# Rambla font

> A slightly condensed humanist sans with a tall x-height, in Regular and Bold with italics, for medium-length text.

Rambla is a humanist sans serif by Martin Sommaruga, slightly condensed and drawn with a tall x-height and short ascenders and descenders. Rambla comes in Regular and Bold, each with an italic, four styles in all. Rambla is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits articles, captions and compact headings.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Martin Sommaruga
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 4 (Regular 400, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 235
- Character sets: latin
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Rambla
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/rambla
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Editorial, Condensed

## About Rambla

Rambla is a humanist sans serif made for texts of medium length. Its letters are a little narrower than usual, the lowercase is tall, and ascenders and descenders are kept short, so lines take little room in either direction. In the specimen the strokes thin slightly where curves meet stems, the capital Q has a tail that sweeps below the baseline, and the lowercase a and l end in a small curve to the right. The family has two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700, each with an italic, which makes four styles; it is not a variable font. Each font has 235 glyphs covering the basic Latin set, enough for languages such as Spanish, French, German and Portuguese. Martin Sommaruga designed Rambla, and it is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 with Rambla as a Reserved Font Name.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Martin Sommaruga (martin@estudiotrama.com), with Reserved Font Name 'Rambla'

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

- **Articles and blog posts**: Narrow letters with a tall lowercase fit more words on a line while keeping text sizes readable.
- **Captions and sidebars**: Short ascenders and descenders let lines sit close together in tight boxes.
- **Compact headlines**: Bold at large sizes holds a long title in a narrow column.
- **Emphasis within text**: True italics for both weights mark titles and stressed words without changing family.

## Things to know

- **Basic Latin only**: The subset is Latin. Latin Extended is not covered, so check for the accented letters your language needs.
- **Regular and Bold only**: There is no Light, Medium or Black in the family.
- **Static files**: The four styles come as four separate TTF files, not as a variable font.

## FAQs

### Is Rambla free for commercial use?

Yes. Rambla is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1: it may be used in personal and commercial work, modified and redistributed. It cannot be sold by itself, and a modified version must keep the same license and cannot use the Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who designed Rambla?

Rambla was designed by Martin Sommaruga, who is also named in the copyright notice.

### How many weights does Rambla have?

Rambla has two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700, each with an italic, for four styles.

### Is Rambla a variable font?

No. Rambla is not a variable font; it ships as four static files.

### Which languages does Rambla support?

Rambla includes the letters needed for English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch and the Nordic languages. Its character set is basic Latin, without Latin Extended.

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