# Averia Sans Libre font

> A soft-edged sans made by averaging 725 open fonts, in Light, Regular and Bold with italics.

Averia Sans Libre is a soft-edged sans family that Dan Sayers generated by averaging the 725 fonts in the Google Web Fonts collection on 9 November 2011. Averia Sans Libre has three weights, Light, Regular and Bold, each with an italic. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits friendly headings and short texts.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Dan Sayers
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 6 (Light 300, Regular 400, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 234
- Character sets: latin
- Last updated: 2025-06-02
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Averia+Sans+Libre
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/averia-sans-libre
- Tagged for: Headlines, Branding, Casual, Rounded

## About Averia Sans Libre

Averia Sans Libre is a sans serif produced by calculation instead of by drawing: Dan Sayers overlaid the outlines of the 725 open fonts then in the Google Web Fonts project and kept the mean shape. In the specimen this shows as letters with slightly swollen, blurred-looking stroke ends, uneven joins and faint traces of serifs, as on the feet of the capital I and J. The spacing and metrics come out of the same averaging, and the character set keeps only what most source fonts contained: 234 glyphs, Latin only. The family has six styles, Light, Regular and Bold with an italic for each. Its name plays on a Spanish word for a breakdown, which shares a root with the English word average. Related families are Averia Serif Libre, Averia Gruesa Libre and the plain Averia Libre.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2011, Dan Sayers (i@iotic.com), with Reserved Font Name 'Averia' and 'Averia Libre'.

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

- **Friendly headings**: The softened, slightly irregular stroke ends take the stiffness out of a headline without turning it into handwriting.
- **Short texts with emphasis**: Three weights with matching italics allow bold and italic emphasis inside a paragraph, which most display faces cannot offer.
- **Labels with a printed, worn look**: Edges that look gently blurred resemble ink spread on paper, a fit for food labels and craft packaging.
- **Projects about data or generative design**: A typeface that is literally the average of 725 others gives a title page a relevant story.

## Things to know

- **Latin only, 234 glyphs**: Only glyphs present in a majority of the source fonts were kept, so the set is limited to basic Latin and Western European accents.
- **Six static files**: Light, Regular and Bold each come as an upright and an italic file. There is no variable version.
- **Reserved names**: The copyright notice reserves the font names Averia and Averia Libre, so a modified version has to be released under a different name.

## FAQs

### Is Averia Sans Libre free for commercial use?

Averia Sans Libre is free to use in commercial and personal work under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits modification and redistribution; the font cannot be sold on its own, and derivatives remain under the same license and may not use a Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who made Averia Sans Libre?

Averia Sans Libre was created by Dan Sayers, who generated it by averaging existing fonts instead of drawing each letter.

### How was Averia Sans Libre created?

Averia Sans Libre is the computed average of the 725 fonts that were in the Google Web Fonts project on 9 November 2011. Both the letter shapes and the metrics result from that process.

### How many weights does Averia Sans Libre have?

Averia Sans Libre has three weights, Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700, each with an italic, for six styles in total.

### Which languages does Averia Sans Libre support?

Averia Sans Libre includes the letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, the Nordic languages, Catalan and Estonian. It has no Latin Extended, Cyrillic or Greek set.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/averia-sans-libre (trendhub)