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EB Garamond

SerifLatinCyrillicKazakh10 stylesVariable
Download family.zip · 771 KB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
EB Garamond Regular 400
EB Garamond
EB Garamond Regular Italic 400
EB Garamond
EB Garamond Medium 500
EB Garamond
EB Garamond Medium Italic 500
EB Garamond
EB Garamond Semi Bold 600
EB Garamond
EB Garamond Semi Bold Italic 600
EB Garamond
EB Garamond Bold 700
EB Garamond
EB Garamond Bold Italic 700
EB Garamond
EB Garamond Extra Bold 800
EB Garamond
EB Garamond Extra Bold Italic 800
EB Garamond
Font EB Garamond in use: the phrase “Simplicity, refined” over a landscape

About the font

EB Garamond is a free font by Georg Duffner, Octavio Pardo, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 921 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 40% of the em and the capital height is 65%.

EB Garamond is a serif font by Georg Duffner and Octavio Pardo. It contains 3247 glyphs in 10 styles with weights from 400 to 800, and it is a variable font. The font supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh scripts, with all the extra Cyrillic letters needed for Kazakh. It is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1).

Author
Georg Duffner, Octavio Pardo
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
3247

Character and uses

Mood
  • elegant
  • serious
Design
  • humanist
  • high contrast
Good for

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

Supported languages

EB Garamond has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 921 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
  • Hakka Chinese
  • Nigerian Pidgin
  • Polish
  • Hausa
  • Oromo
  • Sundanese
  • Dutch
  • Ukrainian
  • Yoruba
  • Igbo
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  • Uzbek(Latin)
  • Cebuano
  • 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
  • Tajik
  • Kanuri
  • 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
  • Uzbek(Cyrillic)
  • Norwegian
  • Buginese
  • Kamba
  • Kalenjin
  • Banjar
  • Makhuwa
  • Zarma
  • Bosnian(Cyrillic)
  • Bosnian(Latin)
  • Sidamo
  • Acehnese
  • Galician
  • Lingala
  • Central Atlas Tamazight
  • Tiv
  • Kabyle

…and 810 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
2091
x-height
40% of the em
Capital height
65% of the em
Version
1.003
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
  • Small capitalssmcp
  • Capitals to small capitalsc2sc
  • Old-style figuresonum
  • Lining figureslnum
  • Proportional figurespnum
  • Tabular figurestnum
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Subscriptsubs
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Swashesswsh
  • Historical formshist
  • Stylistic sets (7)

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/EB+Garamond
Designer’s page
georgduffner.at
Language data
Google Fonts Languages
Page last updated
How the texts on this page are written

FAQ

Is the EB Garamond font free to use?

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

Does EB Garamond support Cyrillic?

Yes, EB Garamond includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does EB Garamond support?

EB Garamond covers 921 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 EB Garamond a variable font?

Yes. EB Garamond 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 EB Garamond?

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 EB Garamond?

EB Garamond was created by Georg Duffner, Octavio Pardo.

What is EB Garamond good for?

Judging by its design, EB Garamond suits: magazines and editorial, body text, headings, invitations.

Pairs well with EB Garamond

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    • A shared mood: elegant
    • The body font is made for reading
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    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall

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