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Overpass

Sans-serifLatinCyrillicKazakh18 stylesVariable
Download family.zip · 320 KB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Overpass Thin 100
Overpass
Overpass Thin Italic 100
Overpass
Overpass Extra Light 200
Overpass
Overpass Extra Light Italic 200
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Overpass Light 300
Overpass
Overpass Light Italic 300
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Overpass Regular 400
Overpass
Overpass Regular Italic 400
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Overpass Medium 500
Overpass
Overpass Medium Italic 500
Overpass
Overpass Semi Bold 600
Overpass
Overpass Semi Bold Italic 600
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Overpass Bold 700
Overpass
Overpass Bold Italic 700
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Overpass Extra Bold 800
Overpass
Overpass Extra Bold Italic 800
Overpass
Overpass Black 900
Overpass
Overpass Black Italic 900
Overpass
Font Overpass in use: the phrase “Words that carry weight” over a landscape

About the font

Overpass is a free font by Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey, Thomas Jockin, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 843 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 51% of the em and the capital height is 70%.

Overpass is a free sans-serif font released under the OFL-1.1 license. It supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh scripts and contains 1351 glyphs. The family includes 18 styles with weights from 100 to 900, and it is a variable font. Its designers, Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey and Thomas Jockin, based it on the Highway Gothic letterforms as a modern interpretation.

Author
Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey, Thomas Jockin
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1351

Character and uses

Mood
  • serious
  • business-like
Design
  • grotesque
Good for

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

Supported languages

Overpass has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 843 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
  • Yoruba
  • Igbo
  • Cebuano
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  • Kurdish
  • Malagasy
  • Romanian
  • Nyanja
  • Madurese
  • Somali
  • Zulu
  • Czech
  • Swedish
  • Hungarian
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sicilian
  • Ewe
  • Mandingo
  • Uzbek
  • Norwegian
  • Buginese
  • Kamba
  • Kalenjin
  • Banjar
  • Makhuwa
  • Zarma
  • Bosnian(Cyrillic)
  • Bosnian(Latin)
  • Sidamo
  • Acehnese
  • Galician
  • Lingala
  • Tiv
  • Bikol
  • Fon
  • Waray
  • Efik
  • Ibibio
  • Mongolian

…and 733 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 — Included
  • Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
  • En and em dashes — Included
  • Ellipsis — Included
  • Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
  • Arrows — Included
  • Math signs — Included

Characteristics

Mapped characters
1182
x-height
51% of the em
Capital height
70% of the em
Version
4.000
Embedding in documents
Allowed

OpenType features

Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.

  • Standard ligaturesliga
  • Contextual alternatescalt
  • Kerningkern
  • Proportional figurespnum
  • Tabular figurestnum
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Slashed zerozero
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Subscriptsubs
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Stylistic sets (1)

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

FAQ

Is the Overpass font free to use?

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

Does Overpass support Cyrillic?

Yes, Overpass includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Overpass support?

Overpass covers 843 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 Overpass a variable font?

Yes. Overpass 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 Overpass?

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 Overpass?

Overpass was created by Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey, Thomas Jockin.

What is Overpass good for?

Judging by its design, Overpass suits: interfaces, body text, headings, posters.

Pairs well with Overpass

More pairs and your own text
  • Heading
    Overpass
    Body text
    IBM Plex Serif
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: business-like, serious
    • The body font is made for reading
  • Heading
    Overpass
    Body text
    PT Serif Caption
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: business-like, serious
    • The body font is made for reading

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