# Jaldi font

> A Devanagari and Latin sans with softly rounded corners whose Regular and Bold share the same character widths.

Jaldi is a sans serif family from Omnibus-Type, designed by Nicolas Silva and Pablo Cosgaya, that pairs Devanagari with the Latin of Asap. Its two weights, Regular and Bold, share one set of character widths, so text does not reflow when the weight changes. Jaldi has 1,222 glyphs and is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Omnibus-Type
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 2 (Regular 400, Bold 700)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1222
- Character sets: devanagari, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Jaldi
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/jaldi
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Rounded

## About Jaldi

Jaldi is a sans serif family for Devanagari and Latin with subtly rounded stroke corners. Its name is the Hindi word for soon, echoing Asap, the Latin family it was developed to match. Nicolas Silva and Pablo Cosgaya designed it for the Argentine foundry Omnibus-Type with screen reading and web use in mind. The feature that sets it apart is a standardised character width across styles: a letter occupies the same space in Regular and in Bold, so a line keeps its length when the weight is switched. In the specimen the Latin is plain and open, with softened ends on stems, a two-storey a and a one-storey g. The official notes add that Asap itself derives from Ancha by Pablo Cosgaya and Hector Gatti with Andres Torresi. Jaldi has two styles and 1,222 glyphs across the Devanagari, Latin and Latin Extended subsets.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2012-2015, Omnibus-Type (www.omnibus-type.com|omnibus.type@gmail.com)

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

- **Hover and active states in menus**: Bold takes the same width as Regular, so a menu item can change weight without shifting its neighbours.
- **Hindi and English interfaces**: Devanagari and Latin are designed together for screen reading, with one family for both scripts.
- **Tables with highlighted rows**: Equal widths across weights keep columns aligned when a row is set in Bold.
- **Web articles in Devanagari**: The family was developed as a webfont, and softly rounded corners give paragraphs a gentle texture.

## Things to know

- **Same widths in both weights**: Characters keep their advance width between Regular and Bold, which prevents text from reflowing.
- **No italics**: Jaldi consists of Regular 400 and Bold 700 only.
- **Static files**: The two styles are separate TTF files; there is no variable axis.

## FAQs

### Is Jaldi free for commercial use?

Yes. Jaldi is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. It may not be sold by itself, and a modified version has to keep the same license.

### Who designed Jaldi?

Jaldi was designed by Nicolas Silva and Pablo Cosgaya for the Argentine foundry Omnibus-Type.

### How many weights does Jaldi have?

Jaldi has two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700, with no italics.

### What does the name Jaldi mean?

Jaldi is the Hindi word for soon. The name relates to Asap, the Latin family that Jaldi was developed to match.

### Does Jaldi support Hindi?

Jaldi includes a Devanagari character set, the script used to write Hindi, together with Latin and Latin Extended.

### What fonts pair well with Jaldi?

Jaldi was developed alongside the Latin design of Asap, and the two share the fixed-width-across-styles behaviour.

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