Prompt Sans Serif
Knewave is a display face for headings; Prompt is a sans serif family with 9 weights that can set the body text beside it.
Knewave
A heavy, right-leaning brush display face with blob-ended strokes, in one style and basic Latin.
Knewave is a heavy brush-lettered display typeface by Tyler Finck. Its thick, right-leaning strokes have rounded ends, as if painted with a loaded round brush. Knewave comes in one Regular style with 210 glyphs for basic Latin and Western European accents. Knewave is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is used for short, loud titles.
- Designer
- Tyler Finck
- Classification
- Display
- License
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
- Styles
- 1 1 weight
- Variable font
- No
- Glyphs
- 210
- Languages checked
- 14 see the list
- Last updated
- version 1.001
Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.
Try Knewave
Sample text
Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Knewave; the download contains the complete files.
Weights and styles
- Regular 400Knewave Regular
About Knewave
Knewave is a display typeface that imitates fast lettering with a thick round brush. Every stroke is heavy and ends in a rounded blob, the letters lean to the right, and the counters shrink to small teardrops, as in a, e and o. Capitals and lowercase do not join, though the slant and the closeness of the heavy strokes give words a continuous flow. The official source says little beyond naming Tyler Finck as the author. The family has one style, listed as Regular 400 even though it looks very dark, and it is not a variable font. Its 210 glyphs cover basic Latin with Western European accents; the Latin Extended subset is not listed because too few of its characters are present. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Where Knewave works
- Stickers and T-shirt slogans
- Thick, blob-ended strokes hold together when a short slogan is cut, printed or embroidered.
- Video thumbnails and channel art
- The dark brush shapes stay readable over photographs and busy footage.
- Gig and party posters
- A two- or three-word title in Knewave carries the energy of quick hand-painted lettering.
- Sale and promo banners
- Slanted heavy numerals and letters make a price or an offer the loudest element on the page.
Glyphs
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢
Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 210 glyphs.
Language support
The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Italian
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Finnish
- Icelandic
- Catalan
- Estonian
Character sets found in the files: latin. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright (c) 2010, Tyler Finck <hello@sursly.com>, with Reserved Font Name: "Knewave".
What the license allows
- 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.
This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.
Fonts that pair with Knewave
Averia Serif Libre Serif
Knewave is a display face for headings; Averia Serif Libre is a serif family with 3 weights that can set the body text beside it.
Advent Pro Sans Serif
Knewave is a display face for headings; Advent Pro is a sans serif family with 9 weights that can set the body text beside it.
Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.
Use Knewave on the web
Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.
CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
font-family: "Knewave";
src: url("/assets/fonts/Knewave-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: "Knewave", sans-serif;
}Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Knewave with this markup:
HTML, Google Fonts
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Knewave&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Things to know
- Looks bold, labelled Regular
- The only style is Regular 400. There is no lighter or heavier cut and no upright version.
- Small character set
- Knewave has 210 glyphs in the Latin subset. Turkish ğ and other Latin Extended letters are not in the character map.
- Tight counters
- The openings inside a, e and o are small, so the face needs display sizes to stay clear.
FAQs
Is Knewave free for commercial use?
Yes. Knewave is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.
Who designed Knewave?
Knewave was designed by Tyler Finck, who is also named in the copyright notice.
How many weights does Knewave have?
Knewave has one weight. It is labelled Regular 400 but is drawn as a very heavy brush face.
Is Knewave a script font?
Not quite. Knewave is slanted brush lettering, but its letters are separate and not joined, so it is classed as a display face.
Which languages does Knewave support?
Knewave includes the letters needed for English and Western European languages such as Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Swedish.
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