# Raleway font

> A nine-weight variable sans with italics that began as a single thin weight and keeps old-style numerals.

Raleway is a sans serif family first drawn by Matt McInerney in one thin weight and expanded to nine weights by Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida. Raleway is a variable font with weight from 100 to 900 and italics, 18 styles in all. Raleway is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headings, branding and editorial display.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida
- 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: Yes (wght 100–900)
- Glyphs: 1067
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Raleway
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/raleway
- Tagged for: Headlines, Branding, Editorial, Elegant

## About Raleway

Raleway is a sans serif family that the official notes describe as a display face. It started with Matt McInerney's thin design; Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida expanded it into nine weights in 2012, and italics followed in 2016. In the specimen the Thin style shows hairline strokes, a W whose middle strokes cross, and numerals that rise and dip like lowercase letters: old-style figures are what the font shows first, and lining figures are also included. The official notes list standard and discretionary ligatures and a more geometric stylistic alternate set as well. Raleway is variable on one axis, weight, from 100 to 900, with named styles from Thin to Black in roman and italic, 18 styles altogether. Its 1,067 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Vietnamese sets. Raleway is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2010 The Raleway Project Authors (impallari@gmail.com), with Reserved Font Name "Raleway".

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

- **Large light headlines**: Thin 100 and ExtraLight 200 are hairline weights that need size; the thin drawing was the starting point of the family.
- **Fashion and lifestyle branding**: Wide capitals and the crossed W give a wordmark a recognisable detail, with nine weights for the supporting system.
- **Magazine-style layouts**: Old-style numerals sit level with lowercase text in standfirsts and pull quotes, and italics add emphasis.
- **Landing page hierarchy**: Black 900 for the hero line and Regular or Medium for subheads come from the same variable file.
- **Russian and Vietnamese headings**: Cyrillic and Vietnamese character sets let the same headline style run across language versions.

## Things to know

- **Numerals are old-style by default**: Digits such as 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 drop below the baseline in the specimen. Lining numerals are in the font and can be switched on with OpenType features.
- **Two variable files**: Roman and italic are separate files, each covering weight 100 to 900.
- **Described as a display face**: The official notes classify Raleway as display type rather than as a face for long small-size text.

## FAQs

### Is Raleway free for commercial use?

Yes. Raleway 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 and may not use the reserved font name “Raleway” without permission.

### Who designed Raleway?

Raleway was first designed by Matt McInerney. Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida expanded it in 2012, and the official notes credit Igino Marini with the kerning.

### How many weights does Raleway have?

Raleway has nine weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, which makes 18 styles. It is a variable font, so values in between can also be set.

### Why do the numbers in Raleway look uneven?

Raleway uses old-style numerals by default, so some digits sit lower or rise higher, like lowercase letters. Lining numerals of equal height are included and can be enabled through OpenType features.

### Which languages does Raleway support?

Raleway includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese, as well as Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian.

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