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Rokkitt

A geometric slab serif in the Egyptian tradition, variable from Thin to Black, with italics added in 2023.

Slab Serif 18 styles · variable by Vernon Adams OFL

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Rokkitt is a geometric slab serif started by Vernon Adams and completed by Kalapi Gajjar, inspired by Egyptian slab types of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rokkitt is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900, nine weights and italics. Rokkitt is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headings and headlines.

Rokkitt font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Vernon Adams
Classification
Slab Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
18 9 weights, with italics
Variable font
Yes Weight 100–900
Glyphs
728
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 3.103
Used for
HeadlinesPostersEditorialRetro

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

Try Rokkitt

Sample text

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

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

Weights and styles

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

Rokkitt 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 Rokkitt

Rokkitt is a slab serif family with geometric construction: in the specimen the o is close to a circle, serifs are flat rectangular slabs, and strokes keep nearly the same thickness throughout. The official notes say Vernon Adams took his cue from geometric slab serifs, sometimes called Egyptians, that were in fashion from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, and that Rokkitt is meant as a display font for headings and headlines, though it can serve at text sizes too. Adams worked on it from 2011 to 2014; Kalapi Gajjar completed the family in 2016 with nine weights, it became a variable font in 2019, and italics arrived in 2023. The weight axis runs from 100 to 900, giving 18 styles with the italics. Its 728 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese sets. Rokkitt is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Rokkitt works

Newspaper-style headlines
Flat slabs and round bowls give a headline the look of early twentieth-century Egyptian type.
Posters with a period feel
ExtraBold and Black turn the slabs into heavy blocks for a poster title.
Section headings on the web
The official notes name headings and headlines as the intended use, and the variable file supplies every weight.
Slab option for short text
Per the same notes it can stand in for a sans serif at text sizes, for example in intros and captions.

Glyphs

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

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 728 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 2016 The Rokkit Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/RokkittFont)

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 Rokkitt

Albert Sans Sans Serif

Rokkitt is slab serif and Albert Sans is sans serif (9 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Alegreya Sans Sans Serif

Rokkitt is slab serif and Alegreya Sans is sans serif (7 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Alexandria Sans Serif

Rokkitt is slab serif and Alexandria is sans serif (9 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

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

body {
  font-family: "Rokkitt", serif;
}

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

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Default weight is 600
The variable file's default instance sits at SemiBold 600, so set font-weight explicitly if Regular is wanted.
Italics are recent
The italic styles were added in January 2023; earlier copies of the family have none.
Two variable files
Roman and italic are separate files, each covering weight 100 to 900.

FAQs

Is Rokkitt free for commercial use?

Yes. Rokkitt 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 Rokkitt?

Rokkitt was started by Vernon Adams, who developed it from 2011 to 2014. According to the official notes, Kalapi Gajjar completed the family in 2016.

How many weights does Rokkitt have?

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

Is Rokkitt a variable font?

Yes. Rokkitt is a variable font with one axis, weight, from 100 to 900. Its default instance is 600.

Which languages does Rokkitt support?

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

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