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- Tektur
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- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- The body font is made for reading
Tektur
About the font
Tektur is a free font by Adam Jagosz, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 766 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 56% of the em and the capital height is 70%.
Tektur is a sans-serif font with octagonal outlines and rectangular counters where rounded forms are usually found, while most diagonals stay intact to keep text readable. It was created by Adam Jagosz and offers a tall x-height with ascenders aligned to the cap height. The font supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh and contains 1129 glyphs in 6 styles ranging from weight 400 to 900. As a variable font it is free to use under the OFL-1.1 license.
Author
Adam Jagosz
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1129
Character and uses
- Mood
- futuristic
- technical
- Design
- geometric
- wide
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Tektur has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 766 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
- Hausa
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Yoruba
- Igbo
- Uzbek(Latin)
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- Cebuano
- Kurdish
- Malagasy
- Romanian
- Nyanja
- Madurese
- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Greek
- Shona
- Low German
- Akan
- Quechua
- Kinyarwanda
- Wolof
- Tunisian Arabic
- Congo Swahili
- Turkmen
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Azerbaijani
- Umbundu
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Bambara
- Haitian Creole
- Tajik
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Serbian(Latin)
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Fula
- Rundi
- Serbian(Cyrillic)
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Slovak
- Dyula
- Southern Sotho
- Krio
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Guarani
- Finnish
- Ganda
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Romany
- Sicilian
- Ewe
- Mandingo
- Uzbek(Cyrillic)
- Norwegian
- Buginese
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Zarma
- Bosnian(Cyrillic)
- Bosnian(Latin)
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Lingala
- Tiv
- Kabyle
- Bikol
- Fon
- Waray
…and 656 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 — 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 — Included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
- Arrows — Included
- Math signs — Included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 962
- x-height
- 56% of the em
- Capital height
- 70% of the em
- Version
- 1.005;gftools[0.9.30]
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Standard ligatures
liga - Discretionary ligatures
dlig - Contextual alternates
calt - Kerning
kern - Proportional figures
pnum - Tabular figures
tnum - Slashed zero
zero - Superscript
sups - Subscript
subs - 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 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/Tektur
- Designer’s page
- adamjagosz.com
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Tektur font free to use?
Yes. Tektur is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Tektur support Cyrillic?
Yes, Tektur includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Tektur support?
Tektur covers 766 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 Tektur a variable font?
Yes. Tektur 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 Tektur?
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 Tektur?
Tektur was created by Adam Jagosz.
What is Tektur good for?
Judging by its design, Tektur suits: logos, headings, interfaces, social media.
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