# Jost font

> A geometric sans inspired by 1920s German sans-serifs, variable from Thin 100 to Black 900 with italics.

Jost is a geometric sans serif designed and maintained by Owen Earl of the foundry indestructible type*, inspired by German sans-serifs of the 1920s. Jost is a variable font with nine weights from Thin 100 to Black 900 and italics, 18 styles in all. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headings, branding and text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Owen Earl
- 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; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900)
- Glyphs: 535
- Character sets: cyrillic, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Jost
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/jost
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Branding, Geometric

## About Jost

Jost is a geometric sans serif typeface that draws on German sans-serif designs of the 1920s. Its capitals follow classical proportions, with a wide, round O and G beside a narrow E, F and S, and the capitals A, M, N, V and W end in sharp points. The capital J drops below the baseline, and the lowercase combines long ascenders with a compact two-storey a. Owen Earl, who created the foundry indestructible type*, designs and maintains the family; in 2020 he and Mirko Velimirovic made it a variable font. The weight axis runs from 100 to 900, which gives nine weights from Thin to Black, each with an italic, 18 styles altogether. Jost holds 535 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended and Cyrillic, with the letters for Russian and Bulgarian. It was added to Google Fonts in 2020.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2020 The Jost Project Authors (https://github.com/indestructible-type)

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

- **Brand identities**: Pointed capitals and round bowls give a name a constructed, early-modernist look across nine weights.
- **Headlines and posters**: ExtraBold and Black fill a poster line, while Thin and ExtraLight give large titles a fine-line look.
- **Website text**: Regular and Medium with their italics cover paragraphs and emphasis; the two-storey a keeps words clear in running text.
- **Presentations**: One family supplies title, subtitle and body weights, so slides need no second typeface.
- **Russian-language layouts**: The Cyrillic set covers Russian and Bulgarian in the same geometric style as the Latin.

## Things to know

- **The capital J descends**: In Jost the J reaches below the baseline, which is visible in words that start with it.
- **Cyrillic is partial**: Russian and Bulgarian are covered, but the letters for Ukrainian are incomplete, and Greek and Vietnamese are not included.
- **Two variable files**: Roman and italic are separate files, each with the full 100 to 900 weight range.

## FAQs

### Is Jost free for commercial use?

Jost is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. That license permits personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution, but the fonts cannot be sold on their own and derivatives have to stay under the same license.

### Who designed Jost?

Owen Earl, who created the foundry indestructible type*, designs and maintains Jost. Mirko Velimirovic worked with him in 2020 on the variable version.

### How many weights does Jost have?

Jost has nine weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, which makes 18 styles.

### Is Jost a variable font?

Yes. Jost is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900.

### Which languages does Jost support?

Jost includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Polish and Turkish, as well as Russian and Bulgarian. Ukrainian, Greek and Vietnamese are not fully covered.

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