# Lobster font

> A bold slanted script that swaps in alternate letters and ligatures by context instead of forcing joins.

Lobster is a bold connected script from Impallari Type. Instead of bending every letter to join its neighbour, Lobster stores many versions of each letter and many ligatures, and picks one by context. Lobster has one style and 1,148 glyphs covering Latin, Cyrillic and Vietnamese, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Script](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/script)
- Designed by: Impallari Type
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1148
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-08
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lobster
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/lobster
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Logos, Social media

## About Lobster

Lobster is a script typeface with heavy, slanted, joined letters, published by Impallari Type. Its official notes explain the idea behind it: a script font usually compromises letter shapes so that every pair connects, whereas Lobster draws several versions of each letter and a large number of letter pairs, and OpenType substitution chooses the fitting one inside each word, the way a lettering artist would. That is why a one-style font holds 1,148 glyphs. In the specimen the strokes are thick with moderate contrast, the capital L has a looped foot, the f and z descend, and the figures lean with the letters. The character set covers Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Vietnamese. Lobster has no bold or italic. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, with Lobster as a reserved font name.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2010 The Lobster Project Authors (https://github.com/impallari/The-Lobster-Font), with Reserved Font Name "Lobster".

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

- **Restaurant and food branding**: Thick joined strokes and looped capitals read like brush-painted sign lettering on menus and shopfronts.
- **Poster and banner headlines**: The heavy colour of the single style holds a short headline against photographs and flat colour alike.
- **Social media graphics**: Contextual ligatures tidy the joins automatically, so a phrase typed into a design tool connects without manual fixes.
- **Russian-language titles**: Cyrillic letters are part of the 1,148 glyphs, so a script headline can be set in Russian, Ukrainian or Bulgarian.
- **T-shirt and sticker lettering**: One or two words at large size show off the alternates and the swash-like capitals.

## Things to know

- **Ligatures must be on**: The alternate letters and letter pairs are applied through OpenType ligature features. With ligatures disabled, the joins are rougher.
- **One style**: Lobster is a single Regular file, already heavy and slanted. Lobster Two is the related family with more styles.
- **Reserved name**: The license reserves the name Lobster for the original; modified versions need another name.

## FAQs

### Is Lobster free for commercial use?

Yes. Lobster is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license and may not use the reserved name "Lobster" without permission.

### Who designed Lobster?

Lobster is credited to Impallari Type; the license notice names The Lobster Project Authors.

### Why does Lobster have so many glyphs?

Lobster holds 1,148 glyphs because it includes several versions of each letter and many ligatures, which are swapped in automatically according to the surrounding letters.

### Does Lobster have a bold or italic?

No. Lobster has one style, which is already bold and slanted. Lobster Two offers Regular and Bold in upright and italic.

### Which languages does Lobster support?

Lobster includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese, as well as Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/lobster (trendhub)