# Black Ops One font

> A heavy stencil display face inspired by military lettering, with narrow breaks cut through every letter.

Black Ops One is a heavy stencil display typeface by James Grieshaber and Eben Sorkin, inspired by military stencil lettering. Black Ops One has one Regular style with 749 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits game titles, posters, crate-style labels and headings at medium to large sizes.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: James Grieshaber, Eben Sorkin
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 749
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Black+Ops+One
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/black-ops-one
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Logos

## About Black Ops One

Black Ops One is a display typeface modelled on military stencil lettering. The letters are wide, heavy and low in contrast, with corners chamfered at an angle instead of rounded, and each one is interrupted by the thin gaps a cut stencil leaves behind; in the specimen the breaks run vertically through O, D and the numerals and diagonally through A, V and W. There is a full lowercase, built as sturdily as the capitals, with slab-like feet on letters such as i, l and r. Because the stencil cuts are small, the official description advises medium to large sizes. Black Ops One has one Regular style and is not a variable font. It holds 749 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese; language coverage was widened in a July 2022 update. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2022 The Black-Ops Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/googlefonts-project-template)

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

- **Game and esports titles**: Stencil breaks and chamfered corners signal military or tactical themes in a logo or loading screen.
- **Posters and event graphics**: The wide, heavy letters fill a headline line with a few words and stay solid from a distance.
- **Crate, cargo and equipment-style labels**: The face reproduces sprayed stencil marking, so it suits packaging and props that imitate shipping marks.
- **Apparel and patches**: With no thin strokes besides the stencil gaps, the shapes survive screen printing and embroidery at badge size.
- **Video thumbnails and channel art**: A single heavy style gives short titles a consistent, recognisable stamp.

## Things to know

- **One style**: Black Ops One has only Regular 400, which is visually very heavy. There is no lighter cut or italic.
- **Stencil gaps close up when small**: The cuts are narrow, so at small sizes they blur; the official description recommends medium to large sizes.
- **No Cyrillic**: The files contain no Cyrillic subset, and Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian are not among the languages whose letters are complete.

## FAQs

### Is Black Ops One free for commercial use?

Black Ops One can be used in commercial work at no cost under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits modification and redistribution, but the font files cannot be sold on their own and derivatives must stay under the same license.

### Who designed Black Ops One?

Black Ops One was designed by James Grieshaber and Eben Sorkin. The font files name Sorkin Type Co. as manufacturer.

### Is Black Ops One a stencil font?

Yes. Black Ops One is drawn after military stencil lettering, and every letter and numeral has the breaks of a cut stencil.

### Does Black Ops One have lowercase letters?

Yes. Black Ops One has both capitals and a full lowercase, as well as numerals and punctuation in the same stencil style.

### How many weights does Black Ops One have?

Black Ops One has one weight, Regular 400, and no italic.

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