# Geologica font

> A wide, open variable sans from Monokrom with four axes: weight, slant, Cursive and Sharpness.

Geologica is a sans serif by Sindre Bremnes and Frode Helland of Monokrom that joins humanist proportions with constructed, geometric letterforms. Geologica is variable along four axes (weight 100 to 900, slant, Cursive and Sharpness) and has nine named weights. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits text, interfaces and editorial design.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Monokrom, Sindre Bremnes, Frode Helland
- 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)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900, CRSV 0–1, SHRP 0–100, slnt -12–0)
- Glyphs: 970
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Geologica
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/geologica
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding, Editorial

## About Geologica

Geologica is a sans serif that starts from humanist proportions and pushes them towards constructed, geometric shapes. The specimen shows wide letters with ample spacing, large openings in c, e and s, a double-storey g and an even stroke; its makers present it as a typeface for serious text. A single variable file carries four axes: weight from 100 to 900, slant from 0 to -12, Cursive, which has the two positions 0 and 1, and Sharpness from 0 to 100, described by the designers as a rational reading of calligraphic pen strokes. Nine named weights run from Thin to Black. There is no separate italic file; slanted text comes from the slant axis. The 970 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese. Sindre Bremnes and Frode Helland designed Geologica at Monokrom, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2020 The Geologisk Project Authors (https://github.com/monokromskriftforlag/geologisk)

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

- **Long reading on screens**: Wide letters, open apertures and loose spacing keep paragraphs even in colour at text sizes.
- **Editorial headlines with an edge**: Raising Sharpness towards 100 brings pen-like cuts into the strokes, which sets a headline apart from body text in the same family.
- **Sites in several scripts**: Latin, Cyrillic and Greek are drawn in one file, so Russian, Greek and English pages share a typeface.
- **Interface text with emphasis**: The slant axis reaches -12, which supplies slanted emphasis without loading a second font file.
- **Brand typography**: Nine weights from Thin to Black, plus the Sharpness setting, give an identity a range of tones from one file.

## Things to know

- **The weight axis defaults to 100**: Opened without a weight setting, the variable file shows Thin; choose a weight explicitly for text.
- **Slant replaces a separate italic**: There is one font file. Slanted text is produced with the slant axis (0 to -12), and the Cursive axis switches between 0 and 1.
- **Sharpness runs from 0 to 100**: The default is 0, the plain sans shown in the specimen.

## FAQs

### Is Geologica free for commercial use?

Yes. Geologica 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 Geologica?

Geologica was designed by Sindre Bremnes and Frode Helland of Monokrom, a type foundry named in the font as Monokrom Skriftforlag.

### How many weights does Geologica have?

Geologica has nine named weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900. The weight axis also allows any value in between.

### Is Geologica a variable font?

Yes. Geologica has four variable axes: weight (100 to 900), slant (0 to -12), Cursive (0 or 1) and Sharpness (0 to 100).

### Does Geologica have an italic?

Geologica has no separate italic file. Slanted text is set with the slant axis, and the Cursive axis offers a second position alongside it.

### Which languages does Geologica support?

Geologica includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, Polish, Turkish and Vietnamese, as well as Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Greek.

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