# Karantina font

> A tall, tightly condensed Hebrew and Latin display family in three weights, drawn during lockdown.

Karantina is a condensed display family for the Hebrew and Latin scripts, created by Rony Koch during the COVID-19 quarantine. Karantina has three weights, Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700, with 280 glyphs each and no italics. Karantina is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits tall headlines, posters and titles.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Rony Koch
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 3 (Light 300, Regular 400, Bold 700)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 280
- Character sets: hebrew, latin
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Karantina
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/karantina
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Bold, Condensed

## About Karantina

Karantina is a display family of tall, narrow letters for the Hebrew and Latin scripts. Rony Koch created it during the long days of the COVID-19 quarantine, the source of its name. In the Latin shown in the specimen the letters are tightly condensed with squared shoulders and straight sides, counters are narrow slots, and the Regular is already dark, while the Light thins the same skeleton to a fine line and the Bold widens the stems further. The family has three static weights, Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700, without italics, and is not a variable font. Each font holds 280 glyphs covering Hebrew and basic Latin; Latin Extended is only partly present, and French lacks just the rare capital Ÿ. Karantina is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2020 The Karantina Project Authors (https://github.com/ronykoch/Karantina)

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

- **Hebrew and English headlines**: Both scripts are in the same condensed style, so a bilingual poster keeps one texture.
- **Tall poster titles**: Narrow letters let a long title run at great height in a portrait layout.
- **Title cards and thumbnails**: Regular and Bold are dark and compact enough to stay readable over video stills.
- **Light-versus-bold lockups**: Three weights of one skeleton allow a thin first line above a heavy second line.

## Things to know

- **Three weights, no Medium**: The styles are Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700.
- **The specimen shows Latin**: The sample image on this page sets Latin letters; the Hebrew characters are not pictured there.
- **Basic Latin beside Hebrew**: Only the Hebrew and Latin subsets are counted as covered. Latin Extended has a few characters only.

## FAQs

### Is Karantina free for commercial use?

Karantina can be used in commercial projects under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits modifying and redistributing the fonts, but they cannot be sold on their own, and derivatives keep the same license. Check the license text for the exact terms.

### Who designed Karantina?

Karantina was designed by Rony Koch. The copyright notice names The Karantina Project Authors.

### How many weights does Karantina have?

Karantina has three weights: Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700. There are no italics.

### Why is it called Karantina?

Karantina was created by Rony Koch during the COVID-19 quarantine, and the name refers to that period.

### Which languages does Karantina support?

Karantina contains the Hebrew script as a character set, plus the Latin letters needed for English and Western European languages such as German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch. French is covered except for the rare capital Ÿ.

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