# Mohave font

> A condensed titling sans with a variable weight axis from 300 to 700, matching italics and a slashed zero.

Mohave is a condensed titling sans serif by Gumpita Rahayu that began as an all-caps display font and grew into a family with italics. Mohave is a variable font with a weight axis from Light 300 to Bold 700, five weights and 10 styles. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headlines, posters and signs.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Gumpita Rahayu
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 10 (Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 300–700)
- Glyphs: 482
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Mohave
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/mohave
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Bold, Condensed, Signage

## About Mohave

Mohave is a condensed sans serif made for titles. Its round letters are built with straight sides and tight curves, so O, C and D stand as tall rounded rectangles, and the capitals take up little width. The specimen shows a zero with a diagonal slash, squared brackets and a lowercase drawn with the same narrow, even-stroked construction. According to the official notes, Gumpita Rahayu first drew Mohave as a capitals-only display font, later extended it into a family with matching italics, and Mirko Velimirovic turned it into a variable font. The weight axis runs from 300 to 700 and yields five named weights, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold, each with an italic: 10 styles in all. The fonts hold 482 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended. The name table lists Tokotype as manufacturer.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2019 The Mohave Project Authors (https://github.com/bghryct/Mohave-Typefaces)

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

- **Poster titles in capitals**: The design started as an all-caps display font, and its narrow straight-sided capitals stack tightly in large lines.
- **Signs and wayfinding**: Condensed letters fit long place names on narrow panels, and Medium to Bold stay solid at a distance.
- **Sports and event graphics**: Italics in all five weights add a sense of motion to scores, names and dates.
- **Web headlines with fine weight control**: The 300 to 700 axis allows any intermediate weight to be set from one file.
- **Codes, numbers and prices**: The slashed zero separates 0 from the capital O in part numbers and price tags.

## Things to know

- **Two variable files**: The download holds one variable file for the upright styles and one for the italics, each spanning 300 to 700.
- **Default weight is Light**: The axis default is 300, so software that ignores the weight setting shows the Light.
- **Nothing heavier than Bold**: The range stops at 700; there is no ExtraBold or Black.
- **Static files not included**: Only the variable fonts are in this package. Static instances are available from the official source.

## FAQs

### Is Mohave free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Mohave may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and passed on, but the font files cannot be sold on their own and a modified version must keep the same license.

### Who designed Mohave?

Mohave was designed by Gumpita Rahayu, with Tokotype named as manufacturer. The official notes credit Mirko Velimirovic with the variable font version.

### Is Mohave a variable font?

Yes. Mohave is a variable font with one axis, weight, running from 300 to 700, and is supplied as separate upright and italic files.

### How many weights does Mohave have?

Mohave has five weights, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700, each with an italic, making 10 styles.

### Does Mohave have lowercase letters?

Yes. Mohave began as an all-caps font, but the current family has a full lowercase, as the specimen shows.

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