# Libre Caslon Condensed font

> A narrow serif family in four weights from Regular to Bold, each with an italic.

Libre Caslon Condensed is a condensed serif family credited to Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Ertekin Erdin. Libre Caslon Condensed has four weights, Regular 400 to Bold 700, each with an italic, and 554 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended. Libre Caslon Condensed is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headlines and narrow columns.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Ertekin Erdin
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 8 (Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 554
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2024-02-09
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Libre+Caslon+Condensed
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/libre-caslon-condensed
- Tagged for: Headlines, Editorial, Condensed

## About Libre Caslon Condensed

Libre Caslon Condensed is a serif family with compressed proportions. In the specimen the letters are tall and narrow, the serifs are bracketed, and the contrast between thick and thin strokes is clear without being extreme; the capital J and the tail of Q drop below the baseline, and the ampersand keeps a traditional looped form. The weight range is short: Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700, each with an italic, which gives eight styles as separate static files. It is not a variable font. The 554 glyphs cover Latin and Latin Extended, including the letters for Turkish, Polish, Czech and Romanian. The catalogue credits Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Ertekin Erdin; the font's name table also lists Katja Schimmel. The copyright notice names The Libre Caslon Condensed Project Authors, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2023 The Libre Caslon Condensed Project Authors (https://github.com/ertekinno/libre-caslon-condensed)

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

- **Newspaper-style headlines**: Narrow letters fit more words into a column-width headline, and SemiBold or Bold add the weight a headline needs.
- **Narrow columns and sidebars**: Condensed proportions keep line breaks reasonable in margins, tables and info boxes.
- **Long titles on covers**: A title that would run to three lines in a normal-width serif can often be held to two.
- **Pull quotes and bylines**: Four italics, one per weight, allow quotations and credits to be set apart at any level of emphasis.

## Things to know

- **Eight static files**: Each of the four weights has an upright and an italic TTF. There is no variable version in this package.
- **Latin-subset builds**: The files offered here are Latin-subset builds of the family. The complete original fonts are available from the official source.
- **No light weights**: The lightest weight is Regular 400 and the heaviest Bold 700.

## FAQs

### Is Libre Caslon Condensed free for commercial use?

Yes. Libre Caslon Condensed is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Libre Caslon Condensed?

Libre Caslon Condensed is credited to Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Ertekin Erdin. The name table inside the font also lists Katja Schimmel among the designers.

### How many weights does Libre Caslon Condensed have?

Libre Caslon Condensed has four weights: Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700. Each has an italic, which makes eight styles.

### Is Libre Caslon Condensed a variable font?

No. Libre Caslon Condensed is not a variable font; the eight styles are separate static files.

### Which languages does Libre Caslon Condensed support?

Libre Caslon Condensed includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian.

### What fonts pair well with Libre Caslon Condensed?

Libre Caslon Text pairs with Libre Caslon Condensed: the text family sets paragraphs in Regular and Bold while the condensed family handles headlines.

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