Six Caps

Sans Serif · by Vernon Adams · 1 style

Download

SixCaps.zip · 50 KB · 2 files including OFL.txt

Typography profile

Weights
400 only
Italics
None
Scripts
Latin
Best for
  • Display headings
  • Words in narrow spaces
Consider alternatives for
  • Long body text
  • Text that relies on bold or italic emphasis
  • Languages beyond basic Latin
Characteristics
  • Display face
  • Small caps
  • Narrow

Styles

32px

  1. Six Caps Regular 400 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  2. Six Caps Regular 400 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

BPOZZ Design Note

Upstream calls Six Caps highly condensed, but the file's OS/2 width class reads Normal: the narrowness is drawn into the letters, which measure among the narrowest in the library, rather than declared as a condensed width. That is why BPOZZ lists it as Narrow, not Condensed.

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About Six Caps

About
A highly condensed, tightly spaced display face by Vernon Adams: a stripped-down, normalised take on classic grotesk display forms.
Designer
Vernon Adams
Version
001.000
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).

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

Copyright (c) 2011, Vernon Adams (vern@newtypography.co.uk), with Reserved Font Name "Six Caps" "SixCaps".

Source
Google Fonts

Download files taken unmodified from the google/fonts repository. Added to Google Fonts 16 Feb 2011.

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

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