Michroma

Sans Serif · by Vernon Adams · 1 style

Download

Michroma.zip · 67 KB · 2 files including OFL.txt

Typography profile

Weights
400 only
Italics
None
Scripts
Latin (incl. Extended)
Best for
  • Display headings
  • Latin Extended languages
Consider alternatives for
  • Hierarchies that need several weights
  • Text that relies on bold or italic emphasis
Characteristics
  • Wide lowercase
  • Stylistic sets

Styles

32px

  1. Michroma Regular 400 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  2. Michroma Regular 400 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

BPOZZ Design Note

Michroma reworks the rounded-square sans genre that Microgramma started in 1952 and Eurostile popularised a decade later, lettering long tied to a 1960s idea of the future. That association comes with it into any title it sets.

BPOZZ editorial guidance for designers.

About Michroma

About
A reworking of the rounded-square sans genre popularised by Microgramma and Eurostile, with its 1960s feeling of the future. Designed by Vernon Adams for screens.
Designer
Vernon Adams
Version
1.100
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 2011 The Michroma Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/Michroma-font)

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 30 Mar 2011.

Upstream project: github.com/googlefonts/Michroma-font.

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