Varela Round

Sans Serif · by Joe Prince · 1 style

Download

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

Typography profile

Weights
400 only
Italics
None
Scripts
Latin (incl. Extended), Hebrew, Vietnamese
Best for
  • Hebrew text
  • Short headings
  • Aligned tables and figures
Consider alternatives for
  • Text that relies on bold or italic emphasis
  • Hierarchies that need several weights
Characteristics
  • Rounded
  • Case-sensitive forms
  • Discretionary ligatures

Styles

32px

  1. Varela Round Regular 400 at 18px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  2. Varela Round Regular 400 at 32px

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Pairs well with

  • Heading

    Bellefair

    A serif for headlines above soft, rounded text, with a Hebrew companion drawn to match its own Latin: the change from rounded sans to serif marks the hierarchy in both scripts.

BPOZZ Design Note

Varela Round ships one style, so hierarchy has to come from size, colour and spacing. A bold or italic request falls back to a thickened or slanted copy that the browser makes itself.

BPOZZ editorial guidance for designers.

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About Varela Round

About
A rounded, friendly sans-serif with soft terminals. Works nicely for app interfaces, children's content and approachable brands.
Designer
Joe Prince
Version
3.010
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 2023 The Varela Round Project Authors (https://github.com/alefalefalef/Varela-Round-Hebrew/), with Reserved Font Names 'Varela' and ‘Varela Round’.

Source
Google Fonts

Download files taken unmodified from the google/fonts repository. Added to Google Fonts 13 Jul 2011.

Upstream project: github.com/m4rc1e/Varela-Round-Hebrew.

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