# Sumana font

> A text serif for Devanagari and Latin from Cyreal, whose Latin is derived from Lora and re-proportioned to match.

Sumana is a serif family for the Latin and Devanagari scripts from the foundry Cyreal, made for text setting and web use. The Devanagari is by Alexei Vanyashin, and the Latin is derived from Lora by Olga Karpushina. Sumana has two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Cyreal
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 2 (Regular 400, Bold 700)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 750
- Character sets: devanagari, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sumana
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/sumana
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial, Elegant

## About Sumana

Sumana is a serif family that sets Latin and Devanagari side by side in running text. Its Latin has moderate contrast, bracketed serifs and brush-like curves, with a round ball on the a and a tail on the Q that sweeps to the right in the specimen. That Latin comes from Lora by Olga Karpushina, with vertical and horizontal metrics adjusted to sit better beside the Devanagari. Alexei Vanyashin drew the Devanagari in 2014 and 2015 for Cyreal; his notes say he kept it near a traditional Indian calligraphic model while borrowing graphic ideas from the Latin, and that it was his first design for the script. The family has two styles, Regular and Bold, with 750 glyphs each. Sumana means flower in Sanskrit.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2011-2015, Cyreal (www.cyreal.org a@cyreal.org)

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

- **Hindi and English articles**: Both scripts were tuned to share metrics, so bilingual paragraphs keep an even line.
- **Web text in Devanagari**: The official notes name text setting and web use as the purpose of the family.
- **Literary and cultural publishing**: The Devanagari follows a calligraphic model, giving essays and poetry a written warmth.
- **Headings in the Bold**: With two weights, the Bold marks titles and subheads above Regular text.

## Things to know

- **No italic**: Sumana has Regular and Bold only.
- **Latin metrics differ from Lora**: Although the Latin is derived from Lora, its vertical and horizontal metrics were changed to match the Devanagari, so the two are not interchangeable line for line.
- **Static fonts**: The family is supplied as two static files and is not a variable font.

## FAQs

### Is Sumana free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Sumana may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and passed on, but the font files cannot be sold on their own and a modified version must keep the same license.

### Who designed Sumana?

Sumana is a Cyreal project. Alexei Vanyashin designed the Devanagari, and the Latin is derived from Lora by Olga Karpushina.

### How many weights does Sumana have?

Sumana has two weights, Regular 400 and Bold 700, and no italics.

### Does Sumana support Hindi?

Sumana includes the Devanagari script, used for Hindi and other languages, along with Latin letters for English, German, French, Turkish, Polish and other European languages.

### How is Sumana related to Lora?

The Latin part of Sumana is derived from Lora, with metrics adjusted to match the Devanagari. Both names mean flower, Sumana in Sanskrit and Lora in Spanish according to the official notes.

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