# Pliant font

> A variable sans serif with weight and width axes, italics, and Latin, Cyrillic and Greek character sets.

Pliant is a variable sans serif by Jona Saucedo of Non Foundry. Pliant has a weight axis from 100 to 900 and a width axis from 100 to 125, with nine named weights and matching italics, 18 styles in all, and 1,207 glyphs for Latin, Cyrillic and Greek. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Non Foundry, Jona Saucedo
- 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, wdth 100–125)
- Glyphs: 1207
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2026-06-08
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Pliant
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/pliant
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding, Minimalist

## About Pliant

Pliant is a sans serif family with plain, round letterforms. The specimen shows a single-storey a, a simple g with an open tail, circular bowls and strokes of almost constant thickness; the lowercase is generously spaced. The family is delivered as two variable fonts, one upright and one italic. Each has a weight axis from 100 to 900 with nine named instances from Thin to Black, and a width axis from 100 to 125 that widens the letters from their normal proportion. Counting uprights and italics, that makes 18 styles. The fonts hold 1,207 glyphs and cover the Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek and Greek Extended subsets. The designer credited in the name table is Jona Saucedo, with Non Foundry as manufacturer, and the copyright notice names The Pliant Project Authors. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2025 The Pliant Project Authors (https://github.com/TheJonassss/Pliant)

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

- **Product interfaces**: Nine weights with italics cover labels, body copy and emphasis from one family.
- **Sites in Latin, Cyrillic and Greek**: All three scripts, including their extended subsets, come in the same files and the same weights.
- **Wide display headings**: Raising the width axis toward 125 broadens a heading without changing typeface.
- **Brand systems**: A span from Thin 100 to Black 900 gives enough contrast between a wordmark, headings and small print.
- **Articles and documentation**: Regular with its true italic handles running text, citations and emphasis.

## Things to know

- **Two variable files**: The package has one variable font for upright styles and one for italics, each with weight and width axes.
- **Width only goes wider**: The width axis starts at 100 and ends at 125. There is no condensed range.
- **Single-storey a**: The lowercase a is the round, single-storey form, which can resemble o at very small sizes.

## FAQs

### Is Pliant free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Pliant may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and redistributed; it cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version keeps the same license.

### Who designed Pliant?

Pliant is credited to Jona Saucedo and Non Foundry. The copyright notice in the license names The Pliant Project Authors.

### How many weights does Pliant have?

Pliant has nine named weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, which gives 18 styles.

### Is Pliant a variable font?

Yes. Pliant is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and a width axis from 100 to 125, in upright and italic files.

### Which languages does Pliant support?

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

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