# Inria Sans font

> A humanist sans made by Black[Foundry] for the research institute Inria, in three weights with italics.

Inria Sans is a humanist sans serif typeface created by Black[Foundry] for the communication of Inria, a national research institute. Inria Sans has three weights, Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700, each with an italic, six styles in all, and 589 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits reports, websites and identities.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Grégori Vincens, Jérémie Hornus
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 6 (Light 300, Regular 400, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 589
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inria+Sans
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/inria-sans
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding, Editorial

## About Inria Sans

Inria Sans is a humanist sans serif drawn as the institutional voice of Inria, a national research institute. Together with Inria Serif it forms a two-part family that Black[Foundry] designed for the institute's communication; the sans is the more contemporary half. The specimen shows slightly narrow letters, strokes with a little modulation, terminals cut at an angle and a lowercase l that bends at the foot, details that keep the texture lively in a paragraph. The family has three weights, Light, Regular and Bold, and each has a matching italic, which gives six styles as static files. The fonts hold 589 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended. Grégori Vincens and Jérémie Hornus are credited as designers, while the font's own name table reads Black Foundry Team. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2017 The Inria Sans Project Authors (https://github.com/BlackFoundryCom/InriaFonts)

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

- **Research reports and papers**: Regular with its italic and Bold handles running text, citations and headings in documents of the kind the institute publishes.
- **Institutional websites**: Slightly narrow letters fit more words per line in news lists and project pages.
- **Slides and posters**: Light at large sizes and Bold for key terms give presentations a clear two-level hierarchy.
- **Identities with a serif partner**: Inria Serif was drawn alongside it with the same weights, so a sans and serif pairing comes ready-made.

## Things to know

- **Three weights, no Medium**: The steps are Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700. Nothing sits between Regular and Bold.
- **True italics for every weight**: Each of the three weights has its own italic file.
- **Not variable**: The six styles are separate static fonts.

## FAQs

### Is Inria Sans free for commercial use?

Inria Sans can be used in commercial work at no charge under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits modifying and redistributing the files, but the fonts cannot be sold on their own and derivatives must keep the same license.

### Who designed Inria Sans?

Inria Sans is credited to Grégori Vincens and Jérémie Hornus of Black[Foundry]; the font's name table says Black Foundry Team. It was made for the research institute Inria.

### How many weights does Inria Sans have?

Inria Sans has three weights, Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700, each with an italic.

### Is Inria Sans a variable font?

No. Inria Sans is not a variable font; its styles come as separate static files.

### Which languages does Inria Sans support?

Inria Sans includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Turkish and Romanian.

### What fonts pair well with Inria Sans?

Inria Sans was designed together with Inria Serif as two members of one family, in the same three weights with italics.

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