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Encode Sans

A workhorse sans whose single variable file spans weight 100 to 900 and width 75 to 125.

Sans Serif 9 styles · variable by Impallari Type, Andres Torresi, Jacques Le Bailly OFL

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Encode Sans is a sans serif family led by Impallari Type, with round letters straightened at the sides. Encode Sans is a variable font with nine named weights on an axis from 100 to 900 and a width axis from 75 to 125. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interfaces and signage.

Encode Sans font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designers
Impallari Type, Andres Torresi, Jacques Le Bailly
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
9 9 weights
Variable font
Yes Weight 100–900, Width 75–125
Glyphs
1,200
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 3.002
Used for
Body textInterfacesBrandingSignage

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

Try Encode Sans

Sample text

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

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

Weights and styles

  • Thin 100Encode Sans Thin
  • ExtraLight 200Encode Sans ExtraLight
  • Light 300Encode Sans Light
  • Regular 400Encode Sans Regular
  • Medium 500Encode Sans Medium
  • SemiBold 600Encode Sans SemiBold
  • Bold 700Encode Sans Bold
  • ExtraBold 800Encode Sans ExtraBold
  • Black 900Encode Sans Black

Encode Sans 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 Encode Sans

Encode Sans is a sans serif family that combines open, simple letter shapes with rounded forms whose sides are partly straightened. The specimen shows this in the o, c and e, along with even strokes that run from a hairline Thin to a heavy Black. The family is a variable font in one file with two axes: weight, from 100 to 900, and width, from 75 to 125, which reaches from condensed to expanded proportions. Nine named weights, Thin to Black, are defined; there is no italic. The font holds 1,200 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. According to the official notes Pablo Impallari and Andres Torresi drew the initial design, Jacques Le Bailly refined it, and Stephen Nixon and Marc Foley turned it into a variable font. It is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Encode Sans works

Responsive headings
The width axis narrows a title toward 75 on small screens and widens it toward 125 on large ones without changing family.
Interface systems
Nine weights in one file cover labels, body text and emphasis across an application.
Signage and wayfinding
Open apertures keep letters distinct, and width can be adjusted to fit fixed panel sizes.
Reports and dashboards
Narrower settings fit table headers while the default width sets paragraphs.
Brand typography
A range from Thin to Black across several widths lets one typeface serve logo, headline and small print.

Glyphs

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

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 1,200 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
  • Vietnamese

Character sets found in the files: 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 Encode Project Authors (https://github.com/thundernixon/Encode-Sans), with Reserved Font Name "Encode Sans”.

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 Encode Sans

Encode Sans Condensed Sans Serif

Encode Sans Condensed is the static narrow width of the same superfamily, for software that cannot use the width axis.

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 Encode Sans 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: "Encode Sans";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/EncodeSans-VariableFont_wdth%2Cwght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

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

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

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Two axes in one file
Weight runs from 100 to 900 and width from 75 to 125; both can be set to any value in between.
No italic
Encode Sans has upright styles only.
Width needs CSS support
On the web the width axis is reached with font-stretch or font-variation-settings; software without variable font support shows the default width.

FAQs

Is Encode Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Encode Sans is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

Who designed Encode Sans?

Pablo Impallari and Andres Torresi drew the initial design of Encode Sans, and Jacques Le Bailly refined it. Stephen Nixon and Marc Foley upgraded it to a variable font.

How many weights does Encode Sans have?

Encode Sans has nine named weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, all upright; the family has no italics. As a variable font it can also be set to any weight in between.

Is Encode Sans a variable font?

Yes. Encode Sans is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and a width axis from 75 to 125.

Which languages does Encode Sans support?

Encode Sans includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish, Romanian and Vietnamese.

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