# Oranienbaum font

> A narrow, high-contrast serif with hairline serifs for Latin and Cyrillic, in a single Regular style.

Oranienbaum is a high-contrast serif in the modern Antiqua tradition, designed by Oleg Pospelov with Jovanny Lemonad as art director and publisher. Oranienbaum has one Regular style and 416 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Cyrillic. Oranienbaum is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headlines, titles and other large editorial settings.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Oleg Pospelov, Jovanny Lemonad
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 416
- Character sets: cyrillic, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Oranienbaum
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/oranienbaum
- Tagged for: Headlines, Editorial, Elegant

## About Oranienbaum

Oranienbaum is a serif typeface with strong contrast between thick vertical stems and very thin hairlines. In the specimen the letters are narrow and upright, the serifs are flat hairlines set at right angles to the stems, and letters such as a, c, f and r finish in round ball terminals. The official notes describe a modern Antiqua built on classical models and typical of faces from the first quarter of the twentieth century: marked serifs, contrasting geometry, straight angles played against flowing curves. Oranienbaum is one Regular 400 file with no italic or bold, and it is not a variable font. Its 416 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended and Cyrillic, including the letters for Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian. Oleg Pospelov was the main designer, and Jovanny Lemonad served as art director, engineer and publisher. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2012, Oleg Pospelov (oleg@pospelov.com), Jovanny Lemonad (lemonad@jovanny.ru), with Reserved Font Name 'Oranienbaum'

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

- **Magazine headlines**: Thick stems against hairline serifs give a headline the sharp, formal contrast of a modern Antiqua.
- **Titles in Latin and Cyrillic**: Both scripts share one design, so a Russian and an English title can sit on the same cover.
- **Book covers and theatre posters**: Narrow letters fit a long title on one line while the ball terminals add detail at poster size.
- **Menus and invitations**: A heading or name in Oranienbaum sets a formal tone above text in a plainer face.

## Things to know

- **One style**: Oranienbaum has Regular 400 only. There is no italic and no bold.
- **Hairlines are very thin**: The thin strokes and serifs are fine lines in the specimen, so the face is at its clearest in large sizes.
- **Cyrillic without the extended set**: Basic Cyrillic is covered; the Cyrillic Extended subset is not. Greek and Vietnamese are also absent from the subsets.

## FAQs

### Is Oranienbaum free for commercial use?

Yes. Oranienbaum is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license and may not use the Reserved Font Name Oranienbaum without permission.

### Who designed Oranienbaum?

Oranienbaum was designed by Oleg Pospelov as main type designer, in collaboration with Jovanny Lemonad, who acted as art director, technical engineer and publisher.

### How many weights does Oranienbaum have?

Oranienbaum has one weight, Regular 400, with no italic.

### Does Oranienbaum support Cyrillic?

Yes. Oranienbaum contains a Cyrillic character set with the letters needed for Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian, alongside Latin and Latin Extended.

### Is Oranienbaum a variable font?

No. Oranienbaum is not a variable font; it is a single static file.

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