# Lekton font

> A light typewriter-inspired face designed collectively at ISIA Urbino, in Regular, Italic and Bold.

Lekton is a light monospaced typeface designed at ISIA Urbino in Italy by a group of students and teachers, after typefaces from Olivetti typewriters. Lekton has two weights, Regular and Bold, plus a Regular italic, and 654 glyphs covering Latin and Latin Extended. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits code and tabular text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Monospace](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/monospace)
- Designed by: ISIA Urbino
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 3 (Regular 400, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 654
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lekton
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/lekton
- Tagged for: Minimalist, Code, Tech

## About Lekton

Lekton is a typewriter-inspired face created at ISIA Urbino, Italy. It was first drawn by a group of students together with their teacher Luciano Perondi, who looked at typefaces from Olivetti typewriters, and the official notes say the first design was made in eight hours; seventeen people are credited in the font. The specimen shows thin, even strokes, narrow letters, a lowercase m squeezed into its cell, a plain unslashed zero and slab feet on i and l. The notes call the original spacing trispaced, built on three modular widths, while the fonts here are classed as monospace and the specimen's alphabet lines end flush. There are Regular 400 and Bold 700, and only Regular has an italic. The 654 glyphs cover Latin and Latin Extended. Lekton is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2008-2010, Isia Urbino (http://www.isiaurbino.net)

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

- **Code listings**: Regular, Italic and Bold are the three variants a syntax theme usually asks for, here in a light, narrow design.
- **Typewriter-style documents**: The Olivetti reference suits screenplays, letters and forms that should look typed.
- **Plain-text tables**: Characters that align in columns keep figures and labels in register without tab stops.
- **Captions and technical labels**: Thin strokes and narrow letters fit part numbers and annotations beside diagrams.

## Things to know

- **Bold has no italic**: The package holds Regular, Italic and Bold. There is no Bold Italic.
- **Light colour**: Regular is thin in the specimen, lighter than most monospaced text faces, and can look faint at small sizes.
- **Spacing history**: The official notes describe the design as trispaced, with widths in three modular steps; the listing classes these files as monospace.

## FAQs

### Is Lekton free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Lekton may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and redistributed; it cannot be sold on its own, and derivative versions keep the same license and may not use a Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who designed Lekton?

Lekton was designed at ISIA Urbino in Italy by a group of students and teachers, among them Luciano Perondi and Paolo Mazzetti. The font credits seventeen people.

### How many weights does Lekton have?

Lekton has two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700. Regular also has an italic; Bold does not.

### Is Lekton a monospaced font?

Lekton is classed as monospace and sets in aligned columns in the specimen. Its designers describe the original concept as trispaced, based on three modular widths.

### Which languages does Lekton support?

Lekton includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as Italian, German, French, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Czech and Hungarian.

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