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Sora

A wide sans with a very large x-height by Jonathan Barnbrook and Julián Moncada, variable from Thin to ExtraBold.

Sans Serif 8 styles · variable by Jonathan Barnbrook, Julián Moncada OFL

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Sora is a sans serif family by Jonathan Barnbrook and Julián Moncada, commissioned for the Sora decentralized economy developed by the Japanese company Soramitsu. Sora is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 800 and eight named weights, without italics. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits app and web interfaces.

Sora font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designers
Jonathan Barnbrook, Julián Moncada
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
8 8 weights
Variable font
Yes Weight 100–800
Glyphs
512
Languages checked
24 see the list
Last updated
version 2.000
Used for
HeadlinesInterfacesBrandingTech

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

Try Sora

Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Sora; the download contains the complete files.

Sora font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Sora specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Thin 100Sora Thin
  • ExtraLight 200Sora ExtraLight
  • Light 300Sora Light
  • Regular 400Sora Regular
  • Medium 500Sora Medium
  • SemiBold 600Sora SemiBold
  • Bold 700Sora Bold
  • ExtraBold 800Sora ExtraBold

Sora is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file, and the named weights above are positions on that range.

About Sora

Sora is a sans serif whose name means sky in Japanese. It was commissioned for the Sora project of Soramitsu, a Japanese technology company working on blockchain development. The official notes describe hints of low-resolution and early screen typography reworked for present-day displays. In the specimen the lowercase is very tall, ascenders are short, and the counters of a, e and o are wide and open, which makes the alphabet broad. The family is a variable font with one axis, weight, from 100 to 800, and eight named weights: Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold and ExtraBold. It has no italics. The font contains 512 glyphs for the Latin and Latin Extended character sets. Jonathan Barnbrook and Julián Moncada are the designers, Barnbrook Fonts is the manufacturer, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Sora works

App and web interfaces
A very tall lowercase and wide counters keep labels clear at small sizes, the use named in the official description.
Fintech and crypto products
The typeface was commissioned for a blockchain project, and its screen-derived shapes match dashboards and wallets.
Wide headlines
Broad letters in SemiBold or ExtraBold fill a hero section with few words.
Brand wordmarks
Open, round forms in the light weights give a short name a calm, technical presence.
Slide decks
Eight weights from Thin to ExtraBold separate titles, figures and notes on a slide.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 512 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2019 The Sora Project Authors (https://github.com/sora-xor/sora-font)

What the license allows

  • 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.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with Sora

Baskervville Serif

Sora is sans serif and Baskervville is serif (4 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Arvo Slab Serif

Sora is sans serif and Arvo is slab serif (2 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

DM Mono Monospace

DM Mono is a monospace family (3 weights) for code and figures next to Sora as the text face.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use Sora on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "Sora";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Sora-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 100 800;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Sora", sans-serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Sora with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

No italics
Sora has upright styles only.
Stops at ExtraBold
The weight axis ends at 800; the family has no Black.
Wide set
The letters are broad, so the same text takes more line length than in a narrower sans.

FAQs

Is Sora free for commercial use?

Yes. Sora is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which permits personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The fonts cannot be sold on their own, and modified versions must stay under the same license.

Who designed Sora?

Sora was designed by Jonathan Barnbrook and Julián Moncada. The name table lists Barnbrook Fonts as manufacturer.

How many weights does Sora have?

Sora has eight named weights, from Thin 100 to ExtraBold 800.

Is Sora a variable font?

Yes. Sora is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 800 in a single file.

What does the name Sora mean?

Sora means sky in Japanese. The Sora typeface takes its name from the Sora project of the company Soramitsu, which commissioned it.

Which languages does Sora support?

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

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