# Martel Sans font

> A low-contrast sans serif for Devanagari and Latin in seven weights, made for long documents.

Martel Sans is a sans serif typeface family by Dan Reynolds and Mathieu Réguer for the Devanagari and Latin scripts. Martel Sans has seven weights, from ExtraLight 200 to Black 900, without italics, and 715 glyphs. Martel Sans is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is designed for long passages of text in documents.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Dan Reynolds, Mathieu Réguer
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 7 (ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 715
- Character sets: devanagari, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Martel+Sans
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/martel-sans
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Editorial

## About Martel Sans

Martel Sans is a sans serif family built for setting long documents in the Devanagari script, with a Latin alphabet drawn to accompany it. It is the low-contrast counterpart of the Martel serif design: the Devanagari is based on that earlier typeface, whose proportions follow traditional writing, while the Latin is an original drawing. In the Latin, strokes swell and taper slightly, the capitals are wide, and letters such as a, e and g keep open, humanist shapes. The family has seven weights, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800 and Black 900; there is no Medium 500 and no italic. These are static fonts with 715 glyphs covering Devanagari, Latin and Latin Extended. Dan Reynolds leads the project and designed both character sets with Mathieu Réguer. Martel Sans is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2014 Dan Reynolds. Copyright (c) 2014 Mathieu Réguer.

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

- **Long-form reading in Devanagari**: The family was designed for immersive documents, so Regular and Light carry articles, reports and e-books in that script.
- **Bilingual documents**: Devanagari and Latin come from the same designers and share weights, which keeps mixed paragraphs even in colour.
- **News and editorial sites**: Black 900 and ExtraBold 800 headline a page while Regular sets the story, all within one family.
- **Interface text**: The steps from ExtraLight to Black give labels, body copy and emphasis their own weight in an app localised for both scripts.

## Things to know

- **No italics**: Martel Sans is upright only in all seven weights.
- **No Medium weight**: The weights jump from Regular 400 to SemiBold 600; there is no 500.
- **Static files**: Each weight is a separate font file. Martel Sans is not a variable font.

## FAQs

### Is Martel Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License 1.1 covers Martel Sans: it may be used in personal and commercial projects, changed and passed on. It cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version has to keep the same license.

### Who designed Martel Sans?

Martel Sans was designed by Dan Reynolds and Mathieu Réguer; the project is led by Reynolds.

### How many weights does Martel Sans have?

Martel Sans has seven weights: ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800 and Black 900. There are no italics.

### Is Martel Sans a variable font?

No. Martel Sans is not a variable font; it is supplied as seven static files.

### Which languages does Martel Sans support?

Martel Sans includes the Devanagari script and the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, French, Turkish and Polish.

### What fonts pair well with Martel Sans?

Martel Sans was derived from the Martel serif design, and the two share scripts and weights. This page pairs them for serif headings over sans text, or the reverse.

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