Alice Serif
Candal is sans serif and Alice is serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.
Candal
A very heavy, wide sans in one style with flared, slightly swelling strokes, by Vernon Adams.
Candal is a heavy sans serif by Vernon Adams, described at its source as inspired by historical types. Candal comes in one style, named Regular but drawn at a black weight, with 350 glyphs in the Latin subset. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is suited to headlines, posters, logos and other short, large text.
- Designer
- Vernon Adams
- Classification
- Sans Serif
- License
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
- Styles
- 1 1 weight
- Variable font
- No
- Glyphs
- 350
- Languages checked
- 21 see the list
- Last updated
- version 1.000
Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.
Try Candal
Sample text
Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Candal; the download contains the complete files.
Weights and styles
- Regular 400Candal Regular
About Candal
Candal is a sans serif display face drawn very dark and wide. Although the single style is labelled Regular 400, the specimen shows strokes as heavy as a black weight, with small counters inside a, e and g. The strokes are not uniform: they thin where curves meet stems and flare slightly toward their ends, which gives the letters a carved, somewhat calligraphic look, and the quotation marks are drawn as heavy rounded commas. The y has a curved, hooked tail and the Q a short diagonal one. Vernon Adams designed Candal, taking historical types as inspiration. The font has 350 glyphs in the Latin subset, which includes the letters for English and for languages such as French, German, Spanish, Polish, Czech and Hungarian. There is no italic and no lighter weight. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1, with Candal as a Reserved Font Name.
Where Candal works
- Poster headlines
- Black-weight strokes and wide letters let two or three words fill a poster.
- Logos and badges
- The flared stroke ends give a heavy wordmark more shape than a uniform geometric bold.
- Hero titles on web pages
- One short line in Candal sets a strong first level above text in a lighter family.
- Stickers and packaging
- Small counters and thick strokes stay solid when printed on labels.
Glyphs
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢
Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 350 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
- Polish
- Czech
- Slovak
- Hungarian
- Romanian
- Croatian
- Slovenian
- 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 (c) 2011, Vernon Adams (vern@newtypography.co.uk), with Reserved Font Name Candal.
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 Candal
Arvo Slab Serif
Candal is sans serif and Arvo is slab serif (2 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.
Chivo Mono Monospace
Chivo Mono is a monospace family (9 weights) for code and figures next to Candal as the text face.
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 Candal 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: "Candal";
src: url("/assets/fonts/Candal-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: "Candal", sans-serif;
}Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Candal 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=Candal&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Things to know
- Heavy, but named Regular
- The only style is registered as weight 400. Requesting bold in CSS adds synthetic emboldening on top of already heavy letters.
- Latin subset only
- The font has 350 glyphs in the Latin subset.
- No italic
- Candal has no italic and no other weights, and it is not a variable font.
FAQs
Is Candal free for commercial use?
Yes. The SIL Open Font License 1.1 covers Candal: use in personal and commercial work is free, and the files may be modified and passed on. The font may not be sold on its own, and changed versions keep the same license.
Who designed Candal?
Candal was designed by Vernon Adams, who also holds the copyright named in the license notice.
How many weights does Candal have?
Candal has one weight. It is named Regular 400, although the letters are as heavy as a black weight.
Is Candal good for body text?
No. Candal is a single heavy style with small counters, made for short text at large sizes such as headlines and logos.
Which languages does Candal support?
Candal includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian.
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