Archivo Sans Serif
Delius is a handwriting face for headings; Archivo is a sans serif family with 9 weights that can set the body text beside it.
Delius
A comic-book lettering face drawn with a round marker, upright and unjoined, in one weight.
Delius is a comic-book lettering typeface by Natalia Raices, drawn as if with a round marker whose line thickens at the start and end of each stroke. Delius has one style, Regular, with 270 glyphs in the Latin subset. Delius is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits comics, captions, children's material and informal notes.
- Designer
- Natalia Raices
- Classification
- Handwriting
- License
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
- Styles
- 1 1 weight
- Variable font
- No
- Glyphs
- 270
- Languages checked
- 13 see the list
- Last updated
- version 1.001
Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.
Try Delius
Sample text
Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Delius; the download contains the complete files.
Weights and styles
- Regular 400Delius Regular
About Delius
Delius is a handwriting-style typeface made for comic-book lettering. Natalia Raices built its stroke on a round marker: in the specimen each line swells slightly where the pen lands and lifts, corners are soft, and the path of each letter follows the movement of a writing hand. The letters are upright and unjoined, with a single-storey a and g, a looped k and an ampersand written in one continuous movement. Delius belongs to a larger group that also includes Delius Unicase and Delius Swash Caps. This family has one style, Regular 400, in a static file with 270 glyphs and the Latin subset only, which limits it to Western European languages. Delius was added to Google Fonts in 2011, the copyright notice names Natalia Raices, and the font is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Where Delius works
- Comic speech balloons
- Comic-book lettering is the stated purpose, and the marker stroke matches inked artwork.
- Children's worksheets and picture books
- Upright, unjoined letters with single-storey a and g resemble the shapes taught in early handwriting.
- Captions and annotations
- A marker-drawn line marks a note as a comment beside typeset or photographed material.
- Informal labels and signs
- Soft corners and swelling stroke ends give a short label a hand-written look while staying upright and clear.
Glyphs
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢
Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 270 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
Character sets found in the files: latin. 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) 2010, 2011, Natalia Raices, Copyright (c) 2011, Igino Marini. (www.ikern.com|mail@iginomarini.com), with Reserved Font Names "Delia", "Delia Unicase", "Delius" and "Delius Unicase".
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 Delius
Baskervville Serif
Delius is a handwriting face for headings; Baskervville is a serif family with 4 weights that can set the body text beside it.
Archivo Narrow Sans Serif
Delius is a handwriting face for headings; Archivo Narrow is a sans serif family with 4 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 Delius 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: "Delius";
src: url("/assets/fonts/Delius-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: "Delius", cursive;
}Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Delius 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=Delius&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Things to know
- One style
- Delius has Regular 400 only; there is no bold or italic.
- Sister families are separate
- Delius Unicase and Delius Swash Caps are distinct families and are not part of this download.
- Latin subset only
- Letters for Polish, Turkish, Czech and Hungarian are not complete, and there is no Cyrillic, Greek or Vietnamese.
FAQs
Is Delius free for commercial use?
Yes. Delius is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so it may be used in personal and commercial work, modified and redistributed. It cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions keep the same license.
Who designed Delius?
Delius was designed by Natalia Raices, who is named in the font's copyright notice.
How many weights does Delius have?
Delius has one weight, Regular 400.
Is Delius a variable font?
No. Delius is not a variable font; it is a single static file.
Which languages does Delius support?
Delius includes the letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Catalan and the Nordic languages.
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