# Alata font

> A geometric, low-contrast sans in one weight, with pointed capitals and a glyph set that includes oldstyle figures.

Alata is a geometric sans serif designed by Spyros Zevelakis, with language coverage and refinements added by Eben Sorkin. Alata has one style, Regular 400, with 1,036 glyphs that include oldstyle figures, fractions and case-sensitive forms. Alata covers Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese, is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, and suits headings and wordmarks.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Spyros Zevelakis, Eben Sorkin
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1036
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Alata
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/alata
- Tagged for: Headlines, Logos, Branding, Geometric

## About Alata

Alata is a geometric sans serif with low stroke contrast. Its capitals follow classical proportions, with a wide round O and G beside narrow E, F and S, and the A, M, N, V and W end in sharp points. The lowercase uses a single-storey a and near-circular bowls. The official description cites early twentieth-century poster lettering and monoline Greek inscriptions as sources, and notes that the capitals lean towards British lettering while the lowercase is more continental. Alata has a single Regular style and is not variable. Its 1,036 glyphs go beyond the basic set: oldstyle figures, superior numbers, fractions and case-sensitive forms are included. Coverage spans Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Spyros Zevelakis designed the typeface; Eben Sorkin widened its language coverage and reworked details in 2018, and Sorkin Type publishes it under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2016 The Alata Project Authors (https://github.com/SorkinType/Alata)

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

- **Wordmarks in capitals**: Pointed A, M and W beside a wide round O give an all-caps name the rhythm of inscriptional lettering.
- **Section headings**: Low contrast and near-circular bowls keep headings even in colour above a text face with more modulation.
- **Menus, labels and price lists**: Oldstyle figures, fractions and superior numbers are built in, so quantities and prices need no second font.
- **Titles in Vietnamese and Central European languages**: The 1,036 glyphs carry the accents for Vietnamese, Polish, Czech, Turkish and Hungarian.

## Things to know

- **Regular only**: Alata has one weight and no italic, which limits it to headings and short passages.
- **Extra figure styles are OpenType features**: Oldstyle figures, fractions and case-sensitive forms are in the font but must be switched on in software that supports OpenType features.
- **Revised in 2018**: According to the official description, Eben Sorkin expanded the language coverage and refined the design that year.

## FAQs

### Is Alata free for commercial use?

Alata can be used free of charge in personal and commercial work under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits modifying and redistributing the fonts; they cannot be sold on their own, and derivatives stay under the same license.

### Who designed Alata?

Alata was designed by Spyros Zevelakis. Eben Sorkin later extended and refined it, and Sorkin Type publishes the font.

### How many weights does Alata have?

Alata has one weight, Regular 400, with no bold or italic.

### Does Alata have oldstyle figures?

Yes. According to its official description, Alata offers oldstyle figures as well as small numbers, including superiors and fractions, and case-sensitive forms.

### Which languages does Alata support?

Alata includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish, Czech and Vietnamese. It has no Cyrillic or Greek.

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