# Karla font

> A grotesque sans by Jonny Pinhorn with a slightly quirky texture, variable from ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800.

Karla is a grotesque sans serif family by Jonny Pinhorn. Karla is a variable font whose weight axis runs from ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800, giving seven weights with italics, 14 styles in all, and it holds 459 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits body text and interfaces.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Jonny Pinhorn
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 14 (ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 200–800)
- Glyphs: 459
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Karla
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/karla
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding

## About Karla

Karla is a grotesque sans serif typeface with an even stroke and a loosely spaced, slightly irregular texture. The round letters are a little narrow, the letters stand well apart, and in the specimen the lowercase q finishes with a short flick to the right instead of a plain stem. Jonny Pinhorn designed the family, which has been expanded into a variable font. The weight axis runs from 200 to 800, giving seven weights from ExtraLight to ExtraBold, each with an italic, 14 styles in all, in two variable files. The character set has 459 glyphs covering Latin and Latin Extended, with the accented letters for Western, Central and South-Eastern European languages such as Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and Croatian. Karla was added to Google Fonts in 2012, and the font files are version 2.004.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2019 The Karla Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/karla)

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

- **Blog and article text**: Open spacing and an even stroke keep paragraphs comfortable on screen in Regular and Medium.
- **Interface copy**: Seven weights from ExtraLight to ExtraBold give labels, helper text and headings without leaving the family.
- **Portfolios and small brand sites**: The irregular details, such as the flicked q, give plain text some personality without a display face.
- **Sites in European languages**: Latin Extended covers Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian and Turkish alongside Western European languages.

## Things to know

- **The range is 200 to 800**: Karla has no Thin 100 and no Black 900. The lightest style is ExtraLight, the heaviest ExtraBold.
- **Latin only**: Vietnamese, Cyrillic and Greek are not among the character sets.
- **Two variable files**: Roman and italic are separate variable fonts, each with the full weight range.

## FAQs

### Is Karla free for commercial use?

Karla 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 Karla?

Karla was designed by Jonny Pinhorn. The copyright notice in the license names The Karla Project Authors.

### How many weights does Karla have?

Karla has seven weights, from ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic, which makes 14 styles.

### Is Karla a variable font?

Yes. Karla is a variable font with a weight axis from 200 to 800.

### Which languages does Karla support?

Karla includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and Turkish. It does not cover Vietnamese, Cyrillic or Greek.

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