# Shanti font

> A plain humanist sans in one weight, drawn by Vernon Adams for web pages on desktop and mobile screens.

Shanti is a sans serif by Vernon Adams with one Regular style, drawn as a straightforward face for web pages on desktop, laptop and mobile screens. Shanti holds 428 glyphs, fractions among them, covering Latin and Latin Extended. Shanti is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headings, navigation and short interface text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Vernon Adams
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 428
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-05-30
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Shanti
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/shanti
- Tagged for: Headlines, Interfaces, Minimalist

## About Shanti

Shanti is a sans serif typeface of moderate width with a tall lowercase and only a slight difference between thick and thin strokes. In the specimen the stroke ends of a, c and s are cut at an angle, the lowercase l finishes in a small curve to the right, and the figures match the height of the capitals. The official source, which refers to the design as Shanti One, describes a plain sans serif intended for use across the web in browsers on computers and mobile devices, and notes a later update that enlarged the glyph set, added fractions and adjusted some shapes. The family consists of one Regular style and is not a variable font. Its 428 glyphs cover the Latin and Latin Extended character sets. Vernon Adams is the designer, and the font is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2011 The Shanti Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/ShantiFont)

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

- **Navigation and interface labels**: A tall lowercase and the curved foot on l, which separates it from capital I, help short labels read quickly.
- **Web page headings**: The plain Regular works as a calm heading face over body text in a serif or another sans.
- **Recipes and measurements**: Fractions are part of the 428 glyphs, so quantities such as halves and quarters can be set as single characters.
- **Pages in Central European languages**: Latin Extended coverage includes the accents for Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian and Turkish.

## Things to know

- **One style only**: Shanti has no bold and no italic. Browsers will synthesise them if asked, which distorts the letters, so plan emphasis another way.
- **Listed as Shanti One by the source**: The official notes use the name Shanti One, while the font files and this page use the family name Shanti.
- **Latin script only**: Latin and Latin Extended are covered; Cyrillic and Greek are not.

## FAQs

### Is Shanti free for commercial use?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License 1.1 lets Shanti be used for personal and commercial jobs, embedded, modified and redistributed. The font cannot be sold on its own, though, and any modified version has to stay under the same license.

### Who designed Shanti?

Shanti was designed by Vernon Adams. The copyright notice names The Shanti Project Authors.

### How many weights does Shanti have?

Shanti has one weight, Regular 400, with no italic.

### Is Shanti the same as Shanti One?

The official source describes the design under the name Shanti One, and the font files carry the family name Shanti. This page hosts those files.

### Which languages does Shanti support?

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

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