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Domine

A web-first text serif with short serifs and squarish counters, variable from Regular to Bold.

Serif 4 styles · variable by Impallari Type OFL

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Domine is a serif typeface from Impallari Type, designed and tested for body text on the web. Domine is a variable font with four weights, Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold, and no italic. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits news sites, magazines and other text-heavy pages.

Domine font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Impallari Type
Classification
Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
4 4 weights
Variable font
Yes Weight 400–700
Glyphs
477
Languages checked
24 see the list
Last updated
version 2.000
Used for
HeadlinesBody textEditorial

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

Try Domine

Sample text

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

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

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400Domine Regular
  • Medium 500Domine Medium
  • SemiBold 600Domine SemiBold
  • Bold 700Domine Bold

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

About Domine

Domine is a serif typeface made from the outset for reading body text on screens. The official notes describe short serifs and loose spacing that leave room between letters, round letters such as b, d, o and p that are slightly squared on the inside to open their counters, and deep joins in h, m and n that avoid dark spots at small sizes. The specimen confirms sturdy strokes with moderate contrast and ball terminals on a, c, f and r. The notes report that it works at 14 and 16 pixels and down to 11. Domine is a variable font with one axis, weight from 400 to 700, covering Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold. It has no italic. The font holds 477 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended; its name table credits Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Brenda Gallo.

Where Domine works

News and magazine websites
Spacing and proportions were tuned for long articles on screen, the use the design was tested for.
Small body sizes
Open counters and deep stem joins were drawn to hold up at 14 and 16 pixels, and the notes mention sizes as low as 11.
Headlines over its own text
SemiBold and Bold give article titles weight while keeping the letterforms of the body copy.
Blog posts and newsletters
Sturdy strokes with moderate contrast stay even on ordinary screens.
Quotes and intro paragraphs
Medium 500 sits between Regular and SemiBold for a slightly darker opening paragraph.

Glyphs

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

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 477 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

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext. 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 Domine Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/domine) Copyright (c) 2012, Pablo Impallari (www.impallari.com|impallari@gmail.com), Copyright (c) 2012, Pablo Impallari (www.impallari.com|impallari@gmail.com), Copyright (c) 2012, Rodrigo Fuenzalida …

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 Domine

Albert Sans Sans Serif

Domine is serif and Albert Sans is sans serif (9 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Google Sans Code Monospace

Google Sans Code is a monospace family (6 weights) for code and figures next to Domine as the text face.

Alegreya Sans Sans Serif

Domine is serif and Alegreya Sans is sans serif (7 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

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 Domine 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: "Domine";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Domine-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400 700;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Domine", serif;
}

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

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

No italic
Domine has upright styles only. Italic text will be slanted artificially by the browser.
Weight range 400 to 700
The single variable file covers Regular to Bold; there are no light or black weights.
Spaced for the screen
The notes describe the spacing as more open than that of faces made for print or headlines.

FAQs

Is Domine free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Domine may be used, altered and passed on in personal and commercial work, but the font files cannot be sold on their own and derivative fonts remain under the same license. Read the license text for the exact terms.

Who designed Domine?

Domine comes from Impallari Type. The font's name table credits Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Brenda Gallo.

How many weights does Domine have?

Domine has four weights: Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700. There is no italic.

Is Domine a variable font?

Yes. Domine is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700, supplied as one file.

Is Domine good for body text?

Body text on the web is what Domine was designed and tested for, with open spacing, short serifs and counters shaped to render clearly at small pixel sizes.

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