Fredoka Sans Serif
Boldonse is a display face for headings; Fredoka is a sans serif family with 5 weights that can set the body text beside it.
Boldonse
A heavy display sans from Universitype in which near-circular round letters sit between narrow, upright straight ones.
Boldonse is a heavy display sans serif credited to Universitype. Its round letters, such as O, C, G and o, are close to full circles, while letters built on straight stems stay narrow. Boldonse has one style with 428 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended and is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 for headlines and posters.
- Designer
- Universitype
- Classification
- Display
- License
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
- Styles
- 1 1 weight
- Variable font
- No
- Glyphs
- 428
- Languages checked
- 24 see the list
- Last updated
- version 1.000; ttfautohint (v1.8.4.7-5d5b)
Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.
Try Boldonse
Sample text
Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Boldonse; the download contains the complete files.
Weights and styles
- Regular 400Boldonse Regular
About Boldonse
Boldonse is a display typeface with very thick strokes and an unusual rhythm of widths. In the specimen the round letters, O, C, G and Q in the capitals and o, c, e and d in the lowercase, are drawn close to circles and take up a lot of horizontal space, whereas letters made of straight stems, such as E, F, H, n and l, are compressed and upright. Terminals are cut flat, counters are small, and the lowercase is tall against the capitals. That alternation of wide rounds and tight verticals gives a line of text a pulsing, poster-like texture. Boldonse has one style, labelled Regular 400 although it looks like a heavy weight, and it is not a variable font. Its 428 glyphs cover the Latin and Latin Extended subsets. The designer credit is Universitype, and the copyright notice names The Boldonse Project Authors.
Where Boldonse works
- Poster titles
- Full-circle rounds alternating with tight verticals turn a few words into a pattern that reads from a distance.
- Packaging fronts
- Thick strokes and flat terminals keep a product name solid on a label or box.
- Editorial openers
- A single heavy word above an article contrasts strongly with lighter text set beneath it.
- Brand wordmarks
- Names containing o, c or e gain a distinctive shape from the near-circular letters.
Glyphs
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢
Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 428 glyphs.
Language support
The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Italian
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Finnish
- Icelandic
- Catalan
- Turkish
- Polish
- Czech
- Slovak
- Hungarian
- Romanian
- Croatian
- Slovenian
- Lithuanian
- Latvian
- Estonian
Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2024 The Boldonse Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/boldonse)
What the license allows
- 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.
This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.
Fonts that pair with Boldonse
Mirza Serif
Boldonse is a display face for headings; Mirza is a serif family with 4 weights that can set the body text beside it.
Alegreya Sans Sans Serif
Boldonse is a display face for headings; Alegreya Sans is a sans serif family with 7 weights that can set the body text beside it.
Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.
Use Boldonse on the web
Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.
CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
font-family: "Boldonse";
src: url("/assets/fonts/Boldonse-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: "Boldonse", sans-serif;
}Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Boldonse with this markup:
HTML, Google Fonts
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Boldonse&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Things to know
- Regular is already heavy
- The only style is Regular 400, but its strokes are as thick as a black weight in most families.
- Uneven letter widths by design
- Round letters are far wider than straight ones, so line lengths vary a lot with the wording.
- No origin notes
- The official source publishes no description for Boldonse, so this page relies on the font's own data and specimen.
FAQs
Is Boldonse free for commercial use?
Yes. Boldonse 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 Boldonse?
Boldonse is credited to Universitype; the font's name table reads Universitype Foundry.
How many weights does Boldonse have?
Boldonse has one weight. It is labelled Regular 400 but is drawn very heavy.
Is Boldonse suitable for body text?
No. Boldonse is a heavy display face with small counters and uneven widths, drawn for headlines and short lines.
Which languages does Boldonse support?
Boldonse includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish and Czech.
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