# Palanquin Dark font

> The heavier display companion of Palanquin: four weights of sans serif for Latin and Devanagari.

Palanquin Dark is the heavier display companion of the Palanquin family by Pria Ravichandran, a sans serif for Latin and Devanagari. Palanquin Dark has four weights, Regular 400 to Bold 700, without italics, and is not a variable font. Palanquin Dark is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headlines and titles in both scripts.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Pria Ravichandran
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 4 (Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1225
- Character sets: devanagari, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Palanquin+Dark
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/palanquin-dark
- Tagged for: Headlines, Branding, Bold

## About Palanquin Dark

Palanquin Dark is a sans serif for the Latin and Devanagari scripts, the dark, display half of the Palanquin superfamily. Its weights are named Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold, yet the specimen shows that even the Regular is drawn with thick strokes, so the whole family sits at the heavy end and the steps between weights are small. The letters have a humanist build with open shapes, and the curves stay smooth despite the weight. According to the official description, the Devanagari letters are monolinear and were drawn side by side with the Latin, while the lighter Palanquin family covers text sizes. There are four static files, no italics and no variable version. The 1,225 glyphs cover Devanagari, Latin and Latin Extended. Pria Ravichandran leads the project, and the fonts are published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2014 Pria Ravichandran (pria.ravichandran@gmail.com)

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

- **Headlines in Devanagari and Latin**: Both scripts were designed together, so a heavy title keeps the same colour in either one.
- **Titles above Palanquin text**: Palanquin Dark is the display member of the superfamily and shares its letter shapes with the lighter text family.
- **Buttons and badges**: Thick strokes at every weight keep a short label visible on a coloured background.
- **Posters and banners**: Bold 700 sets dense, dark words, and the smaller steps down to Regular allow fine adjustment of the weight.

## Things to know

- **Regular is already heavy**: The four weights are numbered 400 to 700, but in the specimen all of them look bold. Light text weights belong to the separate Palanquin family.
- **No italics**: Palanquin Dark has upright styles only.
- **Four static files**: Palanquin Dark is not a variable font; each weight is a separate TTF file.

## FAQs

### Is Palanquin Dark free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Palanquin Dark can be used in personal and commercial work, changed and redistributed, but the fonts cannot be sold on their own and derivatives must remain under the same license.

### Who designed Palanquin Dark?

Palanquin Dark was designed by Pria Ravichandran, who leads the Palanquin project.

### What is the difference between Palanquin and Palanquin Dark?

Palanquin Dark is the heavier display family of the Palanquin superfamily, with four weights. Palanquin is the lighter text family.

### How many weights does Palanquin Dark have?

Palanquin Dark has four weights: Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700. There are no italics.

### Which scripts and languages does Palanquin Dark support?

Palanquin Dark covers the Devanagari script and includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, French, Polish, Romanian and Turkish.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/palanquin-dark (trendhub)