# Cormorant font

> A high-contrast display serif by Christian Thalmann with hairline strokes, old-style numerals and 3,138 glyphs.

Cormorant is a display serif typeface conceived and produced by Christian Thalmann of Catharsis Fonts, inspired by the legacy of Claude Garamont. Cormorant is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 700, five named weights and italics, ten styles in total. Cormorant is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headlines and large text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Christian Thalmann
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 10 (Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 300–700)
- Glyphs: 3138
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cormorant
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/cormorant
- Tagged for: Headlines, Editorial, Elegant

## About Cormorant

Cormorant is a serif family that its designer, Christian Thalmann, describes as a display typeface. He drew, spaced, kerned and produced it himself at Catharsis Fonts; the official notes credit Claude Garamont's work as the inspiration while stating that the glyphs were mostly drawn from scratch, not adapted from an existing font. Funding from Google Fonts made the open release possible. In the specimen the thin strokes are hairlines, the serifs are small and sharp, the lowercase is short beneath long ascenders and the numerals are old-style. This roman and italic pair sits at the centre of a wider project of nine visual styles, among them Infant, Garamond, Upright Cursive, Small Caps and Unicase. It is a variable font, weight 300 to 700, with five named weights and italics, ten styles. The files contain 3,138 glyphs covering Latin, extended Latin, Cyrillic and Vietnamese, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2015 the Cormorant Project Authors (github.com/CatharsisFonts/Cormorant)

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

- **Display headlines**: The designer drew Cormorant as a display family, and its hairlines and small sharp serifs are sized for large settings.
- **Fashion and culture editorial**: Light and Regular give headings a thin, high-contrast line; Bold 700 remains moderate in weight for subheads.
- **Posters with large italics**: The italic has its own variable file, so a slanted title can be tuned across the full 300 to 700 range.
- **Multilingual titles**: Cyrillic and Vietnamese subsets extend the same drawing beyond Western European languages.

## Things to know

- **Part of a larger project**: The Cormorant project spans nine visual styles; this family holds the roman and italic.
- **Thin at text sizes**: Hairline strokes and a short lowercase are drawn for display; small text loses the thin parts.
- **Weight range 300 to 700**: There is nothing lighter than Light or heavier than Bold, and Greek is not covered.

## FAQs

### Is Cormorant free for commercial use?

Yes. Cormorant is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which covers personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions remain under the same license.

### Who designed Cormorant?

Cormorant was conceived, drawn and produced by Christian Thalmann of Catharsis Fonts, based in Zurich, Switzerland.

### How many weights does Cormorant have?

Cormorant has five named weights: Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700, each with an italic.

### Is Cormorant a variable font?

Yes. Cormorant is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 700, in separate roman and italic files.

### Is Cormorant a copy of an old Garamond?

No. According to the official notes, Cormorant was inspired by Claude Garamont's work, but no specific font was used as a reference and most glyphs were drawn from scratch.

### Which languages does Cormorant support?

Cormorant includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese, as well as Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian.

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