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Shantell Sans

DisplayLatinCyrillicKazakh12 stylesVariable
Download family.zip · 1.3 MB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Shantell Sans Light 300
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Light Italic 300
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Regular 400
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Regular Italic 400
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Medium 500
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Medium Italic 500
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Semi Bold 600
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Semi Bold Italic 600
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Bold 700
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Bold Italic 700
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Extra Bold 800
Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans Extra Bold Italic 800
Shantell Sans
Font Shantell Sans in use: the phrase “Good things come together” over a landscape

About the font

Shantell Sans is a free font by Shantell Martin, Arrow Type, Anya Danilova, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 457 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 49% of the em and the capital height is 70%.

Shantell Sans is a display font released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so it is free to use under that license. It supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh and contains 1728 glyphs. The font comes in 12 styles with weights from 300 to 800 and is a variable font. Its authors are listed as Shantell Martin, Arrow Type and Anya Danilova.

Author
Shantell Martin, Arrow Type, Anya Danilova
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1728

Character and uses

Mood
  • friendly
  • playful
Design
  • humanist
  • rounded
Good for

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

Supported languages

Shantell Sans has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 457 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
  • Cebuano
  • Kurdish
  • Malagasy
  • Romanian
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  • Nyanja
  • 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
  • Uzbek
  • 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
  • Meru
  • Afar
  • Occitan

…and 347 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 — Included
  • Math signs — Included

Characteristics

Mapped characters
837
x-height
49% of the em
Capital height
70% of the em
Version
1.011;[c5ecc13dd]
Embedding in documents
Allowed

OpenType features

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

  • Standard ligaturesliga
  • Contextual alternatescalt
  • Kerningkern
  • Tabular figurestnum
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Slashed zerozero
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Stylistic sets (4)

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/Shantell+Sans
Designer’s page
github.com/arrowtype/shantell-sans
Language data
Google Fonts Languages
Page last updated
How the texts on this page are written

FAQ

Is the Shantell Sans font free to use?

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

Does Shantell Sans support Cyrillic?

Yes, Shantell Sans includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Shantell Sans support?

Shantell Sans covers 457 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 Shantell Sans a variable font?

Yes. Shantell Sans 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 Shantell Sans?

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 Shantell Sans?

Shantell Sans was created by Shantell Martin, Arrow Type, Anya Danilova.

What is Shantell Sans good for?

Judging by its design, Shantell Sans suits: invitations, social media, headings, body text.

Pairs well with Shantell Sans

More pairs and your own text
  • Heading
    Shantell Sans
    Body text
    Nata Sans
    • A showy heading over a quiet text face
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: friendly
    • The body font is made for reading
  • Heading
    Shantell Sans
    Body text
    PT Sans
    • A showy heading over a quiet text face
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: friendly
    • The body font is made for reading

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