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Lato

Sans-serifLatinCyrillicKazakh18 styles
Download family.zip · 5.8 MB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Lato 250 250
Lato
Lato 250 Italic 250
Lato
Lato 275 275
Lato
Lato 275 Italic 275
Lato
Lato Light 300
Lato
Lato Light Italic 300
Lato
Lato Regular 400
Lato
Lato Regular Italic 400
Lato
Lato Medium 500
Lato
Lato Medium Italic 500
Lato
Lato Semi Bold 600
Lato
Lato Semi Bold Italic 600
Lato
Lato Bold 700
Lato
Lato Bold Italic 700
Lato
Lato Extra Bold 800
Lato
Lato Extra Bold Italic 800
Lato
Lato Black 900
Lato
Lato Black Italic 900
Lato
Font Lato in use: the phrase “Slow down, breathe in” over a landscape

About the font

Lato is a free font by Łukasz Dziedzic, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 922 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 51% of the em and the capital height is 72%.

Lato is a sans-serif font family by Łukasz Dziedzic, a designer based in Warsaw, whose work on the family began in 2010 according to its notes. It contains 3023 glyphs across 18 styles with weights from 250 to 900, and it is not a variable font. The family supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh, so it includes all the extra Cyrillic letters that Kazakh needs. It is free to use under the OFL-1.1 license.

Author
Łukasz Dziedzic
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
3023

Character and uses

Mood
  • calm
  • friendly
Design
  • humanist
Good for

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

Supported languages

Lato has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 922 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 811 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 — Not 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
2164
x-height
51% of the em
Capital height
72% of the em
Version
2.015; 2015-08-06; http://www.latofonts.com/
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
  • Old-style figuresonum
  • Lining figureslnum
  • Proportional figurespnum
  • Tabular figurestnum
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Subscriptsubs
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Stylistic alternatessalt
  • Stylistic sets (4)

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/Lato
Designer’s page
latofonts.com
Language data
Google Fonts Languages
Page last updated
How the texts on this page are written

FAQ

Is the Lato font free to use?

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

Does Lato support Cyrillic?

Yes, Lato includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Lato support?

Lato covers 922 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 Lato?

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 Lato?

Lato was created by Łukasz Dziedzic.

What is Lato good for?

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

Pairs well with Lato

More pairs and your own text
  • Heading
    Gabriela
    Body text
    Lato
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: calm, friendly
  • Heading
    Roboto Slab
    Body text
    Lato
    • 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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