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Bitter

SerifLatinCyrillicKazakh18 stylesVariable
Download family.zip · 296 KB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Bitter Thin 100
Bitter
Bitter Thin Italic 100
Bitter
Bitter Extra Light 200
Bitter
Bitter Extra Light Italic 200
Bitter
Bitter Light 300
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Bitter Light Italic 300
Bitter
Bitter Regular 400
Bitter
Bitter Regular Italic 400
Bitter
Bitter Medium 500
Bitter
Bitter Medium Italic 500
Bitter
Bitter Semi Bold 600
Bitter
Bitter Semi Bold Italic 600
Bitter
Bitter Bold 700
Bitter
Bitter Bold Italic 700
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Bitter Extra Bold 800
Bitter
Bitter Extra Bold Italic 800
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Bitter Black 900
Bitter
Bitter Black Italic 900
Bitter
Font Bitter in use: the phrase “Words that carry weight” over a landscape

About the font

Bitter is a free font by Sol Matas, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 490 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 52% of the em and the capital height is 69%.

Bitter is a serif font in the slab serif style, designed for reading text on screens. It supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh, and includes 1542 glyphs across 18 styles with weights from 100 to 900. Bitter is a variable font, and it is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1). The designer Sol Matas created it with a pixel grid as its starting point, aiming for comfortable on-screen reading.

Author
Sol Matas
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1542

Character and uses

Mood
  • serious
  • calm
Design
  • slab serif
Good for

Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.

Supported languages

Bitter has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 490 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.

  • English
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • German
  • French
  • Turkish
  • Kazakh
  • Swahili
  • Indonesian
  • Javanese
  • Vietnamese
  • Italian
  • Filipino
  • Nigerian Pidgin
  • Polish
  • Oromo
  • Sundanese
  • Dutch
  • Ukrainian
  • Igbo
  • Uzbek(Latin)
  • Cebuano
  • Kurdish
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  • Malagasy
  • Romanian
  • Nyanja
  • Madurese
  • Somali
  • Zulu
  • Czech
  • Swedish
  • Hungarian
  • Shona
  • Low German
  • Quechua
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Wolof
  • Congo Swahili
  • Turkmen
  • Iloko
  • Xhosa
  • Belarusian
  • Luba-Lulua
  • Azerbaijani
  • Umbundu
  • Afrikaans
  • Hiligaynon
  • Kikuyu
  • Haitian Creole
  • Tajik
  • Catalan
  • Kimbundu
  • Serbian(Latin)
  • Minangkabau
  • Swiss German
  • Bulgarian
  • Rundi
  • Serbian(Cyrillic)
  • Danish
  • Wolaytta
  • Albanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovak
  • Southern Sotho
  • Tswana
  • Luyia
  • Guarani
  • Finnish
  • Ganda
  • Norwegian Bokmål
  • Bemba
  • Northern Sotho
  • Luo
  • Tok Pisin
  • Sukuma
  • Tsonga
  • Balinese
  • Sicilian
  • Uzbek(Cyrillic)
  • Norwegian
  • Buginese
  • Kamba
  • Kalenjin
  • Banjar
  • Makhuwa
  • Bosnian(Cyrillic)
  • Bosnian(Latin)
  • Sidamo
  • Acehnese
  • Galician
  • Tiv
  • Bikol
  • Waray
  • Efik
  • Mongolian
  • Sango
  • Kyrgyz
  • Aymara
  • Nyankole
  • Hmong
  • Jamaican Creole English
  • Gusii
  • Pampanga
  • Beja
  • Batak Toba
  • Lithuanian
  • Chiga
  • Soga
  • Swati
  • Tumbuka

…and 379 more languages that are not listed here.

Special characters

Characters people often look for. “Included” means the font has all signs of the group.

  • Kazakhstani Tenge — Included
  • Russian Ruble — Included
  • Euro — Included
  • Turkish Lira — Included
  • Ukrainian Hryvnia — Included
  • Indian Rupee — Included
  • British Pound — Included
  • Japanese Yen — Included
  • US Dollar — Included
  • Yo (Ё ё) — Included
  • Numero sign — Included
  • Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
  • En and em dashes — Included
  • Ellipsis — Included
  • Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
  • Arrows — Included
  • Math signs — Included

Characteristics

Mapped characters
977
x-height
52% of the em
Capital height
69% of the em
Version
3.021
Embedding in documents
Allowed

OpenType features

Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.

  • Standard ligaturesliga
  • Discretionary ligaturesdlig
  • Contextual alternatescalt
  • Kerningkern
  • Small capitalssmcp
  • Capitals to small capitalsc2sc
  • Old-style figuresonum
  • Lining figureslnum
  • Proportional figurespnum
  • Tabular figurestnum
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Slashed zerozero
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Subscriptsubs
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Stylistic sets (1)

License at a glance

A plain summary, not legal advice. What counts is the license text that comes with the download.

OFL-1.1

Commercial projects
Allowed
Embedding on a website
Allowed
Modifying the font
Allowed, with conditions
Sharing the font
Allowed, with conditions
Credit and notices
Keep the notices when you share the font
Selling the font on its own
Not allowed

Under the SIL Open Font License a modified font must stay under the same license and may not use the original name if the author reserved it. The font may be bundled with software but not sold by itself.

Read the license text

How to install

Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.

Windows

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
  3. Restart your program.
How to install a font on Windows 10 and 11

macOS

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
  3. Click Install Font in the window that opens.
How to install a font on a Mac (macOS)

Linux

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
  3. Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
How to install a font on Linux (Ubuntu and others)

Step-by-step guides (9)

Facts and sources

Where the font comes from
fonts.google.com/specimen/Bitter
Designer’s page
solmatas.com
Language data
Google Fonts Languages
Page last updated
How the texts on this page are written

FAQ

Is the Bitter font free to use?

Yes. Bitter is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.

Does Bitter support Cyrillic?

Yes, Bitter includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Bitter support?

Bitter covers 490 of the 1069 languages we checked: it has every letter of their basic alphabets, in both cases. The full list is in the Supported languages section of this page.

Is Bitter a variable font?

Yes. Bitter is a variable font: weight and other properties change smoothly inside one file instead of needing a separate file for each style.

How do I install Bitter?

Download the family archive and unzip it. On Windows, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install; on macOS, double-click the file and click Install Font. Restart your program afterwards. Step-by-step guides are in the Guides section.

Who created Bitter?

Bitter was created by Sol Matas.

What is Bitter good for?

Judging by its design, Bitter suits: body text, magazines and editorial, headings.

Pairs well with Bitter

More pairs and your own text
  • Heading
    IBM Plex Sans Devanagari
    Body text
    Bitter
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: calm, serious
  • Heading
    Roboto Flex
    Body text
    Bitter
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: calm, serious

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