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Metrophobic

A wide, semi-geometric sans in one weight with squared curves, legible small and distinct in headings.

Sans Serif 1 style by Vernon Adams OFL

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Metrophobic is a semi-geometric sans serif by Vernon Adams, commissioned by Google. Metrophobic has one Regular style with 591 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. It was drawn to stay legible in small text while keeping enough character for headers, and it is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Metrophobic font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Vernon Adams
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
1 1 weight
Variable font
No
Glyphs
591
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 3.200; ttfautohint (v1.8.4.7-5d5b);gftools[0.9.23]
Used for
HeadlinesInterfacesMinimalistTech

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

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Sample text

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

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

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400Metrophobic Regular

About Metrophobic

Metrophobic is a sans serif with a semi-geometric construction: its rounds are squared off into broad, flat-sided shapes, and strokes hold nearly the same thickness throughout. The specimen shows wide letters, a large x-height, a double-storey a, a y shaped like a u with a straight tail, a Q whose tail is a short bar beneath the bowl and a capital I with bars at top and bottom. The aim was legibility in small text together with enough personality for headlines, and the designer also allowed for body text. Version 3.100, in June 2019, redrew and respaced the design. Version 3.200, in January 2023, enlarged the glyph set, added Vietnamese and adjusted the horizontal spacing. Vernon Adams drew Metrophobic on commission from Google. There is one Regular style with 591 glyphs, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Metrophobic works

Interface labels and captions
A large x-height and even strokes were intended to keep small text legible.
Headings on technology pages
Squared rounds and the barred capital I give titles a technical, constructed look.
Short body copy
The official description allows for text bodies; with one style, it suits passages that need no bold or italic.
Vietnamese text
The 2023 update added the accented letters needed for Vietnamese.

Glyphs

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

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 591 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
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. 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 2011 The Metrophobic Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/MetrophobicFont), with Reserved Font Name 'Metrophobic'.

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 Metrophobic

Alike Serif

Metrophobic is sans serif and Alike is serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Bevan Slab Serif

Metrophobic is sans serif and Bevan is slab serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Chivo Mono Monospace

Chivo Mono is a monospace family (9 weights) for code and figures next to Metrophobic as the text face.

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

body {
  font-family: "Metrophobic", sans-serif;
}

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

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

One style
Metrophobic has Regular 400 only. Bold and italic will be synthesised by software if requested.
Wide letters
The letters are broad in the specimen, so a line of Metrophobic holds fewer characters than a typical text sans at the same size.
Reserved name
The license notice lists Metrophobic as a Reserved Font Name.

FAQs

Is Metrophobic free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Metrophobic may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and redistributed, but it cannot be sold by itself, and a modified version must keep the same license and may not use a Reserved Font Name without permission.

Who designed Metrophobic?

Metrophobic was designed by Vernon Adams, an English type designer, on commission from Google.

How many weights does Metrophobic have?

Metrophobic has one weight, Regular 400, with no italic. It is not a variable font.

Is Metrophobic good for body text?

Metrophobic was drawn for legibility in small text and can also set body copy. Its limit is the single style: there is no true bold or italic for emphasis.

Which languages does Metrophobic support?

Metrophobic includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese.

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