# Spectral font

> A screen-first text serif by Production Type in seven weights with italics, including Cyrillic and small caps.

Spectral is a serif typeface by Production Type, commissioned by Google Fonts and intended mainly for long-form reading on screens. Spectral has seven weights from ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic, as 14 static files with 1,446 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Production Type
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 14 (ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800; with italics)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1446
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Spectral
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/spectral
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial, Elegant

## About Spectral

Spectral is a serif family made by Production Type on commission from Google Fonts, with text-heavy, screen-first settings and long reading as its main purpose. In the specimen the letters have clear thick and thin strokes, sharp bracketed serifs, a small-eyed e and a compact lowercase with tall ascenders; the capitals are wide and the quotation marks are wedge-shaped. The family has seven weights, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold and ExtraBold, each in roman and italic, 14 styles supplied as static files; it is not a variable font. Each font holds 1,446 glyphs for Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese and Cyrillic, and the official description mentions small caps. The font's name table names Jean-Baptiste Levee as designer and Production Type as manufacturer. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2017 The Spectral Project Authors (https://github.com/productiontype/Spectral)

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

- **Long articles and essays**: The family is aimed at long-form reading on screens, with Regular and Italic for the text.
- **Book-style documents**: Small caps, seven weights and true italics supply the pieces of traditional book typography in reports and e-books.
- **Elegant headlines**: ExtraLight and Light show the sharp serifs and stroke contrast at large sizes for titles and openers.
- **Russian and Ukrainian publications**: Cyrillic and extended Cyrillic character sets let the same serif set Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian text.
- **Editorial brand systems**: Weights up to ExtraBold provide emphasis, section labels and quotes without a second serif.

## Things to know

- **Static files, not variable**: Spectral ships as 14 separate TTF files, one per weight and italic.
- **No Thin or Black**: The range runs from ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800.
- **Small caps included**: The official description lists small caps; they are reached through OpenType features in software that supports them.

## FAQs

### Is Spectral free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Spectral 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 Spectral?

Spectral is credited to Production Type and was commissioned by Google Fonts. The font's name table names Jean-Baptiste Levee as designer.

### How many weights does Spectral have?

Spectral has seven weights, from ExtraLight 200 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic, for 14 styles.

### Is Spectral a variable font?

No. Spectral is not a variable font; each of its 14 styles is a static file.

### Which languages does Spectral support?

Spectral includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Polish, Turkish and Vietnamese, and for Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian.

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