Limelight

Display · by Nicole Fally, Sorkin Type · 1 style

Download

Limelight.zip · 134 KB · 2 files including OFL.txt

Typography profile

Weights
400 only
Italics
None
Scripts
Latin (incl. Extended)
Best for
  • Display headings
  • Period typography
  • Latin Extended languages
Consider alternatives for
  • Small text sizes
  • Text that relies on bold or italic emphasis
  • Scripts other than Latin
Characteristics
  • High contrast
  • Geometric
  • Large x-height
  • Wide lowercase

Styles

32px

  1. Limelight Regular 400 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  2. Limelight Regular 400 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

BPOZZ Design Note

Limelight's file carries no OpenType substitutions, not even standard ligatures, so what the specimen shows is every form there is: no alternates, figure styles or case forms to switch on.

BPOZZ editorial guidance for designers.

About Limelight

About
A high-contrast Art Deco geometric sans from Sorkin Type, evoking 1920s theatre and Hollywood. Best at medium and large sizes.
Designer
Nicole Fally, Sorkin Type
Version
1.002
Category
Display
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).

This family declares a Reserved Font Name: if you modify the font, the modified version must use a different name.

Copyright (c) 2011 by Sorkin Type Co (www.sorkintype.com), with Reserved Font Name "Limelight".

Source
Google Fonts

Download files taken unmodified from the google/fonts repository. Added to Google Fonts 25 May 2011.

Upstream project: github.com/googlefonts/googlefontdirectory-hg.

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