# PT Sans Caption font > The small-size cut of PT Sans: wider letters and looser spacing in Regular and Bold, with Cyrillic. PT Sans Caption is the caption cut of ParaType's PT Sans, drawn with wider letters and more open spacing for small sizes. PT Sans Caption has two styles, Regular and Bold, without italics, and 720 glyphs covering Latin and Cyrillic. PT Sans Caption is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits captions, labels and interface text. ## Facts - Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif) - Designed by: ParaType - License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/) - Styles: 2 (Regular 400, Bold 700) - Variable font: No - Glyphs: 720 - Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext - Last updated: 2025-09-05 - Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/PT+Sans+Caption - Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/pt-sans-caption - Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Signage ## About PT Sans Caption PT Sans Caption is a humanist sans serif made for small type. Set next to PT Sans, its letters are visibly wider and further apart, changes that keep words open when the size drops. It belongs to the PT Sans superfamily, which the official notes describe as four basic styles, two caption styles for small sizes and two narrow styles; this package holds the caption pair, Regular 400 and Bold 700. The design takes Russian sans serifs of the later twentieth century as its base and combines them with contemporary humanist features. Alexandra Korolkova, Olga Umpeleva and Vladimir Yefimov designed it, and ParaType released it in 2009 within the Public Types of Russian Federation project. Each font has 720 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended and Cyrillic, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. ## License SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2010, ParaType Ltd. (http://www.paratype.com/public), with Reserved Font Names "PT Sans" and "ParaType". 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 - **Photo captions and footnotes**: Wider letters and looser spacing were added for exactly these small sizes. - **Interface labels and tooltips**: Open, widely spaced letterforms stay distinct at small screen sizes, and Bold marks the active item. - **Maps, charts and diagrams**: Short labels remain readable when reduced, in Latin or Cyrillic. - **Fine print beside PT Sans text**: As a member of the same superfamily, it matches PT Sans body copy while reading more easily at reduced size. ## Things to know - **No italics**: PT Sans Caption has Regular and Bold only. Italics exist in the main PT Sans family. - **Wider than PT Sans**: The same line takes more room in the caption cut; in the specimens the lowercase alphabet runs about fifteen percent longer. - **Not variable**: The two styles are separate static files. - **Latin and Cyrillic only**: There is no Greek or Vietnamese subset. ## FAQs ### Is PT Sans Caption free for commercial use? Yes. PT Sans Caption 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 PT Sans Caption? Three designers drew PT Sans Caption: Alexandra Korolkova, Olga Umpeleva and Vladimir Yefimov. ParaType published it in 2009. ### How many weights does PT Sans Caption have? PT Sans Caption has two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700, and no italics. It is not a variable font. ### What is the difference between PT Sans and PT Sans Caption? PT Sans Caption is the small-size version of PT Sans, with wider letters and more generous spacing. PT Sans has italics; PT Sans Caption does not. ### Does PT Sans Caption support Cyrillic? Yes. PT Sans Caption includes the letters needed for Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian, along with Latin-script languages such as English, German, Turkish and Polish. ### What fonts pair well with PT Sans Caption? PT Sans Caption is meant to work with PT Sans for text and PT Sans Narrow for tight spaces; PT Serif is the matching serif from the same project. --- Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/pt-sans-caption (trendhub)