- Heading
- Cuprum
- Body text
- IBM Plex Serif
- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: business-like
- The body font is made for reading
Cuprum
About the font
Cuprum is a free font by Jovanny Lemonad, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 394 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 50% of the em and the capital height is 70%.
Cuprum is a sans-serif font by Jovanny Lemonad, created in 2006 on the basis of works by Miles Newlyn and described by its source as a narrow grotesque. It comes with 4 styles spanning weights 400 to 700 and is a variable font. The family contains 612 glyphs and supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh scripts, including the extra Cyrillic letters needed for Kazakh. Cuprum is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Author
Jovanny Lemonad
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
612
Character and uses
- Mood
- friendly
- business-like
- Design
- grotesque
- condensed
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Cuprum has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 394 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- French
- Turkish
- Kazakh
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Vietnamese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Polish
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Cebuano
- Kurdish
- Malagasy
- Somali
- Zulu
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- Swedish
- Shona
- Quechua
- Kinyarwanda
- Congo Swahili
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Umbundu
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Haitian Creole
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Serbian(Latin)
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Serbian(Cyrillic)
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Southern Sotho
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Guarani
- Finnish
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Norwegian
- 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
- Meru
- Afar
- Occitan
- Chadian Arabic
- Tatar
- Slovenian
- Bashkir
- Chuvash
- Scots
- North Ndebele
- Macedonian
- Kongo
- Bini
- Makonde
- Gheg Albanian
…and 287 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 — Not included
- Ukrainian Hryvnia — Included
- Indian Rupee — Not 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 — Not included
- Math signs — Not included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 597
- x-height
- 50% of the em
- Capital height
- 70% of the em
- Version
- 3.000
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Discretionary ligatures
dlig - Kerning
kern - Fractions
frac - Case-sensitive forms
case - Superscript
sups - Ordinals
ordn
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 textHow to install
Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.
Windows
- Unzip the archive.
- Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
- Restart your program.
macOS
- Unzip the archive.
- Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
- Click Install Font in the window that opens.
Linux
- Unzip the archive.
- Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
- Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
Facts and sources
- Where the font comes from
- fonts.google.com/specimen/Cuprum
- Designer’s page
- jovanny.ru
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Cuprum font free to use?
Yes. Cuprum is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Cuprum support Cyrillic?
Yes, Cuprum includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Cuprum support?
Cuprum covers 394 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 Cuprum a variable font?
Yes. Cuprum 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 Cuprum?
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 Cuprum?
Cuprum was created by Jovanny Lemonad.
What is Cuprum good for?
Judging by its design, Cuprum suits: interfaces, headings, body text, magazines and editorial.
Pairs well with Cuprum
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