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Spectral

SerifLatinCyrillicKazakh14 styles
Download family.zip · 1.6 MB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Spectral Extra Light 200
Spectral
Spectral Extra Light Italic 200
Spectral
Spectral Light 300
Spectral
Spectral Light Italic 300
Spectral
Spectral Regular 400
Spectral
Spectral Regular Italic 400
Spectral
Spectral Medium 500
Spectral
Spectral Medium Italic 500
Spectral
Spectral Semi Bold 600
Spectral
Spectral Semi Bold Italic 600
Spectral
Spectral Bold 700
Spectral
Spectral Bold Italic 700
Spectral
Spectral Extra Bold 800
Spectral
Spectral Extra Bold Italic 800
Spectral
Font Spectral in use: the phrase “Grace in every line” over a landscape

About the font

Spectral is a free font by Production Type, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 452 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 45% of the em and the capital height is 66%.

Spectral is a serif font in the serif category, free to use under the OFL-1.1 license. It has 14 styles with weights from 200 to 800 and 1480 glyphs. The font supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts, and it includes all the extra Cyrillic letters needed for Kazakh. The author of the font is Production Type.

Author
Production Type
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1480

Character and uses

Mood
  • elegant
  • serious
Design
  • humanist
  • high contrast
Good for

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

Supported languages

Spectral has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 452 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 341 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
878
x-height
45% of the em
Capital height
66% of the em
Version
2.005; 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.

  • Standard ligaturesliga
  • Discretionary ligaturesdlig
  • Kerningkern
  • Small capitalssmcp
  • Capitals to small capitalsc2sc
  • Old-style figuresonum
  • Lining figureslnum
  • Proportional figurespnum
  • Tabular figurestnum
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Slashed zerozero
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Historical formshist
  • Stylistic sets (6)

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

FAQ

Is the Spectral font free to use?

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

Does Spectral support Cyrillic?

Yes, Spectral includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Spectral support?

Spectral covers 452 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 Spectral?

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 Spectral?

Spectral was created by Production Type.

What is Spectral good for?

Judging by its design, Spectral suits: body text, magazines and editorial, headings.

Pairs well with Spectral

More pairs and your own text
  • Heading
    Philosopher
    Body text
    Spectral
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: elegant
    • The heading font is made for headings
  • Heading
    Libertinus Sans
    Body text
    Spectral
    • A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: elegant

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