# Piazzolla font

> A compact variable serif for press and publishing with weight and optical size axes, nine weights and italics.

Piazzolla is a compact serif type system drawn by Juan Pablo del Peral at HT Fonts, made to save space in newspapers and other publications. Piazzolla is a variable font with weight from 100 to 900 and optical size from 8 to 30, in 18 styles with italics. Piazzolla is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Juan Pablo del Peral, HT Fonts
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 18 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900, opsz 8–30)
- Glyphs: 2277
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2026-06-30
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Piazzolla
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/piazzolla
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Editorial, Bold

## About Piazzolla

Piazzolla is a serif family designed to make economical use of space in press media and other publications. Its compact letters allow small sizes and tight leading while lines stay solid, and the specimen shows an angular character: curves break into flat cuts, serifs are short and sharp, and the heavy weights turn into dense, sculpted display letters. It is a variable font with two axes, weight from 100 to 900 and optical size from 8 to 30, so the same family adapts from footnotes to headlines. Roman and italic each have nine named weights, Thin to Black, 18 styles in all. The fonts hold 2,277 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese. Juan Pablo del Peral designed Piazzolla for HT Fonts (Huerta Tipografica), and it is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2018 The Piazzolla Project Authors (https://github.com/huertatipografica/piazzolla)

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

- **Newspaper and magazine text**: Compact proportions fit more words per column at small sizes with tight leading.
- **Footnotes and listings**: The optical size axis goes down to 8, tuning the letters for very small print.
- **Headlines with a voice**: Near the top of the optical size range, at 30, the angular cuts in the curves become a visible feature of large titles.
- **Books in several scripts**: Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese sets sit alongside Latin, with italics throughout.
- **Annual reports**: Nine weights with matching italics cover text, tables, captions and cover lines from one family.

## Things to know

- **Two variable files**: The download has one variable TTF for roman and one for italic, each with the weight and optical size axes.
- **Optical size 8 to 30**: Software with automatic optical sizing picks the value from the font size; otherwise it can be set by hand.
- **Defaults sit at the extremes**: The axis defaults in the files are weight 100 and optical size 30, so set both explicitly when using the variable fonts.
- **No static files in the package**: Static instances exist at the official source but are not part of this download.

## FAQs

### Is Piazzolla free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Piazzolla may be used in personal and commercial projects, changed and passed on, but the font files cannot be sold on their own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not take a Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who designed Piazzolla?

Juan Pablo del Peral designed Piazzolla, which is published by HT Fonts; the name table gives Huerta Tipografica as manufacturer.

### How many weights does Piazzolla have?

Piazzolla has nine named weights, Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic. The weight axis also allows any value in between.

### Is Piazzolla a variable font?

Yes. Piazzolla is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and an optical size axis from 8 to 30.

### Which languages does Piazzolla support?

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

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