# Carme font

> A clean, openly spaced sans by Rubén Prol, made with text in mind and published in a single Regular weight.

Carme is a sans serif typeface by Rubén Prol, described by its designer as a clean face made for text. Carme comes in one Regular style with 217 glyphs covering English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch and the Nordic languages. Carme is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits short text, captions and interface labels.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Rubén Prol
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 217
- Character sets: latin
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Carme
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/carme
- Tagged for: Interfaces, Minimalist

## About Carme

Carme is a sans serif typeface designed for text. The specimen shows low-contrast strokes, round letters close to circles, a two-storey a beside a single-storey g, and a y with a straight tail. Letters are spaced generously, so words look open and airy even in the Regular weight, and the capitals are wide. Carme has one style, Regular 400. The official description announces a bold as forthcoming, but no bold is part of this family as published. That description counts 206 for version 1.0; the current file holds 217 glyphs. Coverage is narrow: the accents for French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch and the Nordic languages are present, while the German ß and the Latin Extended range are not. Rubén Prol is the designer, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Rubén Prol (ipanemagrafica@gmail.com|www.ipanemagrafica.com), with Reserved Font Name Carme.

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

- **Captions and short paragraphs**: Open spacing and low-contrast strokes keep a few lines of small text even in colour.
- **Interface labels**: Round, widely spaced letters stay distinct on buttons and navigation items.
- **Minimal portfolio and landing pages**: A single quiet weight suits layouts that rely on size and space instead of bold type.
- **Spanish, French and Portuguese copy**: The accented letters for these languages are within the 217 glyphs.

## Things to know

- **Regular only**: There is no bold or italic. A browser asked for bold will thicken the Regular artificially.
- **No ß**: The German sharp s is not in the font, so German text is not fully covered.
- **Basic Latin only**: Turkish, Polish, Czech and other Latin Extended alphabets are outside its character set.
- **Glyph count differs from the description**: The designer's note gives a count of 206 for version 1.0; the file in this package contains 217 glyphs.

## FAQs

### Is Carme free for commercial use?

Yes, within the terms of the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Carme can be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and passed on; it cannot be sold by itself, and derivatives remain under the same license and may not use the reserved name Carme without permission.

### Who designed Carme?

Carme was designed by Rubén Prol, who is named in the copyright notice of the license.

### How many weights does Carme have?

Carme has one weight, Regular 400. A bold was announced in the official description but is not part of the published family.

### Can Carme be used for body text?

Carme was designed with text in mind, but it has only a Regular style, so bold and italic emphasis must come from another family or from other means.

### Which languages does Carme support?

Carme includes the letters needed for English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Icelandic. German lacks the ß.

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