# Poppins font

> A circle-based geometric sans from Indian Type Foundry covering Latin and Devanagari in nine weights.

Poppins is a geometric sans serif from Indian Type Foundry that supports both the Latin and Devanagari writing systems. Poppins has nine weights from Thin to Black, each with an italic, for 18 styles in static files. Poppins is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits branding, interfaces, headings and short text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Indian Type Foundry, Jonny Pinhorn, Ninad Kale
- 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: No
- Glyphs: 1059
- Character sets: devanagari, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Poppins
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/poppins
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Interfaces, Branding, Geometric

## About Poppins

Poppins is a geometric sans serif in which both the Latin and the Devanagari letters are constructed from simple shapes, circles above all. Strokes are close to a single thickness, with small optical corrections at the joints so that text keeps an even colour. The Latin x-height is set high, and the capitals are shorter than the ascenders, whose height matches the Devanagari base characters. Indian Type Foundry developed the project: Ninad Kale drew the initial Devanagari and Jonny Pinhorn the initial Latin, and the studio team later refined the design and extended it with further weights and italics. The family now has nine weights from Thin to Black with italics, 18 static styles, and 1,059 glyphs in the devanagari, latin and latin-ext subsets. It is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2020 The Poppins Project Authors (https://github.com/itfoundry/Poppins)

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

- **Brand identities**: Round bowls and nine weights give a logo, its headlines and its small print one consistent geometric voice.
- **Websites and apps**: The high x-height keeps navigation, buttons and card titles legible at interface sizes.
- **Bilingual Latin and Devanagari layouts**: Both scripts were drawn on the same geometry and matched in height, so mixed lines look even.
- **Presentation slides**: Weights from Thin 100 to Black 900 create clear contrast between a title, a figure and a footnote.
- **Short marketing text**: Regular and Medium with their italics handle introductions, captions and pull quotes.

## Things to know

- **Static files, not variable**: The package holds 18 separate TTF files, one for each weight and italic. There is no variable font in it.
- **Devanagari is part of the family**: The fonts contain a Devanagari character set alongside Latin and Latin Extended.
- **No Cyrillic, Greek or Vietnamese**: Coverage stops at the devanagari, latin and latin-ext subsets.
- **Capitals are short**: Latin capitals are lower than the ascenders, a result of matching the Latin proportions to the Devanagari.

## FAQs

### Is Poppins free for commercial use?

Yes. Poppins is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Poppins?

Poppins was developed by Indian Type Foundry. Ninad Kale designed the initial Devanagari and Jonny Pinhorn the initial Latin, and the foundry's team expanded the family afterwards.

### How many weights does Poppins have?

Poppins has nine weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, which makes 18 styles.

### Is Poppins a variable font?

No. Poppins is not a variable font; it is supplied as 18 static files, one per style.

### Which languages does Poppins support?

Poppins includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Czech and Romanian, and it contains a Devanagari character set.

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