# Lora font

> A contemporary text serif with calligraphic roots: brushed curves set against firm serifs, in four weights.

Lora is a contemporary serif from Cyreal, designed by Olga Karpushina with Cyrillic by Alexei Vanyashin. Lora is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700, four named weights and italics, eight styles in all. It covers Latin, Cyrillic and Vietnamese, is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is intended for body text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Cyreal
- 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: Yes (wght 400–700)
- Glyphs: 889
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lora
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/lora
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial, Elegant

## About Lora

Lora is a contemporary serif typeface with roots in calligraphy, made as a text face of moderate contrast. Its official description points to the tension between brushed curves and firm serifs, and the specimen bears that out: the bowls swell and taper as if drawn with a brush, the serifs are flat and decisive, and the tail of the Q runs out along the baseline. The family is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700, named Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold, each with an italic: eight styles. Its 889 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Vietnamese. Olga Karpushina is named as designer and Alexei Vanyashin for the Cyrillic; Cyreal is the foundry. The notes say Lora is optimised for screens and works in print, and that it became a variable family in March 2019.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2011 The Lora Project Authors (https://github.com/cyrealtype/Lora-Cyrillic), with Reserved Font Name "Lora".

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

- **Stories and essays online**: Moderate contrast and screen optimisation suit long paragraphs, and the brushed curves keep the page from looking dry.
- **Art and culture publications**: The calligraphic italics give titles of works and quotations a hand-drawn accent within the text.
- **Print booklets and reports**: The notes state that the design performs in print as on screen, so one family can serve a site and its printed edition.
- **Bilingual Latin and Cyrillic text**: Cyrillic by Alexei Vanyashin sits in the same fonts, so Russian or Ukrainian passages match the Latin.

## Things to know

- **No weights below Regular**: The axis covers 400 to 700 only. Lora has no light cut and no black.
- **No Greek**: Greek is not among the character sets.

## FAQs

### Is Lora free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Lora may be used in personal and commercial projects, changed and passed on, but it cannot be sold by itself, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use the reserved name "Lora" without permission.

### Who designed Lora?

Lora was designed by Olga Karpushina, with the Cyrillic by Alexei Vanyashin, and is published by the foundry Cyreal.

### How many weights does Lora have?

Lora has four weights, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700, each with an italic.

### Is Lora a variable font?

Yes. Lora is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700; its notes date the variable version to March 2019.

### Which languages does Lora support?

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

### Is Lora good for body text?

Yes. Lora is described by its makers as a text typeface of moderate contrast suited to body text and optimised for screens.

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