# Homenaje font

> A narrow grotesque sans modelled on the bronze cemetery lettering of Recoleta and Chacarita in Buenos Aires.

Homenaje is a narrow sans serif by Constanza Artigas Preller and Agustina Mingote, inspired by bronze lettering in the Recoleta and Chacarita cemeteries of Buenos Aires. Homenaje has one Regular style with 240 glyphs in the basic Latin subset. Homenaje is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits compact headlines, signage and labels.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Constanza Artigas Preller, Agustina Mingote
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 240
- Character sets: latin
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Homenaje
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/homenaje
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Condensed, Signage

## About Homenaje

Homenaje is a condensed grotesque sans serif. Its designers took their model from the cast bronze letters on tombs in two Buenos Aires districts, Recoleta and Chacarita, and the name, Spanish for tribute, acknowledges the craftsmen who made that lettering. The specimen shows tall, tight forms: round letters such as O, C and e have straight vertical sides, strokes are nearly uniform, the lowercase is high in relation to the capitals, and quotation marks are plain vertical ticks. The narrow set saves horizontal space, which the official notes present as economy in setting. The family holds one Regular style and is not a variable font. Its 240 glyphs belong to the basic Latin subset, enough for Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and other Western European languages. Constanza Artigas Preller and Agustina Mingote are the designers, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2016 The Homenaje Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/Homenaje), with Reserved Font Name 'Homenaje’.

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

- **Tight headlines**: Straight-sided, narrow letters fit many characters into a column, useful for long titles in Spanish or Portuguese.
- **Plaques and signage**: The forms come from cast bronze lettering, so names, dates and room labels on plates suit the design.
- **Posters with stacked lines**: A tall lowercase and uniform strokes make dense blocks when several short lines are stacked.
- **Menus, tickets and price tags**: Condensed figures and capitals save space on small printed pieces.

## Things to know

- **One style**: Homenaje has a single Regular cut, with no bold or italic.
- **Basic Latin subset only**: Western European accents are present, but Latin Extended is not, so letters such as ğ, ş, č and ő are missing.
- **Reserved Font Name**: The license reserves the name Homenaje, which modified versions may not use without permission.

## FAQs

### Is Homenaje free for commercial use?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License 1.1 lets Homenaje be used for personal and commercial jobs, embedded, modified and redistributed. The font cannot be sold on its own, though, and any modified version has to stay under the same license.

### Who designed Homenaje?

The designers of Homenaje are Agustina Mingote and Constanza Artigas Preller.

### What does the name Homenaje mean?

Homenaje is Spanish for tribute. The designers chose it to honour the lettering artists behind the bronze letters that inspired the typeface.

### How many weights does Homenaje have?

Homenaje has one weight, Regular 400, and no italic.

### Which languages does Homenaje support?

Homenaje includes the letters needed for English and Western European languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian and Swedish. Central European and Turkish letters are not included.

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