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PT Sans Narrow

Sans-serifLatinCyrillicKazakh2 styles
Download family.zip · 444 KB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
PT Sans Narrow Regular 400
PT Sans Narrow
PT Sans Narrow Bold 700
PT Sans Narrow
Font PT Sans Narrow in use: the phrase “Quiet mornings, clear minds” over a landscape

About the font

PT Sans Narrow is a free font by ParaType, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 392 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 50% of the em and the capital height is 70%.

PT Sans Narrow is a sans-serif font by ParaType, designed by Alexandra Korolkova, Olga Umpeleva and Vladimir Yefimov. It was developed for the Public Types of Russian Federation project, which aims to let people in Russia read and write in their native languages. The font has 2 styles with weights from 400 to 700 and contains 720 glyphs. It supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh, including all the extra Cyrillic letters Kazakh needs. The font is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Author
ParaType
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
720

Character and uses

Mood
  • calm
  • serious
Design
  • humanist
  • condensed
Good for

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

Supported languages

PT Sans Narrow has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 392 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
  • Italian
  • Filipino
  • Polish
  • Oromo
  • Sundanese
  • Dutch
  • Ukrainian
  • Cebuano
  • Kurdish
  • Romanian
  • Somali
  • Zulu
  • Czech
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  • Swedish
  • Hungarian
  • Shona
  • Low German
  • Quechua
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Congo Swahili
  • Turkmen
  • Iloko
  • Xhosa
  • Belarusian
  • Luba-Lulua
  • Afrikaans
  • Hiligaynon
  • Haitian Creole
  • Tajik
  • Catalan
  • Kimbundu
  • Serbian(Latin)
  • Minangkabau
  • Swiss German
  • Bulgarian
  • Rundi
  • Serbian(Cyrillic)
  • Danish
  • Wolaytta
  • Albanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovak
  • Southern Sotho
  • Tswana
  • Luyia
  • Finnish
  • Norwegian Bokmål
  • Bemba
  • Northern Sotho
  • Luo
  • Tok Pisin
  • Sukuma
  • Tsonga
  • Balinese
  • Uzbek
  • Norwegian
  • Kalenjin
  • Banjar
  • Makhuwa
  • Bosnian(Cyrillic)
  • Bosnian(Latin)
  • Sidamo
  • Acehnese
  • Galician
  • Tiv
  • Bikol
  • Waray
  • Mongolian
  • Sango
  • Kyrgyz
  • Aymara
  • Nyankole
  • Hmong
  • Jamaican Creole English
  • Gusii
  • Pampanga
  • Beja
  • Batak Toba
  • Lithuanian
  • Chiga
  • Soga
  • Swati
  • Meru
  • Afar
  • Occitan
  • Chadian Arabic
  • Tatar
  • Slovenian
  • Bashkir
  • Chuvash
  • Scots
  • North Ndebele
  • Macedonian
  • Kongo
  • Makonde
  • Gheg Albanian
  • Sena

…and 284 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 — 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 — Not included
  • Math signs — Included

Characteristics

Mapped characters
717
x-height
50% of the em
Capital height
70% of the em
Version
2.003W OFL
Embedding in documents
Allowed

OpenType features

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

  • Standard ligaturesliga
  • Kerningkern
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Historical formshist

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/PT+Sans+Narrow
Designer’s page
paratype.com/help/designers
Language data
Google Fonts Languages
Page last updated
How the texts on this page are written

FAQ

Is the PT Sans Narrow font free to use?

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

Does PT Sans Narrow support Cyrillic?

Yes, PT Sans Narrow includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does PT Sans Narrow support?

PT Sans Narrow covers 392 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 PT Sans Narrow?

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 PT Sans Narrow?

PT Sans Narrow was created by ParaType.

What is PT Sans Narrow good for?

Judging by its design, PT Sans Narrow suits: body text, interfaces, headings, magazines and editorial.

Pairs well with PT Sans Narrow

More pairs and your own text
  • Heading
    PT Serif
    Body text
    PT Sans Narrow
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: calm, serious
  • Heading
    Literata
    Body text
    PT Sans Narrow
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: calm, serious

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