Encode Sans Semi Condensed

Try Encode Sans Semi Condensed

Weights and styles

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

About Encode Sans Semi Condensed

Encode Sans Semi Condensed is a sans serif family one step narrower than the normal width of Encode Sans. The superfamily has five widths, Condensed, Semi Condensed, Normal, Semi Expanded and Expanded, each in the same weights, so a layout can change width without changing typeface. In the specimen the letters are upright and plain, with even strokes, squarish curves and vertical stroke endings; the narrowing is mild enough that text still reads at an ordinary pace. Nine static weights run from Thin 100 to Black 900. There are no italics and no variable font in the package. Each file holds 1,200 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. The project is led by Impallari Type of Rosario, Argentina, and began with Pablo Impallari and Andres Torresi; the catalogue also credits Jacques Le Bailly. It is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Encode Sans Semi Condensed works

Dense interfaces

A slightly narrow set fits longer labels into navigation bars, table headers and form fields without looking squeezed.

Data tables and dashboards

Nine weights give clear levels for headings, values and footnotes inside tight columns.

News columns and captions

Semi Condensed saves line length in narrow columns while keeping normal word shapes.

Width-switching systems

Headlines can move to Condensed or Expanded siblings and stay in the same design as the Semi Condensed text.

Vietnamese and Central European text

The 1,200 glyphs include the accented letters for Vietnamese, Polish, Czech and Turkish.

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

Fonts that pair with Encode Sans Semi Condensed

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 Semi Condensed 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.

@font-face {
  font-family: "Encode Sans Semi Condensed";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/EncodeSansSemiCondensed-Black.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 900;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Encode Sans Semi Condensed";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/EncodeSansSemiCondensed-Bold.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 700;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Encode Sans Semi Condensed";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/EncodeSansSemiCondensed-ExtraBold.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 800;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Encode Sans Semi Condensed";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/EncodeSansSemiCondensed-ExtraLight.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 200;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}
/* …and 5 more files in the package, declared the same way */

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

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

<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=Encode+Sans+Semi+Condensed:wght@100;200;300;400;500;600;700;800;900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

Things to know

No italics

The family is upright only across all nine weights.

Nine static files

Each weight is a separate TTF of roughly 160 KB; the package has no variable font.

One width of five

Other widths are separate families and need to be downloaded on their own.

FAQs

Collections with Encode Sans Semi Condensed

• Narrow sans-serif fonts for tables and tight layouts

  Condensed and semi-condensed text families that fit more characters per line in tables, sidebars, forms and mobile screens.

Similar fonts

Other families in the same classification, ordered by shared use tags. All sans serif fonts