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Phudu

An all-caps variable display sans modelled on hand-lettered Vietnamese shop signs, from Light to Black.

Display 7 styles · variable by Dương Trần OFL

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Phudu is an all-caps sans-serif display typeface by Dương Trần, inspired by hand-lettered Vietnamese shop billboards. Phudu is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 900 and seven named weights, and its letters widen as the weight gets lighter. Phudu is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headlines, posters and signs.

Phudu font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Dương Trần
Classification
Display
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
7 7 weights
Variable font
Yes Weight 300–900
Glyphs
604
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 1.005;gftools[0.9.23]
Used for
HeadlinesPostersBoldSignage

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

Try Phudu

Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Phudu; the download contains the complete files.

Phudu font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Phudu specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Light 300Phudu Light
  • Regular 400Phudu Regular
  • Medium 500Phudu Medium
  • SemiBold 600Phudu SemiBold
  • Bold 700Phudu Bold
  • ExtraBold 800Phudu ExtraBold
  • Black 900Phudu Black

Phudu is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file, and the named weights above are positions on that range.

About Phudu

Phudu is a display sans serif in capitals only: the lowercase keys return the same capital shapes. Dương Trần based it on the lettering that Vietnamese sign painters put on shop billboards, where Latin capitals were adapted and tone marks added by hand. The name comes from "phục dựng", Vietnamese for revival. The family is variable on one axis, weight, from 300 to 900, with seven named instances from Light to Black. The design links width to weight in an unusual way: the lighter the setting, the more extended the letters, which the designer intended to keep thin weights readable. In the specimen the Q carries its tail as a bar under the bowl and the @ sign is squared. Its 604 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese.

Where Phudu works

Shopfront and wayfinding signs
The model is painted shop lettering, and capitals of one height read at a distance on fascias and boards.
Vietnamese-language headlines
Stacked tone marks are part of the design brief, so accented capitals sit correctly in Vietnamese titles.
Posters with weight contrast
Seven weights from Light 300 to Black 900 let one family set a thin date line against a black title.
Animated titles
The weight axis can be driven continuously between 300 and 900 for motion graphics and web transitions.
Labels and menus
Compact heavy capitals name products or dishes in a small area.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 604 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2022 The Phudu Project Authors (https://github.com/duongtrtype/DTPhudu)

What the license allows

  • 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.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with Phudu

Inter Sans Serif

Phudu is a display face for headings; Inter is a sans serif family with 9 weights that can set the body text beside it.

Andada Pro Serif

Phudu is a display face for headings; Andada Pro is a serif family with 5 weights that can set the body text beside it.

Mukta Sans Serif

Phudu is a display face for headings; Mukta is a sans serif family with 7 weights that can set the body text beside it.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use Phudu on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "Phudu";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Phudu-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 300 900;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Phudu", sans-serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Phudu with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Capitals only
Lowercase input is drawn as capitals, so Phudu cannot set mixed-case text.
Width changes with weight
Lighter instances are more extended than heavy ones. A line may change length when its weight changes.
No italic
The family has seven upright weights and no italic or slant axis.
No Cyrillic
The files cover Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese; they do not contain Cyrillic letters.

FAQs

Is Phudu free for commercial use?

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

Who designed Phudu?

Phudu was designed by Dương Trần. The copyright notice names The Phudu Project Authors.

Is Phudu a variable font?

Yes. Phudu has one variable axis, weight, from 300 to 900, with named instances Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold and Black.

Does Phudu have lowercase letters?

No. Phudu is an all-caps design: typing lowercase letters produces capitals.

What does the name Phudu mean?

According to the designer, Phudu comes from the Vietnamese "phục dựng", meaning revival; it can also be read as "phù du", ephemeral.

Which languages does Phudu support?

Phudu includes the letters needed for Vietnamese, English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Romanian and Turkish.

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