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Lexend Zetta

A Lexend family with very wide letters and very open spacing, variable from Thin 100 to Black 900.

Sans Serif 9 styles · variable by Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Thomas Jockin, Santiago Orozco and others OFL

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Lexend Zetta is one of the seven Lexend sans serif families, which were developed to improve reading proficiency. In the specimen it has very wide letters set far apart. Lexend Zetta is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900, nine named weights and 845 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Lexend Zetta font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designers
Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Thomas Jockin, Santiago Orozco, Héctor Gómez, Superunion
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
9 9 weights
Variable font
Yes Weight 100–900
Glyphs
845
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 1.007
Used for
HeadlinesLogosBrandingGeometric

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

Try Lexend Zetta

Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Lexend Zetta; the download contains the complete files.

Lexend Zetta font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Lexend Zetta specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Thin 100Lexend Zetta Thin
  • ExtraLight 200Lexend Zetta ExtraLight
  • Light 300Lexend Zetta Light
  • Regular 400Lexend Zetta Regular
  • Medium 500Lexend Zetta Medium
  • SemiBold 600Lexend Zetta SemiBold
  • Bold 700Lexend Zetta Bold
  • ExtraBold 800Lexend Zetta ExtraBold
  • Black 900Lexend Zetta Black

Lexend Zetta is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file, and the named weights above are positions on that range.

About Lexend Zetta

Lexend Zetta is a sans serif family from the Lexend collection, seven families built on the Shaver-Troup Formulations with the aim of improving reading proficiency. What sets this member apart in the specimen is extent: every letter is stretched wide and the gaps between letters are large, so a word occupies far more line than usual. The shapes are geometric, with round bowls, a single-storey a and strokes of even thickness. According to the official notes, all Lexend fonts were converted to variable fonts with a weight axis in June 2021 through the work of Font Bureau. Lexend Zetta's axis runs from 100 to 900 with nine named weights, Thin to Black, and no italics. The file holds 845 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Credits list Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Thomas Jockin, Santiago Orozco, Héctor Gómez and Superunion.

Where Lexend Zetta works

Wide wordmarks
Stretched letters and open spacing turn a short name into a long, even band across a header or a sign.
Section headings and labels
A few words in Zetta separate clearly from denser body text set in another Lexend family.
Reading experiments with spacing
The collection has seven families on one design, so Zetta can be set beside its six siblings to find the setting a reader prefers.
Posters with one-word titles
Black 900 at this width fills a format horizontally while keeping round, legible shapes.
Navigation in capitals or lowercase
Nine weights on one axis allow a light resting state and a heavier active state for menu items.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 845 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
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. 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 2018 The Lexend Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/lexend), with Reserved Font Name “RevReading Lexend”.

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 Lexend Zetta

Lexend Sans Serif

Lexend comes from the same collection and has the same 100 to 900 weight axis, so its weights line up with those of a Zetta heading.

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 Lexend Zetta 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: "Lexend Zetta";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/LexendZetta-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Lexend Zetta", sans-serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Lexend Zetta with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Uses a lot of horizontal space
As the specimen shows, lines in Lexend Zetta hold few words, which limits it in narrow columns and long paragraphs.
Weight is the only axis
The variable file changes weight from 100 to 900. The wide proportions and open spacing seen in the specimen are fixed.
No italics
The family is upright only, in a single variable file.

FAQs

Is Lexend Zetta free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Lexend Zetta may be used in personal and commercial projects, changed and passed on; it cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version must stay under the same license and may not use the Reserved Font Name without permission.

What is the difference between Lexend and Lexend Zetta?

Lexend is a collection of seven families that share one design. Lexend Zetta is the member that, in its specimen, shows very wide letters and very open spacing.

Who designed Lexend Zetta?

Lexend Zetta is credited to Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Thomas Jockin, Santiago Orozco, Héctor Gómez and Superunion. The font's name table names Shaver-Troup and Jockin.

Is Lexend Zetta a variable font?

Yes. Lexend Zetta is a variable font with one axis, weight, from 100 to 900.

How many weights does Lexend Zetta have?

Lexend Zetta has nine named weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, and no italics.

What fonts pair well with Lexend Zetta?

Lexend Zetta works with the other Lexend families. This page shows it with Lexend, the family that gives the collection its name.

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