# Cabin font

> A humanist sans serif with near-monoline strokes, variable in weight (400–700) and width (75–100).

Cabin is a humanist sans serif family from Impallari Type, inspired by the typefaces of Edward Johnston and Eric Gill. Cabin is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700 and a width axis from 75 to 100, with true italics. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits text and interfaces.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Impallari Type, Rodrigo Fuenzalida
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 8 (Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 400–700, wdth 75–100)
- Glyphs: 718
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cabin
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/cabin
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding

## About Cabin

Cabin is a humanist sans serif that takes its starting point from the typefaces of Edward Johnston and Eric Gill and adds modern proportions and touches of the geometric sans. In the specimen the strokes are almost monoline, thinning only slightly at the top and bottom of curves, the O is close to a circle, the bowls of b, p and q are round, and the g is single-storey. Cabin comes as two variable fonts, a roman and a true italic, each with a weight axis from 400 to 700 and a width axis from 75 to 100 that narrows the design to condensed. Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold with their italics give eight styles. The fonts have 718 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Impallari Type and Rodrigo Fuenzalida are credited, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2018 The Cabin Project Authors (https://github.com/impallari/Cabin.git)

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

- **Website body text**: Round, open letters and nearly even strokes give Regular a calm texture in paragraphs, with a true italic for emphasis.
- **Interface labels**: Medium and SemiBold add small steps of emphasis for buttons and navigation without jumping to Bold.
- **Condensed headings and tables**: Lowering the width axis towards 75 fits longer strings into narrow columns while staying in the same family.
- **Small-business branding**: The humanist shapes with geometric touches look friendly on signs, cards and websites.
- **Vietnamese and European text**: The official notes describe full Latin coverage for Vietnamese alongside Western and Central European languages.

## Things to know

- **Weights start at Regular**: The weight axis covers 400 to 700. There are no light weights and nothing above Bold.
- **Width axis only narrows**: Width runs from 75 to 100, from condensed up to the normal width.
- **Two variable files**: Roman and italic are separate variable fonts, each with both axes.

## FAQs

### Is Cabin free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Cabin may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and redistributed; it cannot be sold by itself, and a modified version keeps the same license.

### Who designed Cabin?

Cabin is credited to Impallari Type and Rodrigo Fuenzalida; the font files name Pablo Impallari as designer.

### How many weights does Cabin have?

Cabin has four named weights, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700, each with an italic, for eight styles.

### Is Cabin a variable font?

Yes. Cabin is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700 and a width axis from 75 to 100.

### Does Cabin have a condensed version?

Yes, through its width axis. Setting the width of Cabin to 75 gives the condensed form.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/cabin (trendhub)