# Mulish font

> A minimalist sans begun by Vernon Adams in 2011, with a single-storey a and a weight axis reaching 1000.

Mulish is a minimalist sans serif first drawn by Vernon Adams in 2011 for both display and text, and completed by Jacques Le Bailly in 2017. Mulish is a variable font with a weight axis from 200 to 1000, nine named weights and italics, 18 styles in all. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Vernon Adams, Cyreal, Jacques Le Bailly
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 18 (ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900, ExtraBlack 1000; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 200–1000)
- Glyphs: 1058
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-08
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Mulish
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/mulish
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Interfaces, Minimalist

## About Mulish

Mulish is a minimalist sans serif typeface meant for display settings and for text alike. Vernon Adams drew it in 2011 and refined it until 2014, adding weights, widening language support and tightening spacing and kerning in response to feedback from users. In 2017 Jacques Le Bailly updated the family to complete that work after Adams's death, and in August 2019 it gained a variable weight axis. The specimen shows plain, open letters with a single-storey a, round bowls, and straight unflared stems. The weight axis runs from 200 to 1000; nine weights are named, ExtraLight to ExtraBlack, each with an italic, for 18 styles. The fonts hold 1,058 glyphs and cover Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Vietnamese. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2016 The Mulish Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/mulish)

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

- **Clean interface text**: Plain stems and open, round letters keep menus, forms and settings screens uncluttered.
- **Body text on product sites**: The design was intended for text as well as display, with spacing and kerning tightened over several rounds of revision.
- **Light, airy headings**: ExtraLight 200 and Light 300 set large headings as thin lines without switching family.
- **Extra-heavy emphasis**: The axis continues past Black 900 to ExtraBlack 1000, giving a heavier setting for a single word or number.

## Things to know

- **Axis goes to 1000**: Nine weights are named, and the heaviest, ExtraBlack, sits at 1000 instead of stopping at Black 900.
- **Single-storey a**: The lowercase a is the round, one-storey form. At small sizes it can be mistaken for an o more easily than a two-storey a.
- **Default instance is ExtraLight**: The variable files open at weight 200, so set the weight explicitly.

## FAQs

### Is Mulish free for commercial use?

Yes. Mulish is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The fonts cannot be sold on their own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Mulish?

Mulish was first drawn by Vernon Adams in 2011. Jacques Le Bailly updated the family in 2017 to complete the work Adams had started.

### How many weights does Mulish have?

Mulish has nine weights, ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBlack 1000, each with an italic, for 18 styles.

### Is Mulish a variable font?

Yes. Mulish is a variable font with a weight axis from 200 to 1000, added in August 2019.

### Which languages does Mulish support?

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

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