# Alegreya font

> A calligraphic text serif first intended for literature, variable from Regular 400 to Black 900 with italics.

Alegreya is a serif typeface family drawn by Juan Pablo del Peral and published by HT Fonts, first intended for literature. Alegreya is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 900: six weights from Regular to Black, each with an italic. Alegreya covers Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Juan Pablo del Peral, HT Fonts
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 12 (Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 400–900)
- Glyphs: 2104
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2026-06-30
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Alegreya
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/alegreya
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial, Elegant

## About Alegreya

Alegreya is a serif typeface drawn for long reading, with a visible calligraphic influence: stems flare a little, serifs are wedge-shaped and slightly irregular, and curves shift in thickness as if made with a broad pen. The numerals in the specimen are oldstyle figures that rise and fall like lowercase letters. The family runs on one variable weight axis from 400 to 900, with six named weights (Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, Black) and an italic for each, 12 styles in all. Nothing lighter than Regular exists. Its 2,104 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese. The official description records two distinctions: selection at the Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño held in Madrid in 2010, and a place among the 53 typefaces named Fonts of the Decade in ATypI's Letter2 competition of 2011. Juan Pablo del Peral is the designer.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2011 The Alegreya Project Authors (https://github.com/huertatipografica/Alegreya)

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

- **Novels and long-form books**: Alegreya was first intended for literature, and its uneven, pen-based rhythm is meant to carry a reader through many pages.
- **Essays and literary magazines**: Oldstyle figures and a full italic at every weight handle dates, titles of works and emphasis inside running prose.
- **Chapter titles and covers**: ExtraBold and Black, which the official description calls experimental for the genre, give a dark, expressive heading from the same family.
- **Scholarly texts with Greek or Cyrillic**: Greek, Cyrillic and Vietnamese letters share the design, so quotations in those scripts match the surrounding text.

## Things to know

- **Starts at Regular**: The weight axis runs from 400 to 900. There is no Light or Thin.
- **Two variable files**: The package contains one upright and one italic variable font, each covering all six weights.
- **Small caps live in a sibling family**: According to the official description there is a separate Small Caps family; it is not included in this download.

## FAQs

### Is Alegreya free for commercial use?

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

### Who designed Alegreya?

Alegreya was drawn by Juan Pablo del Peral and published by HT Fonts (Huerta Tipografica). The copyright notice names The Alegreya Project Authors.

### Is Alegreya a variable font?

Yes. Alegreya is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 900, in separate upright and italic files.

### How many weights does Alegreya have?

Alegreya has six named weights, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold and Black, each with an italic, for 12 styles.

### Is Alegreya good for books?

Alegreya was originally intended for literature, and its official description says the varied rhythm of the letters is there to ease the reading of long texts.

### Which languages does Alegreya support?

Alegreya includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as Spanish, German, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese, as well as Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Greek.

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