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Didact Gothic

Sans-serifLatinCyrillicKazakh1 style
Download family.zip · 85 KB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Didact Gothic Regular 400
Didact Gothic
Font Didact Gothic in use: the phrase “Hello, nice to meet you” over a landscape

About the font

Didact Gothic is a free font by Daniel Johnson, Cyreal, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 878 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 47% of the em and the capital height is 68%.

Didact Gothic is a sans-serif font with 1272 glyphs in one regular style at weight 400. It is not a variable font. It supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts, including the extra Cyrillic letters needed for Kazakh. According to its source notes, Daniel Johnson originally designed it to show each letter in the form most often taught in elementary classrooms, and Alexei Vanyashin at Cyreal revised the whole font in 2017. The font is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Author
Daniel Johnson, Cyreal
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1272

Character and uses

Mood
  • friendly
  • calm
Design
  • geometric
  • rounded
Good for

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

Supported languages

Didact Gothic has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 878 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
  • Italian
  • Filipino
  • Nigerian Pidgin
  • Polish
  • Hausa
  • Oromo
  • Sundanese
  • Dutch
  • Ukrainian
  • Yoruba
  • Igbo
  • Uzbek
  • Cebuano
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  • Kurdish
  • Malagasy
  • Romanian
  • Nyanja
  • Madurese
  • Somali
  • Zulu
  • Czech
  • Swedish
  • Hungarian
  • Greek
  • Shona
  • Low German
  • Akan
  • Quechua
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Wolof
  • Tunisian Arabic
  • Congo Swahili
  • Turkmen
  • Iloko
  • Xhosa
  • Belarusian
  • Luba-Lulua
  • Azerbaijani
  • Umbundu
  • Afrikaans
  • Hiligaynon
  • Kikuyu
  • Bambara
  • Haitian Creole
  • Catalan
  • Mossi
  • Kimbundu
  • Serbian(Latin)
  • Minangkabau
  • Swiss German
  • Bulgarian
  • Fula
  • Rundi
  • Serbian(Cyrillic)
  • Danish
  • Wolaytta
  • Albanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovak
  • Dyula
  • Southern Sotho
  • Krio
  • Tswana
  • Luyia
  • Guarani
  • Finnish
  • Ganda
  • Norwegian Bokmål
  • Bemba
  • Northern Sotho
  • Luo
  • Tok Pisin
  • Sukuma
  • Tsonga
  • Balinese
  • Romany
  • Sicilian
  • Ewe
  • Mandingo
  • Norwegian
  • Buginese
  • Kamba
  • Kalenjin
  • Banjar
  • Makhuwa
  • Zarma
  • Bosnian(Cyrillic)
  • Bosnian(Latin)
  • Sidamo
  • Acehnese
  • Galician
  • Lingala
  • Central Atlas Tamazight
  • Tiv
  • Kabyle
  • Bikol
  • Fon
  • Waray
  • Tachelhit

…and 768 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 — Not included
  • Math signs — Included

Characteristics

Mapped characters
1194
x-height
47% of the em
Capital height
68% of the em
Version
2.101
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
  • Kerningkern
  • Old-style figuresonum
  • Lining figureslnum
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Stylistic alternatessalt
  • 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/Didact+Gothic
Designer’s page
danieljohnson.name
Language data
Google Fonts Languages
Page last updated
How the texts on this page are written

FAQ

Is the Didact Gothic font free to use?

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

Does Didact Gothic support Cyrillic?

Yes, Didact Gothic includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Didact Gothic support?

Didact Gothic covers 878 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.

How do I install Didact Gothic?

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 Didact Gothic?

Didact Gothic was created by Daniel Johnson, Cyreal.

What is Didact Gothic good for?

Judging by its design, Didact Gothic suits: interfaces, body text, headings.

Pairs well with Didact Gothic

More pairs and your own text
  • Heading
    Didact Gothic
    Body text
    Gentium Plus
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: calm, friendly
    • The body font is made for reading
  • Heading
    Didact Gothic
    Body text
    Kurale
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: calm, friendly

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