# Readex Pro font

> A Latin and Arabic sans expanded from Lexend, variable in weight and in a Hyper Expansion spacing axis.

Readex Pro is a sans serif by Thomas Jockin and Nadine Chahine that extends the Lexend fonts to Latin and Arabic. Readex Pro is a variable font with weight (160 to 700) and Hyper Expansion (0 to 100) axes and six named weights. Readex Pro is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interfaces and reading text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Thomas Jockin, Nadine Chahine, Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Santiago Orozco, Héctor Gómez
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 6 (ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 160–700, HEXP 0–100)
- Glyphs: 1056
- Character sets: arabic, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Readex+Pro
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/readex-pro
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding

## About Readex Pro

Readex Pro is a sans serif family that the official notes present as the expansion of the Lexend fonts to more of the world's scripts; at present it covers Latin and Arabic. In the specimen the letters are wide and open, with round bowls, a two-storey a and generous space inside and between characters. Weight runs from 160 to 700, with six named weights from ExtraLight 200 to Bold 700. Hyper Expansion (HEXP), added in October 2022, runs from 0 to 100 and enlarges the space inside and around the glyphs so that readers can adjust the texture to their comfort. There is no italic. The font holds 1,056 glyphs across Arabic, Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese subsets. Thomas Jockin and Nadine Chahine designed Readex Pro, and the notes say the fonts build on the Quicksand project. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2018 The Readex Pro Project Authors (https://github.com/ThomasJockin/readexpro), with Reserved Font Name “RevReading Lexend”.

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

- **Reading apps and learning tools**: The Hyper Expansion axis widens the space in and around letters, so an app can offer readers a looser or tighter text setting.
- **Arabic and Latin interfaces**: Both scripts are in one file with the same weight range, which keeps bilingual menus and labels consistent.
- **Body text on screens**: Open letterforms and six weights from ExtraLight to Bold cover paragraphs, emphasis and headings.
- **User-adjustable typography**: A stylesheet can expose HEXP from 0 to 100 as a reader preference alongside font size.

## Things to know

- **HEXP is a custom axis**: Hyper Expansion is set through font-variation-settings with the tag HEXP. Its default is 0.
- **Weight axis starts at 160**: The axis reaches slightly below the lightest named weight, ExtraLight 200, and stops at Bold 700.
- **No italic**: Readex Pro is supplied as one upright variable file.

## FAQs

### Is Readex Pro free for commercial use?

Yes. Readex Pro 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 “RevReading Lexend” without permission.

### Who designed Readex Pro?

The designers of Readex Pro are Thomas Jockin and Nadine Chahine. The credits also list Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Santiago Orozco and Héctor Gómez.

### Is Readex Pro a variable font?

Yes. Readex Pro is a variable font with a weight axis from 160 to 700 and a Hyper Expansion axis from 0 to 100. Its six named weights run from ExtraLight 200 to Bold 700.

### What is the difference between Readex Pro and Lexend?

Readex Pro is the expansion of the Lexend fonts to further scripts: according to the official notes it currently supports Latin and Arabic.

### Which languages does Readex Pro support?

Readex Pro includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese, and it carries an Arabic character set.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/readex-pro (trendhub)