- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: calm, friendly
Nata Sans
About the font
Nata Sans is a free font by Daniel Uzquiano, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 681 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 50% of the em and the capital height is 66%.
Nata Sans is a sans-serif font with 1048 glyphs, released as a variable font with 9 styles spanning weights from 100 to 900. It supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts, including the additional Cyrillic letters needed for Kazakh. Nata Sans is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1). The font was created by Daniel Uzquiano.
Character and uses
- Mood
- calm
- friendly
- 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
Nata Sans has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 681 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
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Polish
- Hausa
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Igbo
- Uzbek(Latin)
- Cebuano
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- Kurdish
- Malagasy
- Romanian
- Nyanja
- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Shona
- Low German
- Akan
- Quechua
- Kinyarwanda
- Wolof
- Congo Swahili
- Turkmen
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Azerbaijani
- Umbundu
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Bambara
- Haitian Creole
- Tajik
- Catalan
- 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
- Mandingo
- Uzbek(Cyrillic)
- Norwegian
- Buginese
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Zarma
- Bosnian(Cyrillic)
- Bosnian(Latin)
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Lingala
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Efik
- Ibibio
- Mongolian
- Sango
- Kyrgyz
- Aymara
- Nyankole
…and 571 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 — Not included
- Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
- En and em dashes — Included
- Ellipsis — Included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
- Arrows — Included
- Math signs — Included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 870
- x-height
- 50% of the em
- Capital height
- 66% of the em
- Version
- 1.001
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Standard ligatures
liga - Contextual alternates
calt - Kerning
kern - Old-style figures
onum - Lining figures
lnum - Tabular figures
tnum - Fractions
frac - Case-sensitive forms
case - Superscript
sups - Ordinals
ordn - Stylistic sets (5)
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/Nata+Sans
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Nata Sans font free to use?
Yes. Nata Sans is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Nata Sans support Cyrillic?
Yes, Nata Sans includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Nata Sans support?
Nata Sans covers 681 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 Nata Sans a variable font?
Yes. Nata Sans 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 Nata Sans?
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 Nata Sans?
Nata Sans was created by Daniel Uzquiano.
What is Nata Sans good for?
Judging by its design, Nata Sans suits: body text, interfaces, headings.
Pairs well with Nata Sans
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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
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