# Sail font

> A high-contrast italic display face whose capitals trail hairline loops, drawn by Miguel Hernandez; one style.

Sail is a display typeface by Miguel Hernandez that joins a heavy, high-contrast italic lowercase to capitals with hairline swashes. Sail has one Regular style with 222 glyphs for Western European languages. Sail is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is meant for headlines, posters, logos and other short lines of large type.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Miguel Hernandez
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 222
- Character sets: latin
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sail
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/sail
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Logos, Elegant

## About Sail

Sail is a display typeface in a slanted, high-contrast style: thick main strokes, hairline connections and round ball terminals. The lowercase in the specimen is dense and dark, with letters that stand apart instead of joining, and the figures are old-style, rising and dropping around the x-height. The capitals are a different matter. Most begin or end in a thin looping swash, so A, S, Q and R spread well beyond their own width. The official description assigns the face to headlines, display and poster work. The family is one Regular style and is not a variable font. Its 222 glyphs cover the basic Latin set for languages such as French, Spanish, German and Italian. Miguel Hernandez designed Sail, the copyright belongs to LatinoType, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2011 by LatinoType Limitada (luciano@latinotype.com), with Reserved Font Names "Sail"

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

- **Poster and magazine headlines**: Swashed capitals followed by the dark lowercase give a short title strong contrast at large size.
- **Restaurant and boutique logos**: A capital with a hairline loop works as the lead letter of a wordmark.
- **Navigation and menu headings**: The official description singles out the capitals for display text and web navigation.
- **Invitation headings**: A name or a single line gains a formal look from the thick and thin strokes; details need a plainer face.

## Things to know

- **Capitals carry swashes**: A run of capitals, as in the specimen's alphabet row, overlaps and tangles. Use them one at a time before lowercase.
- **One style**: Regular is the only cut. It is already slanted, and there is no upright or bold.
- **Hairlines need size**: The thin loops are a small fraction of the main stroke width and fade at small sizes or in reversed print.
- **Western Latin coverage**: Turkish, Polish, Czech and Hungarian letters are not among the 222 glyphs.

## FAQs

### Is Sail free for commercial use?

Sail may be used in commercial work at no charge under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which also permits changing and redistributing the files. The font cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use the reserved name Sail without permission.

### Who designed Sail?

Sail was designed by Miguel Hernandez. The copyright notice in the font names LatinoType.

### How many weights does Sail have?

Sail has one weight, Regular 400, in a single slanted style.

### Is Sail a script font?

Sail has swash capitals like a script, but its lowercase letters do not join. It is classed here as a display face.

### Which languages does Sail support?

Sail includes the letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Catalan, Estonian and the Nordic languages.

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