Fredoka Sans Serif
Kotta One is serif and Fredoka is sans serif (5 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.
Kotta One
A slanted, angular serif built on a real italic hand yet meant to stand alone as a text face; one style.
Kotta One is a serif typeface by Ania Kruk that combines the construction of an italic with the legibility of a roman. Kotta One is a single slanted Regular style with 249 glyphs for Western European languages and Polish. Kotta One is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headings, introductions and short passages.
- Designer
- Ania Kruk
- Classification
- Serif
- License
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
- Styles
- 1 1 weight
- Variable font
- No
- Glyphs
- 249
- 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 Kotta One
Sample text
Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Kotta One; the download contains the complete files.
Weights and styles
- Regular 400Kotta One Regular
About Kotta One
Kotta One is a serif typeface that is italic by construction but intended as an independent style rather than a companion to a roman. Every letter in the specimen slants to the right, and the forms come from a written italic hand, not from tilting upright letters: the a is single-storey, v, w and y have rounded cursive bases, and f drops below the baseline. The curves are broken into flat segments with sharp joins, and the horizontal strokes are heavy; the official description links this angular approach to W. A. Dwiggins and his M-Formula. Numerals are slanted lining figures. The family has one Regular style. Its 249 glyphs cover Western European languages and Polish. Ania Kruk designed Kotta One, and it is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Where Kotta One works
- Standfirsts and introductions
- An italic that reads on its own sets an opening paragraph apart from upright body text.
- Magazine headings
- Angular curves and heavy horizontals give a headline a cut, faceted texture at large sizes.
- Quotations and epigraphs
- The written-italic structure marks quoted matter without needing a separate italic file.
- Polish-language titles
- Letters such as ą, ę, ł and ź are among the 249 glyphs even though the rest of Latin Extended is not covered.
Glyphs
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢
Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 249 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
- Polish
Rarely used letters that are not in the font: French Ÿ.
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) 2011, Ania Kruk (hello@aniakruk.com), with Reserved Font Names "Kotta" and "Kotta One".
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 Kotta One
Anonymous Pro Monospace
Anonymous Pro is a monospace family (2 weights) for code and figures next to Kotta One as the text face.
Alegreya Sans Sans Serif
Kotta One is serif and Alegreya Sans is sans serif (7 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.
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 Kotta One 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: "Kotta One";
src: url("/assets/fonts/KottaOne-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: "Kotta One", serif;
}Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Kotta One 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=Kotta+One&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Things to know
- Slanted by design
- Regular is the slanted style. There is no upright version and no separate italic.
- One weight
- Kotta One has no bold or lighter cut; Regular 400 is the whole family.
- Coverage stops short of Latin Extended
- Turkish, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian letters are incomplete, and French lacks the rare capital Ÿ.
FAQs
Is Kotta One free for commercial use?
Kotta One may be used in commercial work at no charge under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which also permits changing and redistributing the files. The font cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use the reserved name Kotta or Kotta One without permission.
Who designed Kotta One?
Kotta One was designed by Ania Kruk, who is named in the font's name table and in the copyright notice.
Is Kotta One an italic?
Kotta One is built on an italic hand and slants like one, but it was designed as a stand-alone style. It has no upright partner.
How many weights does Kotta One have?
Kotta One has one weight, Regular 400.
Which languages does Kotta One support?
Kotta One includes the letters needed for English, Polish, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Catalan and the Nordic languages; French is covered except for the rare capital Ÿ.
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