# Bungee Shade font

> The shadowed member of David Jonathan Ross's Bungee signage family: outlined capitals with a solid drop shade.

Bungee Shade is a display typeface by David Jonathan Ross from the Bungee family, which is modelled on urban signage and built to be set vertically as well as horizontally. Bungee Shade draws each capital as an outline with a solid block shadow. It has one style with 1,049 glyphs under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: David Jonathan Ross
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1049
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Bungee+Shade
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/bungee-shade
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Logos, Retro, Signage

## About Bungee Shade

Bungee Shade is a display typeface in which every letter is a white-faced capital ringed by a thin outline and backed by a solid shadow that falls down and to the left. It is one of five variations of Bungee listed in the official notes, alongside the plain Bungee, Hairline, Inline and Outline. The family pays tribute to city signs, where space is short and words often have to run upward, so the alphabet was arranged to stack vertically as well as read across. The shapes in the specimen are square-shouldered and blocky, with slab-like ends on I and J; lowercase keys return the same capitals. David Jonathan Ross, an American type designer, leads the project, and Google and The Font Bureau supported its release. Bungee Shade has one Regular style and 1,049 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2023 The Bungee Project Authors (https://github.com/djrrb/Bungee)

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

- **Shop signs and window lettering**: Bungee was modelled on urban signage, and the built-in shadow imitates dimensional sign letters without extra effects.
- **Vertical banners**: The family was arranged so that letters can stack upward, which fits tall narrow formats.
- **Event and sale posters**: Outlined capitals with a block shade make a short word stand off the background.
- **Layered titles with Bungee**: Bungee Shade shares its skeleton with the plain Bungee, so the two can be combined in one title treatment.

## Things to know

- **Capitals only**: Lowercase input is drawn as capitals; there is no mixed-case setting.
- **Shadow is part of the glyph**: Outline and shade are fixed in each letter and print in a single colour, as in the specimen.
- **Needs size**: The thin outline around each letter thins out quickly when the type is small.

## FAQs

### Is Bungee Shade free for commercial use?

Yes. Bungee Shade 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 Bungee Shade?

Bungee Shade was designed by David Jonathan Ross, who leads the Bungee project.

### What is the difference between Bungee and Bungee Shade?

Bungee is the solid style. Bungee Shade draws the same capitals as outlines with a block shadow behind them.

### Does Bungee Shade have lowercase letters?

No. Bungee Shade is a capitals face: lowercase keys produce capital letters.

### Can Bungee Shade be set vertically?

The Bungee family, which includes Bungee Shade, was designed so that the Latin alphabet works in vertical as well as horizontal settings.

### What fonts pair well with Bungee Shade?

Bungee Shade is shown on this page with Bungee, the solid style from the same family.

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