- Heading
- Monomakh
- Body text
- Brygada 1918
- A showy heading over a quiet text face
- A shared mood: elegant, serious
- The body font is made for reading
Monomakh
About the font
Monomakh is a free font by Aleksandr Andreev, Nikita Simmons, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 373 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 50% of the em and the capital height is 70%.
Monomakh is a free display font under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, designed by Aleksandr Andreev and Nikita Simmons. It supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts and contains 859 glyphs in a single style at weight 400. According to its source notes, it is a Cyrillic font in a mixed ustav and poluustav manner, intended for researchers of Slavic history and philology, with Latin characters in a similar typeface for multilingual academic editions. It is not a variable font.
Author
Aleksandr Andreev, Nikita Simmons
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
859
Character and uses
- Mood
- serious
- elegant
- Design
- high contrast
- humanist
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Monomakh has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 373 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- French
- Turkish
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Polish
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Uzbek
- Cebuano
- Kurdish
- Romanian
- Nyanja
- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
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- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Shona
- Quechua
- Kinyarwanda
- Wolof
- Congo Swahili
- Turkmen
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Haitian Creole
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Serbian(Latin)
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Serbian(Cyrillic)
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Slovak
- Southern Sotho
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Finnish
- Ganda
- 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
- Sango
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
- Beja
- Batak Toba
- Lithuanian
- Chiga
- Soga
- Swati
- Tumbuka
- Meru
- Afar
- Occitan
- Chadian Arabic
- Slovenian
- Scots
- North Ndebele
- Macedonian
- Acoli
- Kongo
- Makonde
- Gheg Albanian
- Sena
- Norwegian Nynorsk
…and 266 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 — Not 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 — Not included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 815
- x-height
- 50% of the em
- Capital height
- 70% of the em
- Version
- 1.200; ttfautohint (v1.8.4.7-5d5b)
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Standard ligatures
liga - Discretionary ligatures
dlig - Contextual alternates
calt - Kerning
kern - Stylistic alternates
salt - Stylistic sets (9)
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/Monomakh
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Monomakh font free to use?
Yes. Monomakh is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Monomakh support Cyrillic?
Yes, Monomakh includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Monomakh support?
Monomakh covers 373 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 Monomakh?
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 Monomakh?
Monomakh was created by Aleksandr Andreev, Nikita Simmons.
What is Monomakh good for?
Judging by its design, Monomakh suits: headings, magazines and editorial, body text.
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