# Sansation font

> A wide, squared sans by Bernd Montag in Light, Regular and Bold with italics, including Cyrillic and Greek.

Sansation is a sans serif family by Bernd Montag with wide letters, squared curves and a few unconventional shapes. Sansation comes in three weights, Light, Regular and Bold, each with an italic, six styles in all, with 533 glyphs covering Latin, Cyrillic and Greek. Sansation is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 for interfaces and headings.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Bernd Montag
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 6 (Light 300, Regular 400, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 533
- Character sets: cyrillic, greek, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-04-23
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sansation
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/sansation
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Interfaces, Tech

## About Sansation

Sansation is a sans serif family with wide proportions and strokes of even thickness. The specimen shows curves flattened toward rounded squares in letters such as a, e, o and s, and several shapes that depart from convention: the bars of the capital A and B run past the left stem, K and k join their arms to the stem in an unconventional way, and the ampersand is an open E-like form. Figures are wide and share the cap height. The family consists of six static files: Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700, each with an italic. It is not a variable font. The 533 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Greek. Bernd Montag is the designer named in the font, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2011 by Bernd Montag, with Reserved Font Name 'Sansation'

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

- **Technology and gaming interfaces**: Squared curves and wide letters give menus and panels a constructed, technical look.
- **Headlines with a recognisable detail**: The overshooting bars of A and B and the unusual K are noticeable at heading size.
- **Short text with emphasis**: Regular with its italic and Bold covers paragraphs, stressed words and subheads.
- **Russian and Greek versions of a design**: Cyrillic and Greek character sets sit in the same six files as the Latin.

## Things to know

- **Six static files**: Light, Regular and Bold each have an italic. There is no Medium or SemiBold step between 400 and 700.
- **Not a variable font**: Each style is a separate file, so a page that uses all six downloads six fonts.
- **Distinctive A, B and K**: The unusual construction of these letters appears in the specimen's alphabet and is part of the design, so test it on the words you plan to set.

## FAQs

### Is Sansation free for commercial use?

Yes. Sansation is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows personal and commercial use, 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 name Sansation without permission.

### Who designed Sansation?

Sansation was designed by Bernd Montag, who is named in the font's name table and in its copyright notice.

### How many weights does Sansation have?

Sansation has three weights, Light 300, Regular 400 and Bold 700. Each has an italic, which makes six styles.

### Does Sansation have italics?

Yes. Sansation includes Light Italic, Italic and Bold Italic as separate files.

### Which languages does Sansation support?

Sansation includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, French, Turkish, Polish and Czech, as well as Russian, Bulgarian and Greek.

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