# Alexandria font

> An Arabic and Latin sans in nine variable weights, designed as the Arabic companion to Montserrat.

Alexandria is a sans serif family for Arabic and Latin, credited to Mohamed Gaber and Julieta Ulanovsky and made as the Arabic companion of Montserrat. Alexandria is a variable font with nine weights from Thin 100 to Black 900 and no italics. Alexandria has 1,864 glyphs and is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Mohamed Gaber, Julieta Ulanovsky
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 9 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900)
- Glyphs: 1864
- Character sets: arabic, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Alexandria
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/alexandria
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Interfaces, Branding, Geometric

## About Alexandria

Alexandria is a sans serif family that sets Arabic and Latin text in one design. It was made as the Arabic companion to Montserrat, the Latin typeface by Julieta Ulanovsky, and the Latin letters shown in the specimen follow that model: wide, geometric capitals, a large lowercase and strokes of nearly even thickness. The family is variable on a weight axis from 100 to 900, with nine named weights from Thin to Black. The official description suggests the light weights for longer text and the heavy ones for short headlines. There are no italic styles. The single font file holds 1,864 glyphs and covers the Arabic, Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese subsets. Mohamed Gaber is named as designer in the font, with Kief Type Foundry as manufacturer; Julieta Ulanovsky, the designer of Montserrat, is credited alongside him. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2022 The Alexandria Project Authors (https://github.com/Gue3bara/Alexandria)

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

- **Bilingual Arabic and English interfaces**: Arabic and Latin share one file and the same weight axis, so labels in both scripts match in colour at every weight.
- **Arabic editions of Montserrat-based brands**: Alexandria was drawn to accompany Montserrat, giving a brand that already uses Montserrat a matching Arabic voice.
- **Arabic headlines**: The official description points to the heavy weights, up to Black 900, for short titles.
- **Longer Arabic text**: Thin to Light are recommended by the same source for long passages, and the variable axis allows values in between.
- **Signage and wayfinding in two scripts**: Wide Latin capitals and even strokes hold together with the Arabic on signs that carry both languages.

## Things to know

- **No italics**: Alexandria has nine upright weights and no italic or slanted style.
- **One variable file**: The whole family is a single variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900.
- **No Cyrillic or Greek**: Subsets are Arabic, Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese.

## FAQs

### Is Alexandria free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Alexandria 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 Alexandria?

Alexandria is credited to Mohamed Gaber and Julieta Ulanovsky. The font's name table names Mohamed Gaber as designer and Kief Type Foundry as manufacturer.

### Does Alexandria support Arabic?

Yes. Alexandria is an Arabic and Latin typeface: it includes the Arabic subset together with Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese.

### How is Alexandria related to Montserrat?

Alexandria was made as the Arabic companion of Montserrat, the Latin typeface designed by Julieta Ulanovsky.

### How many weights does Alexandria have?

Alexandria has nine weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, on a variable weight axis. It has no italics.

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