# Science Gothic font > A four-axis variable sans: weight 100–900, width 50–200, slant to -10 degrees and a contrast axis. Science Gothic is a sans serif typeface by Thomas Phinney, Vassil Kateliev and Brandon Buerkle with squared, wide letterforms. Science Gothic is a variable font with four axes: weight from 100 to 900, width from 50 to 200, slant down to -10 and contrast from 0 to 85. Science Gothic is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. ## Facts - Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif) - Designed by: Thomas Phinney, Vassil Kateliev, Brandon Buerkle - License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/) - Styles: 18 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900) - Variable font: Yes (CTRS 0–85, slnt -10–0, wdth 50–200, wght 100–900) - Glyphs: 1302 - Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese - Last updated: 2025-11-20 - Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Science+Gothic - Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/science-gothic - Tagged for: Headlines, Branding, Bold, Tech ## About Science Gothic Science Gothic is a sans serif family whose curves are flattened into rounded rectangles: O, C, D and the zero have straight sides and tight corners, and at the default width the letters stand broad and low. Its reach comes from four variable axes in one file. Weight runs from Thin 100 to Black 900 in nine named steps. Width runs from 50 to 200, from half the normal width to double. Slant leans the letters by up to 10 degrees, which is how the italic styles are produced, and brings the count to 18 styles. A contrast axis, from 0 to 85, thins the horizontal strokes relative to the verticals. The font carries 1,302 glyphs with Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese and Cyrillic character sets. Thomas Phinney, Vassil Kateliev and Brandon Buerkle are the designers, and Font Detective LLC holds the copyright. ## License SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2024 Font Detective LLC 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 - **Headlines fitted to any measure**: A width axis from 50 to 200 lets a title be squeezed into a narrow column or stretched across a banner. - **Technology and science branding**: Squared bowls and flat-sided curves give names and labels an engineered, instrument-panel look. - **Responsive and animated type**: Four axes in one variable file can be driven from CSS to change weight, width, slant and contrast on the fly. - **Sports and motorsport graphics**: Wide Black letters with slant applied read as fast, heavy numbers and names. - **Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian titles**: The Cyrillic character set follows the same squared construction as the Latin. ## Things to know - **Slant, not a separate italic**: Italic styles come from the slant axis, 0 to -10. There is no separate italic file. - **Contrast is a custom axis**: The CTRS axis is not a standard registered axis; it has to be set by its tag in font-variation-settings. - **One variable file**: The package contains one variable TTF. The 81 static instances from the source are not included. - **No Greek**: Cyrillic and Vietnamese are present; Greek is not. ## FAQs ### Is Science Gothic free for commercial use? Yes. Science Gothic 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. ### Who designed Science Gothic? Science Gothic was designed by Thomas Phinney, Vassil Kateliev and Brandon Buerkle. The copyright notice names Font Detective LLC. ### How many weights does Science Gothic have? Science Gothic has nine weights, Thin 100 to Black 900. With the slanted versions that makes 18 styles, before width and contrast are varied. ### Is Science Gothic a variable font? Yes. Science Gothic is a variable font with weight (100 to 900), width (50 to 200), slant (-10 to 0) and contrast (0 to 85) axes. ### Does Science Gothic have italics? Science Gothic produces its italics through a slant axis that leans the letters by up to 10 degrees. ### Which languages does Science Gothic support? Science Gothic includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, French, Turkish, Polish and Vietnamese, as well as Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian. --- Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/science-gothic (trendhub)