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- Old Standard TT
- Body text
- Alegreya Sans
- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- The body font is made for reading
Old Standard TT
About the font
Old Standard TT is a free font by Alexey Kryukov, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 465 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 46% of the em and the capital height is 71%.
Old Standard TT is a serif font by Alexey Kryukov, with 940 glyphs in three styles at weights 400 and 700. It supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh scripts, including the extra Cyrillic letters needed for Kazakh. It is free to use under the OFL-1.1 license. Its source describes it as a revival of the classicist Modern serif style common in editions from the late 19th and early 20th century.
Author
Alexey Kryukov
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
940
Character and uses
- Mood
- vintage
- serious
- Design
- high contrast
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Old Standard TT has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 465 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
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Igbo
- Uzbek
- Cebuano
- Kurdish
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- Malagasy
- Romanian
- Nyanja
- Madurese
- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Shona
- Low German
- Quechua
- Kinyarwanda
- Wolof
- Congo Swahili
- Turkmen
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Azerbaijani
- Umbundu
- 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
- Guarani
- Finnish
- Ganda
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Sicilian
- Norwegian
- Buginese
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Bosnian(Cyrillic)
- Bosnian(Latin)
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Efik
- Mongolian
- Sango
- Kyrgyz
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
- Beja
- Batak Toba
- Lithuanian
- Chiga
- Soga
- Swati
- Tumbuka
- Meru
- Afar
…and 354 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 — Not included
- Ukrainian Hryvnia — 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 — Included
- Math signs — Included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 888
- x-height
- 46% of the em
- Capital height
- 71% of the em
- Version
- 3.000
- 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 - Kerning
kern - Fractions
frac - Case-sensitive forms
case - Superscript
sups - Subscript
subs - Ordinals
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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/Old+Standard+TT
- Designer’s page
- thessalonica.org.ru
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Old Standard TT font free to use?
Yes. Old Standard TT is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Old Standard TT support Cyrillic?
Yes, Old Standard TT includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Old Standard TT support?
Old Standard TT covers 465 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 Old Standard TT?
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 Old Standard TT?
Old Standard TT was created by Alexey Kryukov.
What is Old Standard TT good for?
Judging by its design, Old Standard TT suits: magazines and editorial, body text, headings.
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