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- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: calm, friendly
Istok Web
About the font
Istok Web is a free font by Andrey V. Panov, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 680 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 51% of the em and the capital height is 70%.
Istok Web is a sans-serif font with 4 styles in weights 400 to 700, and it is not a variable font. It contains 1379 glyphs and supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh scripts, including the extra Cyrillic letters needed for Kazakh. The font was designed by Andrey V. Panov, who developed it from 2008 onward and tuned its outlines for display on LCD screens. Istok Web is free to use under the OFL-1.1 license.
Author
Andrey V. Panov
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1379
Character and uses
- Mood
- calm
- friendly
- Design
- humanist
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Istok Web has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 680 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
- French
- Kazakh
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Polish
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Yoruba
- Igbo
- Cebuano
- Malagasy
- Nyanja
- Madurese
- Somali
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- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Shona
- Low German
- Akan
- Kinyarwanda
- Wolof
- Congo Swahili
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Umbundu
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Bambara
- Haitian Creole
- Tajik
- Catalan
- Mossi
- Kimbundu
- Serbian(Latin)
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Serbian(Cyrillic)
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Slovak
- Dyula
- Southern Sotho
- Krio
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Finnish
- Ganda
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Romany
- Sicilian
- Ewe
- Mandingo
- Uzbek
- Norwegian
- Buginese
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Zarma
- Bosnian(Cyrillic)
- Bosnian(Latin)
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Lingala
- Central Atlas Tamazight
- Tiv
- Kabyle
- Bikol
- Fon
- Waray
- Tachelhit
- Efik
- Ibibio
- Mongolian
- Sango
- Kyrgyz
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
…and 570 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 — Not included
- Russian Ruble — Included
- Euro — Included
- Turkish Lira — Not included
- Ukrainian Hryvnia — Not 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 — Included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 1332
- x-height
- 51% of the em
- Capital height
- 70% of the em
- Version
- 1.0.2g
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Standard ligatures
liga - Kerning
kern - Small capitals
smcp - Capitals to small capitals
c2sc - Old-style figures
onum - Tabular figures
tnum - Case-sensitive forms
case
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/Istok+Web
- Designer’s page
- code.google.com/u/andrej.panov
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Istok Web font free to use?
Yes. Istok Web is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Istok Web support Cyrillic?
Yes, Istok Web includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Istok Web support?
Istok Web covers 680 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 Istok Web?
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 Istok Web?
Istok Web was created by Andrey V. Panov.
What is Istok Web good for?
Judging by its design, Istok Web suits: body text, interfaces, headings, magazines and editorial.
Pairs well with Istok Web
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