# Mukta Malar font > The Tamil branch of Ek Type's Mukta family: a humanist sans in seven weights with a matching Latin. Mukta Malar is a humanist sans serif for the Tamil and Latin scripts, designed by Aadarsh Rajan at Ek Type as part of the multi-script Mukta family. Mukta Malar has seven weights from ExtraLight to ExtraBold, 791 glyphs and no italics. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits text and interfaces in Tamil. ## Facts - Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif) - Designed by: Ek Type - License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/) - Styles: 7 (ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800) - Variable font: No - Glyphs: 791 - Character sets: latin, latin-ext, tamil - Last updated: 2025-09-16 - Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Mukta+Malar - Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/mukta-malar - Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Editorial ## About Mukta Malar Mukta Malar is a sans serif for Tamil with a matching Latin, the Tamil member of Ek Type's Mukta family. Mukta is the openly licensed edition of a project that aims at one harmonious family across Indian scripts, built so that the traits of one script do not dominate the others and the fonts work alone or mixed. The design is humanist and close to monolinear; in the specimen the Latin is slightly narrow, with angled stroke ends and open shapes. There are seven weights, ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800, all upright, each a static file with 791 glyphs. The official notes name Aadarsh Rajan as designer of Mukta Malar, while the name table also carries Girish Dalvi and Yashodeep Gholap, who designed the original Mukta. Ek Type is a Mumbai collective of type designers. ## License SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2016, Ek Type. All rights reserved. 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 - **Tamil news and article text**: Regular and Medium set paragraphs, and the heavier weights up to ExtraBold handle headlines within the same family. - **Tamil and English interfaces**: Tamil and Latin were drawn as one system, so labels in either script share weight and proportion. - **Sites that mix Indian scripts**: Sibling Mukta families cover Devanagari, Gujarati and Gurmukhi with the same design, keeping multi-script pages consistent. - **Hierarchy from one family**: Seven steps from ExtraLight to ExtraBold give enough range for captions, body, subheads and titles. ## Things to know - **No italics**: Mukta Malar has seven upright weights and no italic. It is not a variable font. - **Range stops short of Thin and Black**: The lightest weight is ExtraLight 200 and the heaviest ExtraBold 800. - **Credits vary between sources**: The catalogue lists Ek Type, the official notes name Aadarsh Rajan, and the name table adds the two designers of the parent Mukta design. ## FAQs ### Is Mukta Malar free for commercial use? Yes. Mukta Malar is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The fonts cannot be sold on their own, and modified versions stay under the same license. ### Who designed Mukta Malar? Mukta Malar was designed by Aadarsh Rajan, according to the official notes, within the Mukta project led by Ek Type. The parent Mukta design is by Girish Dalvi and Yashodeep Gholap. ### How many weights does Mukta Malar have? Mukta Malar has seven weights: ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold and ExtraBold. There are no italics. ### Which scripts and languages does Mukta Malar support? Mukta Malar covers the Tamil script and the Latin script. Its Latin includes the letters needed for English and languages such as French, German, Turkish and Polish. ### Is Mukta Malar a variable font? No. Mukta Malar is not a variable font; each weight is a separate static file. --- Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/mukta-malar (trendhub)