# Agdasima font

> A condensed sans serif in Regular and Bold, built as a document fallback font and based on Big Shoulders.

Agdasima is a condensed sans serif from The DocRepair Project and Patric King, based on the Big Shoulders family. Agdasima comes in two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700, with 259 glyphs for the basic Latin character set. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and serves as a document fallback and for compact headings.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: The DocRepair Project, Patric King
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 2 (Regular 400, Bold 700)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 259
- Character sets: latin
- Last updated: 2025-06-02
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Agdasima
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/agdasima
- Tagged for: Headlines, Bold, Condensed, Signage

## About Agdasima

Agdasima is a narrow sans serif produced by The DocRepair Project. Its stated job is to act as a fallback when a document calls for a condensed typeface that is not installed, keeping line breaks in Office Open XML files where they were and so supporting the ISO/IEC 29500 standard. The design is derived from Big Shoulders, a condensed American gothic by Patric King. In the specimen the letters are tall and tightly packed, round letters have straight sides, strokes are uniform and the x-height is high. Agdasima has Regular and Bold static fonts, no italic, and is not a variable font. Each contains 259 glyphs covering the basic Latin set used by Western European languages. The name table gives Google as manufacturer, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2023 The Agdasima Project Authors (https://github.com/docrepair-fonts/agdasima-fonts).

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Opening office documents faithfully**: Agdasima was made so that word-processing and presentation files asking for a missing condensed face keep their layout.
- **Tight headings**: Tall, narrow capitals fit a long title into a slide or a table header.
- **Labels and signs**: Straight-sided letters in Bold stay compact on shelf tags, badges and door signs.
- **Tables with many columns**: Narrow numerals and letters let column headings sit above cramped data.

## Things to know

- **Regular and Bold only**: The family has two static files and no italic.
- **Basic Latin coverage**: The 259 glyphs cover Western European languages. Letters for Polish, Czech or Turkish are not complete.
- **Related to Big Shoulders**: Agdasima is based on Big Shoulders, which offers a wider weight range under its own name.

## FAQs

### Is Agdasima free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Agdasima may be used in personal and commercial projects, changed and passed on, but it cannot be sold on its own, and derivative fonts keep the same license. Read the license text for the exact terms.

### Who designed Agdasima?

Agdasima is credited to The DocRepair Project and Patric King; it is based on Patric King's Big Shoulders.

### What is Agdasima used for?

Agdasima is a DocRepair font: a fallback meant to limit text reflow in Office Open XML documents when the condensed typeface they specify is unavailable. It also works as a compact heading face.

### How many weights does Agdasima have?

Agdasima has two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700.

### Which languages does Agdasima support?

Agdasima includes the letters needed for English and Western European languages such as French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch and the Nordic languages, plus Estonian.

### Is Agdasima a variable font?

No. Agdasima is not a variable font; it ships as separate Regular and Bold files.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/agdasima (trendhub)