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Carattere

A slanted formal script by Robert Leuschke with swash capitals, one weight and 624 glyphs.

Script 1 style by Robert Leuschke OFL

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Carattere is a formal script typeface by Robert Leuschke with a steady rightward slant, thin hairlines and capitals that open with loops and long entry strokes. Carattere has one Regular style holding 624 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Carattere is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits invitations, names and short headings.

Carattere font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Robert Leuschke
Classification
Script
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
1 1 weight
Variable font
No
Glyphs
624
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 1.010; ttfautohint (v1.8.3)
Used for
WeddingsInvitationsElegant

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

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Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Carattere; the download contains the complete files.

Carattere font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Carattere specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400Carattere Regular

About Carattere

Carattere is a formal script typeface drawn by Robert Leuschke. Every letter leans to the right at the same angle, and the strokes swell on the way down and thin to hairlines on the way up, as in writing with a pointed pen. The capitals carry the decoration: A, M, N and Q begin with loops or long sweeping entry strokes, and several end in a small ball. The lowercase is narrower and plainer, with short joining strokes, so words stay readable once the capital has set the tone. Numerals share the slant and include a looped ampersand alongside them. The family is one Regular style and is not a variable font. Its 624 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese characters. The official description presents it as an italic style for invitations and other formal work.

Where Carattere works

Invitation headings
The looped capitals and even slant give names and event titles a formal handwritten look on printed invitations.
Place cards and name settings
A first name in Carattere starts with a swash capital and continues in compact lowercase, so it fits a narrow card.
Certificates and menus
Short section titles such as course names read clearly because the lowercase is plainer than the capitals.
Vietnamese and Central European names
The 624 glyphs include Vietnamese and Latin Extended accents, so accented names do not fall back to another font.

Glyphs

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Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 624 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
  • Vietnamese

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. 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 2020 The Carattere Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/carattere)

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 Carattere

Amiri Serif

Carattere is a script face for headings; Amiri is a serif family with 2 weights that can set the body text beside it.

Cairo Sans Serif

Carattere is a script face for headings; Cairo is a sans serif family with 8 weights that can set the body text beside it.

Andada Pro Serif

Carattere is a script face for headings; Andada Pro is a serif family with 5 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 Carattere 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: "Carattere";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Carattere-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Carattere", cursive;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Carattere with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

One style only
Carattere has a single style, Regular 400. No bold or lighter cut exists for emphasis.
Capitals are not built for all-caps lines
In the specimen the capital alphabet set as one line overlaps: the swashes of neighbouring letters run into each other.
Latin scripts only
Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese are present. Cyrillic and Greek are not.

FAQs

Is Carattere free for commercial use?

Yes. Carattere is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

Who designed Carattere?

Carattere was designed by Robert Leuschke; the font's own name table gives the name as Robert E. Leuschke. The copyright notice names The Carattere Project Authors.

Is Carattere a cursive font?

Yes. Carattere is a slanted formal script with pen-style thick and thin strokes and swash capitals, which is why it is classed as a script on this page.

How many weights does Carattere have?

Carattere has one weight, Regular 400, with no bold and no separate italic.

Which languages does Carattere support?

Carattere includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Turkish and Vietnamese.

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