- A showy heading over a quiet text face
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: vintage
- The heading font is made for headings
Pochaevsk
About the font
Pochaevsk is a free font by Aleksandr Andreev, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 272 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 50% of the em and the capital height is 70%.
Pochaevsk is a display font by Aleksandr Andreev that supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts and contains 522 glyphs. It comes in one style, Regular at weight 400, and is not a variable font. It reproduces a Church Slavonic typeface used in editions from the Pochaiv Lavra in the late 19th century and later in 20th-century editions from Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York. The font is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1).
Author
Aleksandr Andreev
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
522
Character and uses
- Mood
- serious
- vintage
- Design
- humanist
- high contrast
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Pochaevsk has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 272 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Cebuano
- Somali
- Zulu
- Swedish
- Shona
- Kinyarwanda
- Congo Swahili
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Afrikaans
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- Hiligaynon
- Haitian Creole
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Luyia
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Norwegian
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Sango
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
- Beja
- Batak Toba
- Chiga
- Soga
- Swati
- Meru
- Afar
- Occitan
- Chadian Arabic
- Scots
- North Ndebele
- Kongo
- Makonde
- Gheg Albanian
- Sena
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Makhuwa-Meetto
- Morisyen
- Kʼicheʼ
- Irish
- Lunda
- Basque
- Khasi
- Sardinian
- Bena
- Shambala
- Chimborazo Highland Quichua
- Kuanyama
- South Ndebele
- Tetum
- Western Frisian
- Asu
- Walloon
- Nyoro
- Neapolitan
…and 178 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 — Not included
- Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
- En and em dashes — Included
- Ellipsis — Included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Not included
- Arrows — Not included
- Math signs — Not included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 518
- x-height
- 50% of the em
- Capital height
- 70% of the em
- Version
- 1.210; 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.
- Kerning
kern - Stylistic alternates
salt - 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 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/Pochaevsk
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Pochaevsk font free to use?
Yes. Pochaevsk is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Pochaevsk support Cyrillic?
Yes, Pochaevsk includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Pochaevsk support?
Pochaevsk covers 272 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 Pochaevsk?
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 Pochaevsk?
Pochaevsk was created by Aleksandr Andreev.
What is Pochaevsk good for?
Judging by its design, Pochaevsk suits: body text, magazines and editorial, headings.
Pairs well with Pochaevsk
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