw visitors to its ornate facades and stone streets.

Noto is also the name of a large family of fonts developed by Google, in collaboration with Monotype, to provide a harmonious type system across languages and scripts. The Noto family includes Sans, Serif, and CJK variants, with script‑specific versions such as Noto Sans JP and Noto Sans SC, designed to render Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Indic, and Asian scripts with a consistent appearance. The project aims to eliminate missing glyphs, commonly called tofu, by covering as many languages as possible in a single font family. Noto fonts are widely used in web and software applications and are available as open‑source, enabling broad adoption for multilingual content.