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Aldrich

A wide, square-shouldered sans with rounded corners and even strokes, in a single Regular style.

Sans Serif 1 style by MADType OFL

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Aldrich is a squarely proportioned sans serif with rounded corners, designed by Matthew Desmond of MADType. Strokes keep one thickness, and round letters such as O and C are drawn as soft rectangles. Aldrich comes in one Regular style with 259 glyphs, is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, and fits headings, labels and wordmarks.

Aldrich font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
MADType
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
1 1 weight
Variable font
No
Glyphs
259
Languages checked
14 see the list
Last updated
version 1.002 2011
Used for
HeadlinesLogosGeometricTech

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

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Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Aldrich; the download contains the complete files.

Aldrich font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Aldrich specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400Aldrich Regular

About Aldrich

Aldrich is a sans serif typeface built on squared proportions: the bowls of O, C and D and of the lowercase a, e and o are rectangles with rounded corners instead of ovals. Strokes hold a single thickness, the letters are wide, and the lowercase stands tall against the capitals, which gives a word a flat, steady outline. The official notes relate the style to gothic lettering of the early twentieth century. Numerals follow the same boxy construction, and the Q carries a short vertical tail through its base. Aldrich consists of one Regular style and is not a variable font. Its 259 glyphs cover the basic Latin set for languages such as English, French, German, Spanish and Estonian. The name table credits Matthew Desmond, the official page lists his MADType as designer, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Aldrich works

Technology and hardware branding
Rounded-rectangle bowls and even strokes give product names a machined look that suits devices and software.
Section headings
Wide letters and a tall lowercase keep a short heading legible in mixed case as well as in capitals.
Wordmarks
The uniform stroke makes the letters easy to redraw, outline or cut as a logo.
Labels on panels and diagrams
Boxy numerals and capitals of matching width stay distinct in short codes and part names.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 259 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Estonian

Character sets found in the files: latin. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright (c) 2011, Matthew Desmond (http://www.madtype.com | mattdesmond@gmail.com),with Reserved Font Name Aldrich.

What the license allows

  • 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.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with Aldrich

Arapey Serif

Aldrich is sans serif and Arapey is serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Bitter Slab Serif

Aldrich is sans serif and Bitter is slab serif (9 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Cutive Mono Monospace

Cutive Mono is a monospace family (1 weight) for code and figures next to Aldrich as the text face.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use Aldrich on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "Aldrich";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Aldrich-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Aldrich", sans-serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Aldrich with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

A single style
Aldrich has one Regular file. There is no bold, light or italic companion.
Basic Latin character set
With 259 glyphs and no Latin Extended subset, Aldrich lacks the complete letters for languages such as Polish, Czech and Turkish.
Wide letters
The square proportions make words long: a line in Aldrich takes more horizontal room than the same line in a narrow sans.

FAQs

Is Aldrich free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Aldrich may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and passed on, but the font files cannot be sold on their own, and a modified version must keep the same license.

Who designed Aldrich?

Aldrich was designed by Matthew Desmond, who is named in the font's name table and copyright notice. The official page credits his studio name, MADType.

How many weights does Aldrich have?

Aldrich has one weight, Regular 400, with no italic.

Is Aldrich a variable font?

No. Aldrich is a single static file and is not a variable font.

Which languages does Aldrich support?

Aldrich includes the letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Catalan, Estonian and the Nordic languages. It has no Latin Extended, Cyrillic or Greek characters.

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