Encode Sans Expanded Sans Serif
Kranky is a display face for headings; Encode Sans Expanded is a sans serif family with 9 weights that can set the body text beside it.
Kranky
A wobbly hand-drawn outline face with slab serifs, hollow strokes and a deliberately uneven line.
Kranky is a hand-drawn display typeface published by Sideshow, a Font Diner label, with hollow outlined letters and slab serifs. Kranky has one Regular style and 228 glyphs for the basic Latin character set. Kranky is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 and suits children's material, comic titles, party invitations and other light-hearted headings.
- Designer
- Sideshow
- Classification
- Display
- License
- Apache License 2.0
- Styles
- 1 1 weight
- Variable font
- No
- Glyphs
- 228
- 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 Kranky
Sample text
Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Kranky; the download contains the complete files.
Weights and styles
- Regular 400Kranky Regular
About Kranky
Kranky is a display typeface drawn as a shaky outline, as though each letter had been traced by hand with a pen. In the specimen the strokes are hollow, shown as two wavering lines with a white interior, and they end in slab serifs that tilt at slightly different angles. Letters lean a little left or right, the baseline is not perfectly even and curves wobble, which gives a word a homemade, comic tone; the publisher sums it up as hand-crafted and fun-filled. The family has one Regular style, with no bold or italic, and is not a variable font. It contains 228 glyphs, enough for English and Western European languages, and only the Latin subset is included. The catalogue credits Sideshow, the name table gives the designer as Squid, and the copyright belongs to Font Diner, Inc. under the Apache License 2.0.
Where Kranky works
- Children's party invitations
- Wobbly hollow letters read as a hand-made sign, a fitting tone for birthdays and school events.
- Comic and storybook titles
- Uneven slab serifs and tilted letters give a title a doodled look.
- Halloween and fairground posters
- The shaky line can look jittery or spooky when a headline is set large.
- Craft labels and classroom displays
- Outlined letters leave a white interior, so the paper colour shows through each stroke.
Glyphs
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢
Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 228 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
Apache License 2.0Copyright (c) 2010 by Font Diner, Inc DBA Sideshow. All rights reserved.
What the license allows
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work.
- Modify the fonts and distribute your modified version.
- Redistribute the fonts, including as part of a larger product.
Conditions
- Copies must include the license text and keep the copyright and attribution notices.
- Files you change must carry a notice saying that you changed them.
- The license does not grant the right to use the authors' trademarks.
This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full Apache 2.0 text. A copy is included in the download.
Fonts that pair with Kranky
Alegreya SC Serif
Kranky is a display face for headings; Alegreya SC is a serif family with 5 weights that can set the body text beside it.
Google Sans Flex Sans Serif
Kranky is a display face for headings; Google Sans Flex 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 Kranky 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: "Kranky";
src: url("/assets/fonts/Kranky-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: "Kranky", sans-serif;
}Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Kranky 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=Kranky&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Things to know
- Outline, not solid
- The strokes are hollow. At small sizes the two thin contour lines become faint, so Kranky needs to be set large.
- Latin subset only
- With 228 glyphs, the font does not include Latin Extended.
- Apache License 2.0
- Kranky may be used commercially, modified and distributed; copies keep the license text and copyright notices.
FAQs
Is Kranky free for commercial use?
Yes. Kranky is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, which permits commercial use, modification and distribution. Copies must carry the license text and the copyright notices, changed files must state that they were changed, and the license grants no trademark rights.
Who designed Kranky?
Kranky is credited to Sideshow. The name table inside the font gives the designer as Squid and the manufacturer as Font Diner, Inc., doing business as Sideshow.
How many weights does Kranky have?
Kranky has one weight, Regular 400, with no bold or italic.
Is Kranky an outline font?
Yes. In Kranky each stroke is drawn as a hollow, hand-wobbled outline rather than a solid line.
Which languages does Kranky support?
Kranky includes the letters needed for English and Western European languages such as French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch. Latin Extended is not included.
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