# Rasa font

> Rosetta's Gujarati and Latin serif for long reading on screens, variable from Light 300 to Bold 700 with italics.

Rasa is a serif family from Rosetta for Gujarati and Latin, designed by Anna Giedryś and David Březina for continuous reading on the web. Rasa is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 700, five named weights and italics, 10 styles in all. Rasa is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Rosetta, Anna Giedryś, David Březina
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 10 (Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 300–700)
- Glyphs: 1327
- Character sets: gujarati, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Rasa
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/rasa
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial

## About Rasa

Rasa is a serif family made for long articles on screens, such as online news, magazines and blogs, in the Gujarati and Latin scripts. The Latin in the specimen is a sturdy text face: moderate contrast, wedge-shaped serifs, a large x-height and open counters, with a slightly narrow build that saves space in columns. According to the official notes, Rasa was a conscious exercise in remixing typefaces that already existed, and its Latin started from Eben Sorkin's Merriweather. The Gujarati supports the script's basic and compound syllables. A Latin-only sibling is published as Yrsa; Rasa contains all of Yrsa's Latin, although that Latin may be adjusted to suit the Gujarati. The family is variable on one axis, weight, from 300 to 700, with five named weights from Light to Bold in upright and italic. The fonts hold 1,327 glyphs.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2015 The Yrsa-Rasa Project Authors (https://github.com/rosettatype/yrsa-rasa/)

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

- **Gujarati news and blog articles**: The family was drawn for continuous reading on the web and covers basic and compound Gujarati syllables.
- **Bilingual Gujarati and English sites**: Latin and Gujarati are tuned to each other, so mixed paragraphs keep an even weight.
- **Long-form reading in Latin**: A large x-height, open counters and wedge serifs hold up in body sizes on screens.
- **Typographic hierarchy from one family**: Five weights from Light 300 to Bold 700 with italics cover text, emphasis, subheads and captions.
- **Vietnamese text**: The Vietnamese subset is included in the Latin part.

## Things to know

- **Yrsa is the Latin-only sibling**: For projects without Gujarati, the same Latin is published separately as Yrsa.
- **Two variable files**: The package holds an upright and an italic variable TTF, each covering 300 to 700. Static instances are not included.
- **No Cyrillic or Greek**: The scripts are Gujarati and Latin, with Latin Extended and Vietnamese.

## FAQs

### Is Rasa free for commercial use?

Yes. Rasa is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so it can be used free of charge in personal and commercial work, changed and passed on. The fonts cannot be sold on their own, and derivatives remain under the same license.

### Who designed Rasa?

Rasa comes from Rosetta. The font files credit Anna Giedryś with the design and David Březina with art direction and design.

### How many weights does Rasa have?

Rasa has five weights, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700, each with an italic, for 10 styles.

### Is Rasa a variable font?

Yes. Rasa is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 700, in upright and italic files.

### What is the difference between Rasa and Yrsa?

Rasa covers Gujarati and Latin, while Yrsa is the Latin-only version. Rasa includes all of Yrsa's Latin, which may be adjusted to suit the Gujarati.

### Which languages does Rasa support?

Rasa includes the Gujarati script and the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Polish, Turkish and Vietnamese.

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