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Lustria

A rounded-serif text face by Matthew Desmond, begun in 1999 and issued as a single Regular style.

Serif 1 style by MADType OFL

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Lustria is a rounded-serif typeface designed by Matthew Desmond of MADType, intended for text and detailed enough for larger display sizes. Lustria has one Regular style with 256 glyphs covering basic Latin. According to its notes, work on it started in 1999. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Lustria font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
MADType
Classification
Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
1 1 weight
Variable font
No
Glyphs
256
Languages checked
14 see the list
Last updated
version 001.001
Used for
HeadlinesEditorialElegant

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

Try Lustria

Sample text

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

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

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400Lustria Regular

About Lustria

Lustria is a serif typeface whose serifs and stroke ends are rounded off instead of cut square. Matthew Desmond drew it as a text face, and the official notes add that its details make it interesting at larger display sizes too; they also say the design was started in 1999. In the specimen the contrast is gentle, the stems flare softly into the serifs, the capital Q has a long sweeping tail, and the J dips below the baseline. The family consists of one Regular style with 256 glyphs. Coverage is limited to the basic Latin subset, enough for English and Western European languages such as French, German and Spanish. There is no bold or italic. MADType is credited as the source, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Lustria works

Short editorial text
Introductions, standfirsts and sidebars benefit from the soft serifs without needing an italic or bold.
Headings on quiet pages
At display sizes the rounded serif ends and the sweeping Q become visible details that carry a title.
Menus and price lists
Gentle contrast and soft stroke ends give a short list a warm tone in print or on a tablet.
Personal sites and portfolios
A single 35 KB file is enough to set a name, a heading and a few lines of introduction.

Glyphs

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

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 256 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
  • Estonian

Character sets found in the files: latin. 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 (c) 2011, Matthew Desmond (http://www.madtype.com | mattdesmond@gmail.com),with Reserved Font Name Lustria.

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 Lustria

Advent Pro Sans Serif

Lustria is serif and Advent Pro is sans serif (9 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

DM Mono Monospace

DM Mono is a monospace family (3 weights) for code and figures next to Lustria as the text face.

Montserrat Alternates Sans Serif

Lustria is serif and Montserrat Alternates is sans serif (9 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

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 Lustria 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: "Lustria";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Lustria-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Lustria", serif;
}

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

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Regular only
Lustria has one style. Emphasis has to come from size, colour or a second typeface, since bold and italic would be synthesised.
Basic Latin
With 256 glyphs, the font does not complete the letters for Turkish, Polish, Czech or Hungarian.

FAQs

Is Lustria free for commercial use?

Lustria can be used in commercial work at no cost under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits modification and redistribution; the font cannot be sold on its own, and any modified version must stay under the same license and may not use the reserved name "Lustria" without permission.

Who designed Lustria?

Lustria was designed by Matthew Desmond and is credited to his foundry name, MADType.

Does Lustria have bold and italic styles?

No. Lustria is issued in a single Regular style; there is no bold or italic file.

Which languages does Lustria support?

Lustria includes the letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Catalan and Estonian.

Can Lustria be used for long text?

Lustria was drawn as a text typeface, so the letterforms suit reading. In practice the missing italic and bold limit it to text that needs no emphasis.

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