- 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
Prata
About the font
Prata is a free font by Cyreal, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 348 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 52% of the em and the capital height is 80%.
Prata is a serif font by Cyreal, designed by Ivan Petrov, and it belongs to the Didone category. According to its source, it has high contrast between thin strokes and triangular serifs, and it is best suited to display sizes. It is a single-style font in the regular weight 400 and is not a variable font. It contains 560 glyphs and supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh. Prata is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1).
Author
Cyreal
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
560
Character and uses
- Mood
- elegant
- vintage
- Design
- high contrast
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Prata has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 348 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Kazakh
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Vietnamese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Cebuano
- Malagasy
- Somali
- Zulu
- Swedish
- Shona
- Quechua
- Kinyarwanda
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- Congo Swahili
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Umbundu
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Haitian Creole
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Serbian
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Luyia
- Guarani
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Norwegian
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Bosnian
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Efik
- Mongolian
- Sango
- Kyrgyz
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
- Beja
- Batak Toba
- Chiga
- Soga
- Swati
- Meru
- Afar
- Occitan
- Chadian Arabic
- Tatar
- Bashkir
- Chuvash
- Scots
- North Ndebele
- Macedonian
- Kongo
- Bini
- Makonde
- Gheg Albanian
- Sena
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Makhuwa-Meetto
- Morisyen
- Kʼicheʼ
- Irish
- Azerbaijani
- Lunda
- Basque
- Kabardian
- Khasi
- Sardinian
…and 243 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 — Not included
- Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
- En and em dashes — Included
- Ellipsis — Not included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Not included
- Arrows — Not included
- Math signs — Not included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 521
- x-height
- 52% of the em
- Capital height
- 80% of the em
- Version
- 2.000
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Discretionary ligatures
dlig - Kerning
kern - Fractions
frac - Case-sensitive forms
case - Superscript
sups - 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/Prata
- Designer’s page
- cyreal.org
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Prata font free to use?
Yes. Prata is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Prata support Cyrillic?
Yes, Prata includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Prata support?
Prata covers 348 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 Prata?
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 Prata?
Prata was created by Cyreal.
What is Prata good for?
Judging by its design, Prata suits: magazines and editorial, headings, posters, invitations.
Pairs well with Prata
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