- Heading
- Phudu
- Body text
- Commissioner
- A showy heading over a quiet text face
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: business-like, calm
- The body font is made for reading
Phudu
About the font
Phudu is a free font by Dương Trần, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 401 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 50% of the em and the capital height is 70%.
Phudu is a display typeface in the sans-serif style, designed by Dương Trần and inspired by Vietnamese hand-lettered billboards. It supports the Latin script and comes with 606 glyphs across 7 styles, with weights from 300 to 900. Phudu is a variable font, so its weight can be adjusted continuously. The font is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1).
Author
Dương Trần
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Latin
Glyphs
606
Character and uses
- Mood
- calm
- business-like
- Design
- geometric
- monoline
- Good for
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Phudu has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 401 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
- French
- Turkish
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Vietnamese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Polish
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Igbo
- Cebuano
- Kurdish
- Malagasy
- Romanian
- Nyanja
- Madurese
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- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Shona
- Low German
- Kinyarwanda
- Wolof
- Congo Swahili
- Turkmen
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Luba-Lulua
- Azerbaijani
- Umbundu
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Haitian Creole
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Serbian
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Rundi
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Slovak
- Southern Sotho
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Finnish
- Ganda
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Sicilian
- Norwegian
- Buginese
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Bosnian
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Efik
- 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
- Acoli
…and 296 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 — Included
- Euro — Included
- Turkish Lira — Not included
- Ukrainian Hryvnia — Included
- Indian Rupee — Included
- British Pound — Included
- Japanese Yen — Included
- US Dollar — Included
- Yo (Ё ё) — Not 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
- 567
- x-height
- 50% of the em
- Capital height
- 70% of the em
- Version
- 1.005;gftools[0.9.23]
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Kerning
kern - Fractions
frac - Superscript
sups - Subscript
subs - Ordinals
ordn
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/Phudu
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Phudu font free to use?
Yes. Phudu is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Phudu support Cyrillic?
No, Phudu supports Latin script only.
How many languages does Phudu support?
Phudu covers 401 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 Phudu a variable font?
Yes. Phudu 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 Phudu?
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 Phudu?
Phudu was created by Dương Trần.
What is Phudu good for?
Judging by its design, Phudu suits: headings, interfaces, posters.
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