Adamina Serif
Gafata is sans serif and Adamina is serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.
Gafata
A light, slightly narrow sans serif designed for small sizes, with an f that dips below the baseline.
Gafata is a sans serif by Lautaro Hourcade designed for small sizes in medium to long text. Gafata has a single Regular style with 234 glyphs in the Latin subset, and details such as a descending f set it apart. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is aimed at books, magazines and web pages.
- Designer
- Lautaro Hourcade
- Classification
- Sans Serif
- License
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
- Styles
- 1 1 weight
- Variable font
- No
- Glyphs
- 234
- Languages checked
- 14 see the list
- Last updated
- version 4.002
- Used for
- InterfacesEditorialMinimalist
Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.
Try Gafata
Sample text
Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Gafata; the download contains the complete files.
Weights and styles
- Regular 400Gafata Regular
About Gafata
Gafata is a sans serif typeface built for reading at small sizes. Its strokes are light and nearly even, the letters are a little narrow, and the lowercase is tall. What the specimen adds to that plain base is a set of quirks: the f runs below the baseline and ends in a soft bend, the t is sliced at an angle near its foot, the l flares slightly, and the ampersand and at sign take unusual forms. The official description explains that these features appeared while the designer was working on legibility, and it names books, magazines and web pages as intended settings. Gafata is a single Regular style, not a variable font, with 234 glyphs in the Latin subset. Lautaro Hourcade designed it and holds the copyright, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Where Gafata works
- Captions and side notes
- The face was drawn for small sizes, so a light sans line beside an image stays clear.
- Short articles on the web
- Tall lowercase letters and narrow proportions fit readable lines into a phone-width column.
- Magazine sidebars
- The descending f and angled t give a column of plain text a recognisable texture.
- Quiet interface copy
- Help text and descriptions set in the light Regular sit below heavier headings from another family.
Glyphs
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢
Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 234 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
- Estonian
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) 2010-2013, Lautaro Hourcade (lautaro_h@yahoo.com), with Reserved Font Name 'Gafata'
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 Gafata
Bevan Slab Serif
Gafata is sans serif and Bevan is slab serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.
Cutive Mono Monospace
Cutive Mono is a monospace family (1 weight) for code and figures next to Gafata as the text face.
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 Gafata 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: "Gafata";
src: url("/assets/fonts/Gafata-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: "Gafata", sans-serif;
}Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Gafata 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=Gafata&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Things to know
- Regular only
- There is no italic or bold. Emphasis in running text has to come from a companion family or from synthesised styles.
- The f descends
- Unlike most sans serifs, the f extends below the baseline. Check line spacing where an f sits above an ascender.
- Latin subset only
- The 234 glyphs belong to the latin subset; latin-ext, Cyrillic and Greek are not included.
FAQs
Is Gafata free for commercial use?
Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Gafata may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and redistributed; it cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use the reserved name Gafata without permission.
Who designed Gafata?
Gafata was designed by Lautaro Hourcade, who is also named in the copyright notice.
How many weights does Gafata have?
Gafata has one weight, Regular 400, with no italic.
Is Gafata good for small text?
Gafata was designed for small sizes in medium to long text. Keep in mind that it offers a single Regular style, so bold and italic are not available.
Which languages does Gafata support?
Gafata includes the letters needed for English and Western European languages such as Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Danish.
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