# Esteban font

> A text serif by Angélica Díaz with sturdy serifs and stems that swell like pen pressure, in one Regular weight.

Esteban is a serif typeface by Angélica Díaz intended for literature and poetry, with medium contrast, a tall x-height and robust serifs. Esteban has one Regular style with 259 glyphs for Western European Latin and is not a variable font. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits reading text, quotations and headings.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Angélica Díaz
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 259
- Character sets: latin
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Esteban
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/esteban
- Tagged for: Headlines, Editorial

## About Esteban

Esteban is a serif typeface drawn for running text, with literature and poetry named as its intended use. In the specimen the lowercase is tall, the serifs are short and sturdy, and the stems are not perfectly straight: they gain and lose a little weight along their length. The official description ties that modulation to the manuscripts of the writer Jorge Alfredo Díaz Esteban, whose pen made strokes that thickened with pressure, and says the amount of contrast was settled by testing how dense paragraphs looked, with modest print quality and web use in mind. Letter widths are moderately compact. Esteban ships as one Regular file with 259 glyphs covering Western European Latin; it has no italic or bold and is not a variable font. Angélica Díaz is the designer, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2011, Ang�lica D�iaz (http://typereview.wordpress.com|angiecina@gmail.com), with Reserved Font Name "Esteban"

Allowed:
- 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.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Poetry and literary pages**: Esteban was drawn with literature and poetry in mind, and the modulated stems keep short lines from looking mechanical.
- **Quotations and epigraphs**: A tall x-height and robust serifs hold a quoted passage together at sizes just above body text.
- **Article and chapter headings**: At heading sizes the swelling of the stems, taken from pen-written manuscripts, becomes visible.
- **Print on ordinary paper**: The contrast level was chosen to survive medium and low quality printing, so thin strokes are not fragile.
- **Spanish and Portuguese text**: The 259 glyphs include the accented letters of Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Catalan.

## Things to know

- **No italic or bold**: Esteban is a single Regular file, so titles of works and emphasis cannot be set in a matching italic.
- **Latin Extended is incomplete**: Turkish ğ and ş, Polish ą and ę and Czech č are not in the font.
- **Name spelling in the file**: The name table inside the font gives the designer as Angelica Diaz Rivera; Google Fonts lists Angélica Díaz.

## FAQs

### Is Esteban free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Esteban may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and redistributed, but it cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use the Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who designed Esteban?

Esteban was designed by Angélica Díaz; the font file gives the name as Angelica Diaz Rivera. The typeface draws on the manuscripts of the writer Jorge Alfredo Díaz Esteban.

### How many weights does Esteban have?

Esteban has one weight, Regular 400. There is no italic or bold, and Esteban is not a variable font.

### Is Esteban suitable for body text?

Esteban was designed for reading text, especially literature and poetry. Bear in mind that Esteban has no italic or bold, so emphasis needs another solution.

### Which languages does Esteban support?

Esteban includes the letters needed for English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Catalan, Estonian and the Nordic languages.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/esteban (trendhub)