# Baloo Tamma 2 font > The Kannada member of Ek Type's Baloo 2 project: a soft, rounded display family with a 400–800 weight axis. Baloo Tamma 2 is a rounded display family from Ek Type that pairs Kannada with Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Baloo Tamma 2 is a variable font with five weights, from Regular 400 to ExtraBold 800, and 1,260 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headings, packaging and children's material. ## Facts - Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display) - Designed by: Ek Type - License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/) - Styles: 5 (Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800) - Variable font: Yes (wght 400–800) - Glyphs: 1260 - Character sets: kannada, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese - Last updated: 2025-09-11 - Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Baloo+Tamma+2 - Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/baloo-tamma-2 - Tagged for: Headlines, Casual, Rounded, Kids ## About Baloo Tamma 2 Baloo Tamma 2 is a display typeface with rounded stroke ends and a gentle bounce in its shapes. It belongs to Baloo 2, which the official notes describe as an extension of the earlier Baloo project with more glyphs, engineering improvements and five weights; the project consists of ten families, each combining one Indic or Arabic script with Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Baloo Tamma 2 is the Kannada family. The notes credit the Kannada design to Divya Kowshik and Shuchita Grover, with the Latin drawn collaboratively at Ek Type and font engineering by Girish Dalvi. In the specimen the Latin is monoline and soft: every terminal is rounded, bowls are wide, and the heavier weights grow chunky without closing up. One variable file covers Regular 400 to ExtraBold 800 and holds 1,260 glyphs. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1. ## License SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2019 The Baloo 2 Project Authors (https://github.com/EkType/Baloo2) 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 - **Kannada and English headlines**: Kannada and Latin are drawn as one design, so a bilingual title keeps the same rounded stroke. - **Children's books and learning apps**: Rounded terminals and wide bowls give letters a soft outline suited to covers and activity headings. - **Food and snack packaging**: ExtraBold 800 fills a label with chunky letters that stay open inside. - **Friendly app titles**: The weight axis from 400 to 800 lets a screen title and its subtitle come from one file. ## Things to know - **No weights lighter than Regular**: The axis starts at 400 and ends at 800; there is no Light and no italic. - **One variable file**: The package contains a single variable TTF. Static files for each weight are available from the official source. - **One of ten sibling families**: Other Baloo 2 families cover other scripts; Baloo Tamma 2 is the one that carries Kannada. ## FAQs ### Is Baloo Tamma 2 free for commercial use? Yes. Baloo Tamma 2 is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. It may not be sold by itself, and a modified version has to keep the same license. ### Who designed Baloo Tamma 2? Baloo Tamma 2 is by Ek Type. The official notes credit the Kannada to Divya Kowshik and Shuchita Grover, and the font's name table lists them with Ek Type. ### Which script does Baloo Tamma 2 cover? Baloo Tamma 2 is the Kannada family of the Baloo 2 project. It also contains Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese character sets. ### How many weights does Baloo Tamma 2 have? Baloo Tamma 2 has five weights: Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold and ExtraBold. ### Is Baloo Tamma 2 a variable font? Yes. Baloo Tamma 2 has a weight axis from 400 to 800. --- Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/baloo-tamma-2 (trendhub)