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REM

Low-contrast sans serif in nine weights with italics, whose stroke endings thin out instead of flaring.

Sans Serif 18 styles · variable by Octavio Pardo OFL

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REM is a sans serif family by Octavio Pardo, aimed at corporate and display work. REM is a variable font with nine weights from Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, and 963 glyphs including four sets of figures and small caps. REM is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits branding, headings and interfaces.

REM font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Octavio Pardo
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
18 9 weights, with italics
Variable font
Yes Weight 100–900
Glyphs
963
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 1.005;gftools[0.9.28]
Used for
HeadlinesInterfacesBranding

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

Try REM

Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of REM; the download contains the complete files.

REM font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
REM specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Thin 100REM Thin Thin Italic
  • ExtraLight 200REM ExtraLight ExtraLight Italic
  • Light 300REM Light Light Italic
  • Regular 400REM Regular Italic
  • Medium 500REM Medium Medium Italic
  • SemiBold 600REM SemiBold SemiBold Italic
  • Bold 700REM Bold Bold Italic
  • ExtraBold 800REM ExtraBold ExtraBold Italic
  • Black 900REM Black Black Italic

REM is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file per style, and the named weights above are positions on that range.

About REM

REM is a sans serif family designed by Octavio Pardo for corporate and display use. Its strokes are heavy and low in contrast, and the outstrokes narrow slightly toward their ends, which the designer describes as the reverse of the usual approach. In the specimen the capitals are wide, the x-height is large and the tail of a tapers to a point. The family is variable on one axis, weight, from 100 to 900, with nine named weights in roman and italic, 18 styles. It comes as two variable files with 963 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese character sets, and the description lists four figure sets, small caps and alternate glyphs. The name stands for Rapid Eye Movement: the designer says the idea came to him in a dream. The name table lists Ashler Design as manufacturer.

Where REM works

Corporate identities
The designer positions REM for corporate work, and nine weights with italics cover a logo line, headings and small print.
Headlines and display lines
Wide capitals and the tapering stroke ends show at large sizes in Bold to Black.
Tables, prices and reports
Four sets of figures let numbers be matched to running text or lined up in columns.
Interface titles with small caps
The built-in small caps set labels and abbreviations without scaling down capitals.
Vietnamese and Central European sites
The Latin Extended and Vietnamese sets cover languages such as Polish, Czech, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 963 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2019 The REM Project Authors (https://github.com/octaviopardo/REM)

What the license allows

  • 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.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with REM

Amiri Serif

REM is sans serif and Amiri is serif (2 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Besley Slab Serif

REM is sans serif and Besley is slab serif (6 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Cousine Monospace

Cousine is a monospace family (2 weights) for code and figures next to REM as the text face.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use REM on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "REM";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/REM-Italic-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "REM";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/REM-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "REM", sans-serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves REM with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Default weight is Medium
The weight axis defaults to 500, not 400, so choose Regular explicitly if that is the weight wanted.
Two variable files
Roman and italic are separate variable fonts, each spanning 100 to 900.
Figures and small caps are OpenType features
The extra figure sets, small caps and alternates are switched on through OpenType settings in the application or CSS.

FAQs

Is REM free for commercial use?

Yes. REM 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.

Who designed REM?

REM was designed by Octavio Pardo. The font's name table lists Ashler Design as manufacturer.

How many weights does REM have?

REM has nine weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, which makes 18 styles.

Is REM a variable font?

Yes. REM is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900, in separate roman and italic files.

What does the name REM mean?

REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement, a stage of sleep. According to the designer, the REM typeface began with a dream.

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