# Joan font

> An old-style book serif after the roman of Francesco Griffo, upright only, with sharp terminals and old-style figures.

Joan is an old-style serif by Paolo Biagini, modelled on the roman type cut by Francesco Griffo. Joan comes in one Regular style with 1,185 glyphs; an italic is in development but not yet part of the family. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is intended for books and magazines.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Paolo Biagini
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1185
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Joan
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/joan
- Tagged for: Editorial, Elegant

## About Joan

Joan is a serif typeface that takes the roman of the punchcutter Francesco Griffo as its model; its designer, Paolo Biagini, presents it as a tribute to Italian letterforms. The specimen shows moderate contrast, a slanted stress in the round letters, crisp bracketed serifs and pointed terminals. The capital J drops below the baseline, and the default numerals are old-style figures that rise and fall like lowercase. Joan is meant for books and magazines. Only the upright roman exists so far: there is one Regular style, no bold, and the official notes say an italic is being worked on. The font is not a variable font. It holds 1,185 glyphs for 534 encoded characters across the Latin and Latin Extended sets, and it is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2021 The Joan Project Authors (https://github.com/PaoloBiagini/Joan)

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

- **Chapter openings and book titles**: Pointed terminals and the long J give a title page a bookish look at display sizes.
- **Magazine standfirsts and pull quotes**: The family was drawn with magazines in mind, and one upright style is enough for a quote or an introduction.
- **Poetry and short essays**: Texts that need neither bold nor italic can be set in the single roman.
- **Dates and figures inside sentences**: Old-style numerals blend with the lowercase, so years and quantities do not stand out of a line.

## Things to know

- **Roman only**: Joan has no italic and no bold. The official notes list the italic as under development.
- **Old-style figures by default**: The numerals in the specimen have ascending and descending shapes instead of a uniform capital height.
- **More glyphs than characters**: 1,185 glyphs serve 534 encoded characters; the remainder are unencoded forms reached through OpenType features.

## FAQs

### Is Joan free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Joan may be used in personal and commercial projects, changed and passed on, but it cannot be sold on its own, and derivative fonts keep the same license. Read the license text for the exact terms.

### Who designed Joan?

Joan was designed by Paolo Biagini. The copyright notice names The Joan Project Authors.

### Does Joan have an italic?

Not yet. Joan currently consists of the upright roman only; its official notes say the italic is in development.

### How many weights does Joan have?

Joan has one weight, Regular 400.

### Which languages does Joan support?

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

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