# Bakbak One font

> A heavyweight display sans for Latin and Devanagari, first drawn as a brand face for video titles and posters.

Bakbak One is a heavyweight display sans for Latin and Devanagari by Saumya Kishore and Sanchit Sawaria, created as the custom brand typeface of All India Bakchod. Bakbak One has one style with 1,048 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is made for headings, video titles and posters.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Saumya Kishore, Sanchit Sawaria
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1048
- Character sets: devanagari, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Bakbak+One
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/bakbak-one
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Branding, Social media

## About Bakbak One

Bakbak One is a display sans serif drawn at a single heavy weight. Its letters are wide, with round shapes squared off towards a rounded rectangle and arches that spring from the stems in a humanist manner, as on the n, m and h of the specimen. Counters stay open despite the weight, and stroke ends are cut flat. The official notes explain that it was commissioned as the brand typeface of All India Bakchod for headings, video titles and posters, and describe its voice as loud yet neutral enough for anything from a warning to a joke. The font file contains 1,048 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Devanagari. Saumya Kishore and Sanchit Sawaria designed it, and the name table gives the studio as A Good Feeling.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2021 The Bakbak One Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/bakbak)

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

- **Video titles and thumbnails**: It was made for exactly this: a heavy line of text that stays readable on a small video preview.
- **Posters in Hindi and English**: Devanagari and Latin are drawn at the same heavy weight, so both languages carry equal emphasis.
- **Meme and social captions**: Wide, dark letters with open counters stay clear when overlaid on images.
- **Warnings and announcements**: The notes describe the voice as neutral enough to deliver a serious notice as well as a joke.

## Things to know

- **One heavy style**: Bakbak One has a single style, registered as Regular 400 but drawn as a heavy display weight. There is no italic.
- **Devanagari included**: The Devanagari script is part of the same file as the Latin.
- **Glyph count**: The current file holds 1,048 glyphs, more than the figure quoted in the original release notes.

## FAQs

### Is Bakbak One free for commercial use?

Yes. Bakbak One is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Bakbak One?

Bakbak One was designed by Saumya Kishore and Sanchit Sawaria; the font's name table lists the studio A Good Feeling.

### What was Bakbak One made for?

Bakbak One was commissioned by All India Bakchod as its own brand typeface, to set headings, video titles and posters.

### How many weights does Bakbak One have?

Bakbak One has one weight. It is registered as Regular 400 but drawn heavy, and it is not a variable font.

### Does Bakbak One support Hindi?

Bakbak One includes the Devanagari script, used for Hindi and other languages, as well as Latin letters for English, German, French, Turkish, Polish and other European languages.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/bakbak-one (trendhub)