# Andika font

> A sans serif from SIL International for literacy work, with letterforms kept distinct for beginning readers.

Andika is a sans serif family from SIL International, made for literacy teaching and for people who are learning to read. Andika has two weights, Regular and Bold, each with an italic, and 3,712 glyphs covering Latin, Cyrillic and Vietnamese. Andika is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits teaching materials and multilingual publishing.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: SIL International
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 4 (Regular 400, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 3712
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Andika
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/andika
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Kids

## About Andika

Andika is a sans serif family made for teaching reading. Its letters are drawn so that similar shapes are hard to mix up: in the specimen the a and g are single-storey, like handwritten forms, the bowls are open, and strokes have only slight modulation. According to the official description, Victor Gaultney drafted the first lowercase Latin alphabet and Annie Olsen refined and greatly extended it, adding a full extended Cyrillic set. The same source explains the motive: literacy workers had been combining letters from several fonts to cover the characters of one language. Andika now has four styles, Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic; further weights arrived with an upgrade in May 2022. The fonts hold 3,712 glyphs across Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended and Vietnamese. SIL International publishes Andika under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2004-2022 SIL International (http://www.sil.org/) with Reserved Font Names "Andika" and "SIL".

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

- **Primers and literacy materials**: Andika was designed for beginning readers, with letterforms kept easy to tell apart.
- **Minority-language publishing**: A set of 3,712 glyphs covers extended Latin and Cyrillic characters that literacy projects otherwise had to borrow from several fonts.
- **Children's reading apps**: Single-storey a and g match handwritten models, and four styles are enough for text, emphasis and headings.
- **Classroom handouts in Cyrillic**: Cyrillic and Cyrillic Extended subsets let Russian, Ukrainian or Bulgarian materials use the same design as Latin ones.
- **Plain-language forms and notices**: Open, uncluttered shapes help readers with limited reading experience work through instructions.

## Things to know

- **Two weights**: Andika has Regular and Bold with italics. There are no light or intermediate weights.
- **No Greek**: Latin, Cyrillic and Vietnamese are covered; Greek is not among the subsets.
- **Changed in May 2022**: The official notes describe an upgrade that added further weights, expanded the glyph set and improved rendering.

## FAQs

### Is Andika free for commercial use?

Andika 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 Andika?

Andika is published by SIL International. Its official description credits Victor Gaultney with the first draft and Annie Olsen with refining and extending it, and the font's name table lists further contributors.

### What is Andika designed for?

Andika is designed for literacy use. Its letterforms are meant to be clear and hard to confuse with one another for people who are beginning to read.

### How many styles does Andika have?

Andika has four styles: Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic.

### Which languages does Andika support?

Andika includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese, as well as Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian. Greek is not covered.

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