Lusitana
Lusitana.zip · 63 KB · 3 files including OFL.txt
Typography profile
- Weights
- 400 and 700
- Italics
- None
- Scripts
- Latin (incl. Extended)
- Best for
- Literary and book settings
- Period typography
- Consider alternatives for
- Scripts other than Latin
- Languages beyond basic Latin
- Hierarchies that need several weights
- Characteristics
- Text face
- Small x-height
Styles
Lusitana Regular 400 at 18px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Lusitana Regular 400 at 32px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Lusitana Bold 700 at 18px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Lusitana Bold 700 at 32px
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
BPOZZ Design Note
Although it is made for long texts at small sizes, its lowercase is short against its capitals, in the lowest fifth of the library, so it reads smaller than most text faces at the same font-size. It also lists a latin-ext subset without the Latin Extended core in the file.
BPOZZ editorial guidance for designers.
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About Lusitana
- About
- A text serif by Ana Paula Megda based on the type of the 1572 first edition of The Lusiads. Made for long passages at small sizes; regular and bold.
- Designer
- Ana Paula Megda
- Version
- 1.001
- Category
- 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).
This family declares a Reserved Font Name: if you modify the font, the modified version must use a different name.
Copyright (c) 2011 by Ana Paula Megda (www.anamegda.com|anapbm@gmail.com), with Reserved Font Name Lusitana.
- Source
-
Google Fonts
Download files taken unmodified from the google/fonts repository. Added to Google Fonts 11 Jan 2012.
Upstream project: github.com/googlefonts/lusitana.
- Available styles
- Regular 400
- Bold 700
- Available formats
- TTF download and web preview
- Character sets
- Latin, Latin Extended