# Proza Libre font

> A humanist sans in five weights with italics, hinted to render well on screens, Windows in particular.

Proza Libre is a humanist sans serif by Jasper de Waard, the open version of a retail family from Bureau Roffa. Proza Libre has five weights, from Regular 400 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic, 10 styles in total. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is hinted for screen text across operating systems.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Jasper de Waard
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 10 (Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 348
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-05-30
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Proza+Libre
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/proza-libre
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Editorial

## About Proza Libre

Proza Libre is a humanist sans serif whose strokes thicken and flare slightly toward their ends, giving the letters some of the modelling of a serif face. In the specimen the capitals are wide and classical in proportion, the lowercase has open apertures and a two-storey a, and the heavier weights keep that calligraphic stress. According to the official notes it is the libre edition of a retail family by Bureau Roffa and was processed with ttfautohint so that it holds up on screens under different operating systems, Windows above all. Five weights run from Regular 400 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic, 10 styles in all; the family is not a variable font. Its 348 glyphs cover the Latin and Latin Extended character sets. Jasper de Waard, a designer working in the Netherlands, leads the project. Proza Libre is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2015 by Jasper de Waard. All rights reserved.

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

- **Body text on websites**: Hinting made with ttfautohint keeps Regular and Medium crisp at text sizes, including on Windows screens.
- **Articles with emphasis**: Every weight has its own italic, so quotations and titles inside a paragraph get a true italic instead of a slanted roman.
- **Interface text**: Open apertures and five weights from Regular to ExtraBold cover labels, menus and headings in one family.
- **Headings with a calligraphic edge**: Bold and ExtraBold keep the flared strokes, which gives titles more character than an even-stroked sans.

## Things to know

- **Regular is the lightest weight**: The range starts at 400 and ends at ExtraBold 800. There is no Light or Thin.
- **Ten static files**: Proza Libre is not a variable font; each weight and italic is a separate file.
- **Latin scripts only**: The character sets are Latin and Latin Extended. Cyrillic and Greek are not included.

## FAQs

### Is Proza Libre free for commercial use?

Proza Libre is free to use in commercial work under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits modification and redistribution; the font cannot be sold by itself, and derivatives stay under the same license without reusing a Reserved Font Name.

### Who designed Proza Libre?

Proza Libre was designed by Jasper de Waard, who works in the Netherlands, as the libre version of a retail family from Bureau Roffa.

### How many weights does Proza Libre have?

Proza Libre has five weights: Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700 and ExtraBold 800. Each has an italic, for 10 styles.

### Is Proza Libre a variable font?

No. Proza Libre is not a variable font; it consists of ten static files.

### Which languages does Proza Libre support?

Proza Libre includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as Dutch, German, French, Polish, Czech and Turkish.

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