# Nobile font

> Screen-oriented sans serif by Vernon Adams with a tall lowercase, in Regular, Medium and Bold with italics.

Nobile is a sans serif family by Vernon Adams, designed to read well on digital screens and handheld devices while keeping the character of a print typeface. Nobile has three weights, Regular, Medium and Bold, each with an italic, and covers Latin, Latin Extended and Cyrillic. Nobile is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Vernon Adams
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 6 (Regular 400, Medium 500, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 477
- Character sets: cyrillic, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-08
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nobile
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/nobile
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Interfaces

## About Nobile

Nobile is a sans serif typeface designed for digital screens. Its lowercase is tall, counters are open, and strokes stay close to one thickness; the specimen also shows old-style figures, in which 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 drop below the baseline. According to the official notes, Vernon Adams wanted a face that stays legible from large display sizes down to small text on handheld devices without giving up the distinctive look of fonts made for print, and he links that aim to a William Morris maxim about usefulness and beauty. The family has six static styles: Regular, Medium and Bold, each with an italic. In the specimen, Medium is far closer to Bold than to Regular. The 477 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended and Cyrillic, including the letters for Russian and Bulgarian.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2010-2012, Vernon Adams (vern@newtypography.co.uk), with Reserved Font Name Nobile.

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

- **Text on websites and in apps**: A tall lowercase and open counters were chosen for legibility on screens, including small handheld ones.
- **Interface labels**: Regular for labels and Medium for active or selected states give two clearly different levels.
- **Headings**: Bold and the heavy Medium hold headings together above Regular text in the same family.
- **Latin and Cyrillic sites**: Russian and Bulgarian share the fonts with Polish, Czech, Turkish and Western European languages.
- **Emphasis in running text**: Each of the three weights has its own italic file.

## Things to know

- **Medium is heavy**: In the specimen the Medium weight looks nearly as dark as Bold. Test it before using it as a text weight.
- **Old-style figures**: The numerals shown have descenders, so they do not align at one height in tables.
- **Static files**: Nobile is not a variable font; its six styles are separate files.

## FAQs

### Is Nobile free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Nobile may be used, modified and redistributed in personal and commercial work; it cannot be sold by itself, and a modified version stays under the same license and may not use a Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who designed Nobile?

Nobile was designed by Vernon Adams, who is named in the license notice and as manufacturer in the font.

### How many weights does Nobile have?

Nobile has three weights, Regular 400, Medium 500 and Bold 700, each with an italic.

### Is Nobile a variable font?

No. Nobile is not a variable font; it comes as six static files.

### Which languages does Nobile support?

Nobile includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, French, Turkish, Polish and Czech, as well as Russian and Bulgarian.

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