# Orelega One font

> A fat bracketed slab serif with oversized ears on letters like g and r; the name is Esperanto for “large-eared”.

Orelega One is a heavy display slab serif by Haruki Wakamatsu, a playful take on the Clarendon style with enlarged ball-shaped ears. Orelega One has one Regular style with 590 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Cyrillic. Orelega One is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headlines, posters and packaging.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Haruki Wakamatsu
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 590
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Orelega+One
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/orelega-one
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Packaging, Retro

## About Orelega One

Orelega One is a display typeface in the Clarendon manner: a very heavy serif with thick, bracketed slabs and round ball terminals. Its name is Esperanto for “large-eared”, and the feature is easy to find in the specimen, where the ear of the g swells into a large drop and the a, c, f and r end in big round balls. Strokes are thick with a visible but moderate contrast, counters are small, and the numerals are equally heavy. The official notes describe the design as modelled on an existing extra-bold slab serif but drawn anew throughout, with many aesthetic changes. The family has one Regular style and is not a variable font. Its 590 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended and Cyrillic. Haruki Wakamatsu is credited as designer, and Orelega One is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2021 The Orelega One Project Authors (https://github.com/JapanYoshi/Orelega)

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

- **Poster and banner headlines**: Thick slabs and small counters make a short title very dark and visible from a distance.
- **Packaging and labels**: Ball terminals and the swollen ear of the g give a product name a jovial, old-shopfront character.
- **Cyrillic headlines**: A Cyrillic character set in the same heavy style lets a title run in Russian, Ukrainian or Bulgarian.
- **Logos and mastheads**: One or two words are enough for the oversized ears to become the recognisable detail.

## Things to know

- **One heavy style**: Although the style is labelled Regular 400, the letters are extra-bold in appearance; no lighter cut or italic exists.
- **Where the name comes from**: Orelega joins the Esperanto parts for ear, an augmentative and an adjective ending.

## FAQs

### Is Orelega One free for commercial use?

Yes. Orelega One 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.

### Who designed Orelega One?

Orelega One is credited to Haruki Wakamatsu. The copyright notice names The Orelega One Project Authors.

### What does Orelega mean?

Orelega is Esperanto for “large-eared”. Orelega One is named after the oversized ears on letters such as g and r.

### How many weights does Orelega One have?

Orelega One has one weight, labelled Regular 400, and no italic.

### Which languages does Orelega One support?

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

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/orelega-one (trendhub)