[2] Lato has been used in various physical publications, including information signs and election campaign billboards.

Lato has also been used for Chidusz, a Polish Jewish magazine and logotype of British international non-governmental organization (NGO) Save the Children since 2022.

[1] When the bank changed its stylistic vision, he shelved the typeface,[1] and released it later that year under the libre SIL Open Font License.

[2][4] After Lato was added to Google Fonts it quickly gained popularity,[9] becoming the third most used web font after Google's own Roboto and Open Sans, with over one billion views per day as of August 2018.

[12] The Lato typeface is available in nine weights from hairline to black, each of which has a distinct italic variant.