# Anton font

> A heavy, tightly condensed sans in one weight, reworked from traditional advertising type for web headlines.

Anton is a condensed display sans serif by Vernon Adams, based on a traditional advertising typeface and reshaped for use as a web font. Anton has one heavy style, Regular 400, with 1,326 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Anton is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is made for large headlines and banners.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Vernon Adams
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1326
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Anton
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/anton
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Condensed, Social media

## About Anton

Anton is a display sans serif with very heavy strokes packed into narrow letters. Round letters have straight vertical sides, the gaps inside a, e and s are small slits, and the lowercase rises to most of the capital height, so a line of Anton forms a dense, even band. The official description explains that the letterforms were digitised from a traditional advertising sans and then adapted for browsers, with the counters opened slightly and the stems tuned for bold display setting. Anton has one style. The file is labelled Regular 400 although the design is as dark as a heavy bold; no lighter weight or italic exists in this family. Its 1,326 glyphs cover the Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese subsets, and the description adds African Latin. Vernon Adams designed Anton, which is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2020 The Anton Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/AntonFont.git)

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

- **Web banners and hero headlines**: Anton was reshaped specifically as a web font for bold display setting, with counters opened for screen rendering.
- **Posters and protest signs**: Tall, narrow, heavy letters put the largest possible word into a given width.
- **Video thumbnails and social graphics**: A few words in Anton stay legible when an image is shrunk to a small preview.
- **Sports and news graphics**: Dense capitals and matching heavy numerals suit scores, dates and breaking-news straps.
- **Headlines in Vietnamese and Central European languages**: The 1,326 glyphs include full Vietnamese and the accents of Polish, Czech and Turkish.

## Things to know

- **Regular means heavy here**: The single file reports weight 400. Requesting bold in CSS adds synthetic weight to an already heavy face.
- **For other weights, see Antonio**: Anton itself has one weight; the related Antonio family carries the design from Thin to Bold.
- **No Cyrillic or Greek**: Coverage is Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese.

## FAQs

### Is Anton free for commercial use?

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

Anton was designed by Vernon Adams. The copyright notice names The Anton Project Authors.

### How many weights does Anton have?

Anton has one weight, labelled Regular 400, and no italic.

### What is the difference between Anton and Antonio?

Anton is one very heavy weight made for large headlines. Antonio is a refined version of the same design in a range of weights from Thin to Bold, intended also for smaller headings, menus and buttons.

### Which languages does Anton support?

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

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