# Montserrat font

> A geometric sans drawn from the old posters and signs of Buenos Aires' Montserrat neighbourhood, in 18 styles.

Montserrat is a geometric sans serif by Julieta Ulanovsky, inspired by old posters and signs in the Montserrat neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. Montserrat is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900, nine named weights and italics, covering Latin, Cyrillic and Vietnamese. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Julieta Ulanovsky, Sol Matas, Juan Pablo del Peral, Jacques Le Bailly
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 18 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900)
- Glyphs: 2721
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/montserrat
- Tagged for: Headlines, Interfaces, Branding, Geometric

## About Montserrat

Montserrat is a geometric sans serif that Julieta Ulanovsky began in order to record the lettering on old posters and signs in the Montserrat neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, urban typography from the first half of the twentieth century that redevelopment was erasing. In the specimen the letters are wide and round, with a large x-height, a two-storey a, and a single-storey g. The family is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900; nine weights are named, Thin to Black, each with an italic, for 18 styles. The fonts hold 2,721 glyphs across Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Vietnamese. In 2017 Jacques Le Bailly redrew the family and the weights were rebalanced so that Regular became lighter and more suitable for longer text; Cyrillic followed the same year. Sister families named Alternates and Subrayada exist. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2024 The Montserrat.Git Project Authors (https://github.com/JulietaUla/Montserrat.git)

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

- **Website headlines**: Wide, round capitals set in Bold or Black fill a hero banner with few words.
- **Brand identities**: Nine weights with italics give one family enough range for a logo, headings, text and small print.
- **Presentation slides**: The large x-height keeps bullet text legible from the back of a room.
- **Interfaces in Latin and Cyrillic**: Cyrillic was developed inside the project in 2017, so Russian and Ukrainian screens match the Latin ones.
- **Signage and wayfinding**: The design descends from street signs and posters, and its open, wide shapes read at a distance.

## Things to know

- **Wide letters**: Montserrat takes more horizontal space than a typical text sans; long headlines may need a smaller size.
- **Default instance is Thin**: The variable files open at weight 100, so set the weight explicitly.
- **Regular was lightened in 2017**: The redraw adjusted all weights to make Regular better for longer texts; older copies of the fonts are darker.

## FAQs

### Is Montserrat free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Montserrat 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.

### Who designed Montserrat?

Montserrat was designed by Julieta Ulanovsky, who works as a type designer in Buenos Aires. Jacques Le Bailly redrew it in 2017, and Sol Matas and Juan Pablo del Peral worked on the Cyrillic.

### How many weights does Montserrat have?

Montserrat has nine weights, Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, which makes 18 styles.

### Is Montserrat a variable font?

Yes. Montserrat is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900, in one upright and one italic file.

### Why is it called Montserrat?

Montserrat is named after the Montserrat neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, whose old posters and signs inspired the design.

### Which languages does Montserrat support?

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

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