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Cuprum

A narrow grotesque sans with a variable weight axis from 400 to 700, italics and Cyrillic.

Sans Serif 8 styles · variable by Jovanny Lemonad OFL

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Cuprum is a narrow grotesque sans serif by Jovanny Lemonad. Cuprum is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700, four named weights and matching italics, eight styles in all, covering Latin, Cyrillic and Vietnamese. Cuprum is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits compact headings, menus and labels.

Cuprum font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Jovanny Lemonad
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
8 4 weights, with italics
Variable font
Yes Weight 400–700
Glyphs
604
Languages checked
24 see the list
Last updated
version 3.000
Used for
HeadlinesInterfacesCondensed

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 Cuprum; the download contains the complete files.

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

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400Cuprum Regular Italic
  • Medium 500Cuprum Medium Medium Italic
  • SemiBold 600Cuprum SemiBold SemiBold Italic
  • Bold 700Cuprum Bold Bold Italic

Cuprum is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file per style, and the named weights above are positions on that range.

About Cuprum

Cuprum is a narrow sans serif of the grotesque kind. In the specimen the round letters are squared off into tall, flat-sided ovals, stems are upright and close together, and the lowercase is tall, so many characters fit on a line. Jovanny Lemonad created the face in 2006 and says he based it on the work of Miles Newlyn; the name is the Latin word for copper, which he explains as a noble metal that goes into pots and not into medals. The current files are variable: roman and italic each carry a weight axis from 400 to 700 with four named weights, Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold, eight styles altogether. Nothing lighter than Regular exists. The 604 glyphs cover Latin, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended and Vietnamese character sets, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Cuprum works

Navigation menus and buttons
Narrow letters with a tall lowercase fit several menu items or a long button label into limited width.
Headlines and subheads in narrow columns
SemiBold and Bold set compact titles above text in sidebars, cards and news lists.
Sites and print in Cyrillic
Cyrillic and Cyrillic Extended are part of the files, so Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian text uses the same narrow design.
Captions, tables and labels
The condensed width keeps column headers and product labels short without reducing the type size.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 604 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
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • Bulgarian

Writing systems with glyphs in the family besides Latin: Cyrillic. These are listed as scripts, not as a promise for every language written in them.

Character sets found in the files: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, 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 Cuprum Project Authors (https://github.com/alexeiva/cuprum), with Reserved Font Name "Cuprum". Copyright (c) 2006-2012 by Jovanny Lemonad (jovanny.ru), with Reserved Font Name "Cuprum"

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 Cuprum

Abhaya Libre Serif

Cuprum is sans serif and Abhaya Libre is serif (5 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Arvo Slab Serif

Cuprum is sans serif and Arvo is slab serif (2 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Anonymous Pro Monospace

Anonymous Pro is a monospace family (2 weights) for code and figures next to Cuprum 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 Cuprum 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: "Cuprum";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Cuprum-Italic-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400 700;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Cuprum";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Cuprum-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400 700;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Cuprum", sans-serif;
}

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

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Regular is the lightest weight
The weight axis runs from 400 to 700. There is no Light or Thin, and nothing heavier than Bold.
The width is fixed
Cuprum is narrow by design and has no width axis.
Variable files only
The package contains one variable roman and one variable italic file; static instances are available from the official source.

FAQs

Is Cuprum free for commercial use?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License 1.1 covers Cuprum: it may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and passed on. It cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use a Reserved Font Name without permission.

Who designed Cuprum?

Cuprum was designed by Jovanny Lemonad, who created it in 2006. The copyright notice also names The Cuprum Project Authors.

How many weights does Cuprum have?

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

Is Cuprum a variable font?

Yes. Cuprum is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700, in separate roman and italic files.

Which languages does Cuprum support?

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

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