# Sofia Sans font

> A sans serif first drawn for Bulgaria's capital, covering Latin, Cyrillic and Greek with a weight axis from 1 to 1000.

Sofia Sans is a sans serif by Botio Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova of Lettersoup, first designed as the typeface of the city of Sofia. Sofia Sans is a variable font with a weight axis from 1 to 1000, nine named weights and italics, and covers Latin, Cyrillic and Greek. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Lettersoup, Botio Nikoltchev, Ani Petrova
- 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; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 1–1000)
- Glyphs: 938
- Character sets: cyrillic, greek, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sofia+Sans
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/sofia-sans
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding, Signage

## About Sofia Sans

Sofia Sans is a sans serif that began, according to the official notes, as a typeface for Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, and grew into a system of four widths; this is the normal one. The notes trace its model to technical sans serifs of the early twentieth century. In the specimen that shows as upright, slightly narrow letters with taut curves, softened corners and a tall lowercase, with straight-sided parentheses and straight slanted quotation marks. The family is a variable font: its weight axis runs from 1 to 1000, and nine named weights from Thin to Black come in roman and italic, 18 styles. Each font holds 938 glyphs across Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Greek, and the official description mentions small caps, several figure styles, arrows and circled numerals. Lettersoup publishes the family under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2019 The Sofia Sans Project Authors (https://github.com/lettersoup/Sofia-Sans)

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

- **City and institutional identities**: The design started as a municipal typeface, and its range from Thin to Black covers logotypes, documents and signs.
- **Products for Latin, Cyrillic and Greek readers**: Three scripts in one family let Bulgarian, Greek and English versions of a site share a typeface.
- **Interface and body text**: A tall lowercase and slightly narrow letters keep paragraphs and labels economical with space.
- **Signage and maps**: Arrows and circled numerals listed among the font's features serve directions, legends and numbered points.
- **Editorial typography**: Small caps and several figure styles support bylines, tables and running text.

## Things to know

- **Weight axis from 1 to 1000**: The axis extends beyond the named Thin 100 and Black 900, and its default is 400.
- **Normal width of a larger system**: Semi Condensed, Condensed and Extra Condensed versions are published as separate families.
- **Two variable files**: The roman and the italic are separate variable fonts.

## FAQs

### Is Sofia Sans free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Sofia Sans may be used in client and commercial work, embedded, modified and redistributed; it cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version stays under the same license. Check the license text for the exact terms.

### Who designed Sofia Sans?

Sofia Sans was designed by Botio Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova and is published by Lettersoup. The copyright notice names The Sofia Sans Project Authors.

### How many weights does Sofia Sans have?

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

### Is Sofia Sans a variable font?

Yes. Sofia Sans is a variable font with one axis, weight, running from 1 to 1000.

### Which languages does Sofia Sans support?

Sofia Sans includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, Polish and Turkish, and for Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian and Greek.

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