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Raleway

Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Raleway Thin 100
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Raleway Thin Italic 100
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Raleway Extra Light 200
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Raleway Extra Light Italic 200
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Raleway Light 300
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Raleway Light Italic 300
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Raleway Regular 400
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Raleway Regular Italic 400
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Raleway Medium 500
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Raleway Medium Italic 500
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Raleway Semi Bold 600
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Raleway Semi Bold Italic 600
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Raleway Bold 700
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Raleway Bold Italic 700
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Raleway Extra Bold 800
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Raleway Extra Bold Italic 800
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Raleway Black 900
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Raleway Black Italic 900
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Font Raleway in use: the phrase “Grace in every line” over a landscape

About the font

Raleway is a free font by Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 485 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 52% of the em and the capital height is 71%.

Raleway is a sans-serif font under the OFL-1.1 license, free to use. It supports the Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh scripts, and the Kazakh support includes all the extra Cyrillic letters the language needs. The family has 18 styles with weights from 100 to 900 and is built as a variable font. It contains 1071 glyphs in total.

Author
Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1071

Character and uses

Mood
  • elegant
  • calm
Design
  • geometric

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

Supported languages

Raleway has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 485 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
  • Oromo
  • Sundanese
  • Dutch
  • Ukrainian
  • Igbo
  • Uzbek(Latin)
  • Cebuano
  • Kurdish
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  • Malagasy
  • Romanian
  • Nyanja
  • Madurese
  • Somali
  • Zulu
  • Czech
  • Swedish
  • Hungarian
  • Shona
  • Low German
  • Quechua
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Wolof
  • Congo Swahili
  • Turkmen
  • Iloko
  • Xhosa
  • Belarusian
  • Luba-Lulua
  • Azerbaijani
  • Umbundu
  • Afrikaans
  • Hiligaynon
  • Kikuyu
  • Haitian Creole
  • Tajik
  • Catalan
  • Kimbundu
  • Serbian(Latin)
  • Minangkabau
  • Swiss German
  • Bulgarian
  • Rundi
  • Serbian(Cyrillic)
  • Danish
  • Wolaytta
  • Albanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovak
  • Southern Sotho
  • Tswana
  • Luyia
  • Guarani
  • Finnish
  • Ganda
  • Norwegian Bokmål
  • Bemba
  • Northern Sotho
  • Luo
  • Tok Pisin
  • Sukuma
  • Tsonga
  • Balinese
  • Sicilian
  • Uzbek(Cyrillic)
  • Norwegian
  • Buginese
  • Kamba
  • Kalenjin
  • Banjar
  • Makhuwa
  • Bosnian(Cyrillic)
  • Bosnian(Latin)
  • Sidamo
  • Acehnese
  • Galician
  • Tiv
  • Bikol
  • Waray
  • Efik
  • Mongolian
  • Sango
  • Kyrgyz
  • Aymara
  • Nyankole
  • Hmong
  • Jamaican Creole English
  • Gusii
  • Pampanga
  • Beja
  • Batak Toba
  • Lithuanian
  • Chiga
  • Soga
  • Swati
  • Tumbuka

…and 374 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 — Not included
  • Math signs — Included

Characteristics

Mapped characters
936
x-height
52% of the em
Capital height
71% of the em
Version
4.026
Embedding in documents
Allowed

OpenType features

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

  • Standard ligaturesliga
  • Discretionary ligaturesdlig
  • Kerningkern
  • Small capitalssmcp
  • Capitals to small capitalsc2sc
  • Lining figureslnum
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Superscriptsups
  • Subscriptsubs
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Stylistic alternatessalt
  • Stylistic sets (11)

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

FAQ

Is the Raleway font free to use?

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

Does Raleway support Cyrillic?

Yes, Raleway includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Raleway support?

Raleway covers 485 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 Raleway a variable font?

Yes. Raleway 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 Raleway?

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 Raleway?

Raleway was created by Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida.

What is Raleway good for?

Judging by its design, Raleway suits: headings, interfaces, magazines and editorial.

Pairs well with Raleway

More pairs and your own text
  • Heading
    Raleway
    Body text
    Lora
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: calm, elegant
    • The body font is made for reading
  • Heading
    Raleway
    Body text
    Roboto Serif
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: calm
    • The body font is made for reading

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