- Heading
- Strong
- Body text
- IBM Plex Serif
- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: business-like
- The body font is made for reading
Strong
About the font
Strong is a free font by Gaslight, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 274 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 50% of the em and the capital height is 70%.
Strong is a sans-serif font designed by Roman Shchyukin of Gaslight Type Foundry. It supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts and contains 320 glyphs. The font comes in a single regular style with weight 400 and is not a variable font. Strong is free to use under the SIL Open Font License, version 1.1.
Author
Gaslight
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
320
Character and uses
- Mood
- technical
- business-like
- Design
- geometric
- condensed
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Strong has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 274 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Cebuano
- Somali
- Zulu
- Swedish
- Shona
- Kinyarwanda
- Congo Swahili
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
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- Haitian Creole
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Serbian
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Luyia
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Norwegian
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Bosnian
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Sango
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
- Beja
- Batak Toba
- Chiga
- Soga
- Swati
- Meru
- Afar
- Occitan
- Chadian Arabic
- Scots
- North Ndebele
- Macedonian
- Kongo
- Makonde
- Gheg Albanian
- Sena
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Makhuwa-Meetto
- Morisyen
- Kʼicheʼ
- Irish
- Lunda
- Basque
- Khasi
- Sardinian
- Bena
- Shambala
- Chimborazo Highland Quichua
- Kuanyama
- South Ndebele
- Tetum
- Western Frisian
- Asu
- Walloon
- Nyoro
- Neapolitan
…and 178 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 — Not 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 — Included
- Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
- En and em dashes — Included
- Ellipsis — Not included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
- Arrows — Not included
- Math signs — Not included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 312
- x-height
- 50% of the em
- Capital height
- 70% of the em
- Version
- 1.001
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
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/Strong
- Designer’s page
- new.myfonts.com/foundry/Gaslight
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Strong font free to use?
Yes. Strong is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Strong support Cyrillic?
Yes, Strong includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Strong support?
Strong covers 274 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 Strong?
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 Strong?
Strong was created by Gaslight.
What is Strong good for?
Judging by its design, Strong suits: headings, interfaces, magazines and editorial.
Pairs well with Strong
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- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: business-like
- The body font is made for reading
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