# Raleway Dots font

> Raleway redrawn as rows of fine dots: a one-style display face for posters and very large headlines.

Raleway Dots is a dotted display version of Raleway, credited to Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Brenda Gallo. Every stroke is a line of small separate dots. Raleway Dots has one Regular style with 459 glyphs, including old-style and lining numerals and ligatures, and is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 for posters and big headlines.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Brenda Gallo
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 459
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Raleway+Dots
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/raleway-dots
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Minimalist

## About Raleway Dots

Raleway Dots is a display typeface that keeps the skeleton of the Raleway sans serif and replaces each stroke with a single row of evenly spaced dots. At the top of the specimen the dots are distinct; in the smaller alphabet rows they close up into a faint grey line, which is why the official notes point the font at posters and big headlines. The letter shapes are wide and round, with a W whose middle strokes cross. According to the same notes the font carries both lining and old-style numerals, discretionary as well as standard ligatures, and stylistic alternates of a more geometric kind. The family has one Regular style with 459 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended, and it is not a variable font. Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Brenda Gallo are credited, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2010, Matt McInerney (matt@pixelspread.com), Copyright (c) 2012, Pablo Impallari (www.impallari.com|impallari@gmail.com), Copyright (c) 2012, Brenda Gallo. (gbrenda1987@gmail.com), Copyright (c) 2012, Rodrigo Fuenzalida (www.rfuenzalida.com|hello@rfuenzalida.com), with Reserved Font …

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

- **Poster titles**: At very large sizes each dot is visible, so a word reads as a string of points, like a perforated or stitched line.
- **Event and exhibition graphics**: A dotted title over a solid Raleway subtitle gives two textures from one letter skeleton.
- **Covers and section dividers**: A single word set page-wide makes a light, airy opener that leaves the page mostly white.
- **Tracing-style lettering**: Dotted outlines of letters and numerals can be printed large as guide shapes to draw over.

## Things to know

- **Only works large**: The dots merge at text sizes, as the lower rows of the specimen show. Plan for display sizes.
- **One style**: There is a single Regular cut; the weights of the main Raleway family do not exist in dotted form.
- **OpenType extras**: Old-style and lining numerals, ligatures and stylistic alternates are in the font; using them requires software with OpenType feature controls.
- **Large file for one style**: Each dot is a separate outline, and the download is about 443 KB for a single style.

## FAQs

### Is Raleway Dots free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Raleway Dots may be used in personal and commercial projects, changed and passed on, but it cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use a Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who designed Raleway Dots?

Raleway Dots is credited to Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida and Brenda Gallo, the names in its copyright notice.

### How is Raleway Dots related to Raleway?

Raleway Dots is a dotted version of Raleway: the same letter shapes, drawn with a row of dots in place of each solid stroke.

### How many weights does Raleway Dots have?

Raleway Dots has one weight, Regular 400, with no italic.

### Which languages does Raleway Dots support?

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

### What fonts pair well with Raleway Dots?

Raleway Dots pairs with Raleway itself, which supplies solid weights and italics for the text under a dotted title.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/raleway-dots (trendhub)