# Asap font

> A sans serif with subtly rounded corners, now variable in weight (100–900) and width (75–125).

Asap is a sans serif family with slightly rounded corners, designed by Pablo Cosgaya and the Omnibus-Type team for screen use. Asap is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and a width axis from 75 to 125, plus italics. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interfaces and body text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Omnibus-Type
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 18 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900, wdth 75–125)
- Glyphs: 788
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Asap
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/asap
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding

## About Asap

Asap is a sans serif family whose name is short for “as soon as possible”. Its corners and stroke ends are gently rounded, a detail visible in the specimen on the feet of A and the tips of v, w and y, while the overall shapes stay open and upright. The official notes say the styles share standardised character widths, so a line keeps its length when the style changes. Asap became a variable font in 2021 and gained a width axis and a wider weight range in October 2022: weight now runs from 100 to 900 and width from 75 to 125. Nine named weights with italics give 18 styles. The fonts hold 788 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Asap derives from Ancha, a typeface by Pablo Cosgaya and Hector Gatti.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2018 The Asap Project Authors (https://github.com/Omnibus-Type/Asap)

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

- **Interfaces where emphasis must not shift the layout**: According to the official notes, the styles keep the same character widths, so making a label bold does not change where the line ends.
- **Responsive headings**: The width axis from 75 to 125 lets a heading tighten on a phone and widen on a desktop within one font file.
- **Body text on screens**: Open letter shapes and softened corners, seen in the specimen, give Regular an even texture in paragraphs.
- **Brand typography**: Thin 100 to Black 900 with italics covers display lines, subheads and legal small print in the same voice.
- **Sites in Vietnamese**: The 788 glyphs include the stacked accents Vietnamese needs.

## Things to know

- **Two variable files**: Roman and italic each come as one variable file with both the weight and the width axis. Static files are not in the package.
- **Width axis from 75 to 125**: A value of 100 is the normal width; 75 is condensed and 125 expanded.
- **A separate condensed family exists**: Asap Condensed is published as its own family of static files.

## FAQs

### Is Asap free for commercial use?

Yes. Asap is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The fonts cannot be sold on their own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Asap?

Asap is designed by Pablo Cosgaya and the Omnibus-Type team; Andrés Torresi collaborated on it. The design goes back to Ancha, by Pablo Cosgaya and Hector Gatti.

### How many weights does Asap have?

Asap has nine named weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic: 18 styles. The weight axis also allows any value in between.

### Is Asap a variable font?

Yes. Asap is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and a width axis from 75 to 125.

### What does the name Asap mean?

Asap stands for “as soon as possible”, according to the official description of the family.

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