# Geist font

> A plain grotesque-style variable sans in nine weights with italics, the proportional half of the Geist project.

Geist is a sans serif family credited to Andrés Briganti, Mateo Zaragoza and four further contributors, with Basement.studio and Vercel named inside the fonts. Geist is variable, with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and italics, 18 styles in total. It is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interfaces, product sites and text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Andrés Briganti, Mateo Zaragoza, Guillermo Rauch, Evil Rabbit, José Rago, Facundo Santana
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 18 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900)
- Glyphs: 974
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2026-05-13
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Geist
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/geist
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding, Minimalist

## About Geist

Geist is a sans serif family in the grotesque manner, with strokes of even thickness and plain, compact letterforms. In the specimen the lowercase is tall, the a is double-storey, the g single-storey, the capital G carries a spur, and the Q has a short straight tail; even in Black the counters stay open. Geist comes as two variable fonts, roman and italic, each with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and nine named weights, 18 styles in total. The 974 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Vietnamese; Greek is absent. Geist was added to Google Fonts in 2024 together with its monospaced companion. The credits list Andrés Briganti, Mateo Zaragoza, Guillermo Rauch, Evil Rabbit, José Rago and Facundo Santana, and the name table adds Basement.studio and Vercel. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2024 The Geist Project Authors (https://github.com/vercel/geist-font.git)

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

- **Web app interfaces**: A tall lowercase and even strokes keep menu items, form labels and table cells clear at small sizes.
- **Product and documentation sites**: Nine weights with italics cover page titles, body copy, emphasis and captions in one family.
- **Developer tools**: The monospaced Geist Mono comes from the same project, so prose and code can share a related design.
- **Minimal brand systems**: Thin 100 for large display lines and Black 900 for short labels give contrast without a second typeface.
- **Interfaces in Russian or Vietnamese**: Cyrillic and Vietnamese subsets let the same family carry translated screens.

## Things to know

- **Two variable files**: The download holds a roman and an italic variable font, each with a weight axis from 100 to 900.
- **Weight is the only axis**: There is no width or optical size axis; the design changes only in weight and between roman and italic.
- **No Greek**: The character sets are Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Vietnamese.

## FAQs

### Is Geist free for commercial use?

Yes. Geist 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 Geist?

Geist is credited to Andrés Briganti, Mateo Zaragoza, Guillermo Rauch, Evil Rabbit, José Rago and Facundo Santana. The font files also name Basement.studio and Vercel.

### How many weights does Geist have?

Geist has nine named weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, which gives 18 styles.

### Is Geist a variable font?

Yes. Geist is a variable font with one axis, weight, from 100 to 900.

### Which languages does Geist support?

Geist includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as Spanish, German, Turkish, Czech and Vietnamese, as well as Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian. Greek is not covered.

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