Alata

Sans Serif · by Spyros Zevelakis, Eben Sorkin · 1 style

Download

Alata.zip · 345 KB · 2 files including OFL.txt

Typography profile

Weights
400 only
Italics
None
Scripts
Latin (incl. Extended), Vietnamese
Best for
  • Vietnamese text
  • Latin Extended languages
  • Aligned tables and figures
Consider alternatives for
  • Text that relies on bold or italic emphasis
  • Scripts other than Latin
Characteristics
  • Geometric
  • Case-sensitive forms
  • Alternate zero
  • Small x-height
  • Large glyph set

Styles

32px

  1. Alata Regular 400 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  2. Alata Regular 400 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

BPOZZ Design Note

Upstream notes a split in Alata's sources: the capitals take after UK lettering, while the lowercase is more continental European in character. Measured, its cap height ranks in the library's top quarter while the lowercase is short against it, in the bottom fifth.

BPOZZ editorial guidance for designers.

About Alata

About
A geometric, low-contrast sans by Spyros Zevelakis and Eben Sorkin, drawing on early twentieth-century poster lettering and Greek monoline inscriptions.
Designer
Spyros Zevelakis, Eben Sorkin
Version
1.005
Category
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1

You may use, embed, modify and redistribute this font, including in commercial projects. The font files may not be sold on their own. Read the full license (OFL.txt).

Copyright 2016 The Alata Project Authors (https://github.com/SorkinType/Alata)

Source
Google Fonts

Download files taken unmodified from the google/fonts repository; the WOFF2 files used for the previews on this page are compressed from them. Added to Google Fonts 8 Nov 2019.

Upstream project: github.com/SorkinType/Alata.

Available styles
  • Regular 400
Available formats
  • TTF download
  • WOFF2 web preview
Character sets
Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese