# Radio Canada Big font

> A sturdy variable sans by Étienne Aubert Bonn, running from Regular 400 to Bold 700 with italics.

Radio Canada Big is a sans serif typeface by Étienne Aubert Bonn, named after CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada's national public broadcaster. Radio Canada Big varies in weight from 400 to 700 and has italics, eight styles in all. Radio Canada Big is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headlines, titles and brand typography.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Étienne Aubert Bonn
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 8 (Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 400–700)
- Glyphs: 468
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Radio+Canada+Big
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/radio-canada-big
- Tagged for: Headlines, Branding, Editorial

## About Radio Canada Big

Radio Canada Big is a sans serif family with firm, even strokes and close letter spacing. In the specimen the lowercase is tall, the openings of a, c, e and s are fairly closed, the t and f have short crossbars, and the quotation marks are plain slanted ticks. The official notes introduce the family with CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada's national public broadcaster, whose mandate is to inform, enlighten and entertain across radio, television and digital platforms. The fonts are variable in weight from 400 to 700, giving four named weights, Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold, each with an italic. Étienne Aubert Bonn is the designer, and the name table lists Coppers and Brasses as manufacturer. The 468 glyphs cover the Latin and Latin Extended subsets, including French, the Nordic languages and Central European alphabets. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2022 The Radio Canada Big Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/radiocanadadisplay)

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

- **News and programme headlines**: Tight spacing and tall lowercase pack a headline densely, in line with the broadcaster the family is named for.
- **On-screen titles and lower thirds**: Weights from Regular to Bold separate a name from a role or a programme from its time slot.
- **Brand systems that start at Regular**: Four upright weights and four italics give a compact palette for logos, slogans and campaign lines.
- **French and English communication**: Latin Extended coverage handles French accents and ligatures alongside English in bilingual material.

## Things to know

- **No weights below Regular**: The axis begins at 400 and ends at 700. Light and black cuts are outside its range.
- **Two variable files**: Roman and italic are separate variable files. Static instances are available from the official source.
- **Latin subsets only**: Radio Canada Big covers Latin and Latin Extended. Cyrillic and Greek are not included.

## FAQs

### Is Radio Canada Big free for commercial use?

Yes. Radio Canada Big 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 Radio Canada Big?

Radio Canada Big was designed by Étienne Aubert Bonn. The font's name table lists Coppers and Brasses as manufacturer.

### How many weights does Radio Canada Big have?

Radio Canada Big has four named weights, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700, each with an italic: 8 styles.

### Is Radio Canada Big a variable font?

Yes. Radio Canada Big is variable: its weight axis runs from 400 to 700, and roman and italic come as separate files.

### Which languages does Radio Canada Big support?

Radio Canada Big includes the letters needed for English and French and for other Latin-script languages such as German, Spanish, Polish, Turkish and Romanian.

### What fonts pair well with Radio Canada Big?

Radio Canada Big is shown on this page with Radio Canada, the related family that adds a Light weight for text.

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