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- Vollkorn SC
- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- A shared mood: calm, serious
Vollkorn SC
About the font
Vollkorn SC is a free font by Friedrich Althausen, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 493 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 46% of the em and the capital height is 68%.
Vollkorn SC is a serif font by Friedrich Althausen, presented as the small cap sister family to the main Vollkorn family. It comes in 4 styles with weights from 400 to 900 and contains 1035 glyphs. It supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh, including the extra Cyrillic letters Kazakh needs. The font is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Author
Friedrich Althausen
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1035
Character and uses
- Mood
- calm
- serious
- Design
- humanist
- high contrast
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Vollkorn SC has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 493 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
- Zarma
- 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
…and 382 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 — Not included
- Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
- En and em dashes — Included
- Ellipsis — Included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
- Arrows — Not included
- Math signs — Not included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 868
- x-height
- 46% of the em
- Capital height
- 68% of the em
- Version
- 4.015
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Contextual alternates
calt - Kerning
kern - Slashed zero
zero - Case-sensitive forms
case - Ordinals
ordn - Stylistic alternates
salt - Stylistic sets (7)
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/Vollkorn+SC
- Designer’s page
- friedrichalthausen.de
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Vollkorn SC font free to use?
Yes. Vollkorn SC is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Vollkorn SC support Cyrillic?
Yes, Vollkorn SC includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Vollkorn SC support?
Vollkorn SC covers 493 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 Vollkorn SC?
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 Vollkorn SC?
Vollkorn SC was created by Friedrich Althausen.
What is Vollkorn SC good for?
Judging by its design, Vollkorn SC suits: body text, headings, magazines and editorial.
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