# SUSE font

> A variable sans serif by René Bieder with nine weights and italics, published by the SUSE project under the OFL.

SUSE is a sans serif family designed by René Bieder, with SUSE named as manufacturer inside the font files. SUSE is a variable font whose weight axis runs from Thin 100 to Black 900 in upright and italic, 18 styles in all. SUSE is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interfaces, documentation and brand text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: René Bieder
- 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 100–900)
- Glyphs: 629
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-18
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/SUSE
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/suse
- Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding

## About SUSE

SUSE is a sans serif family with open, round letterforms and strokes of even thickness. In the specimen the capitals are wide and plain, the lowercase g is a single-storey form with a hooked tail, and the tail of the Q cuts across the bowl. Stroke ends are cut cleanly and the figures stand at capital height. The family is built as a variable font with one axis, weight, from 100 to 900; nine named weights from Thin to Black come in upright and italic, which makes 18 styles. Each file holds 629 glyphs covering the Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese character sets. René Bieder is credited as designer, the name table lists SUSE as manufacturer, and the copyright notice names The SUSE Project Authors. The fonts are published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2025 The SUSE Project Authors (https://github.com/SUSE/suse-font)

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

- **Product interfaces**: Even strokes and open shapes keep menus, buttons and form labels clear, and the weight axis allows fine steps between Regular and Medium.
- **Technical documentation**: Upright and italic in the same nine weights cover body text, emphasis, notes and headings in manuals and help pages.
- **Brand and corporate material**: One family from Thin 100 to Black 900 can carry a headline, a subhead and the small print of a brochure or slide.
- **Large display lines**: Thin and ExtraLight show the round construction at poster sizes, while ExtraBold and Black give dense, compact titles.
- **Vietnamese and Central European text**: The 629 glyphs include Vietnamese and Latin Extended letters, so localised pages keep the same typeface.

## Things to know

- **Two variable files**: The package has one variable file for upright and one for italic. Each carries the full 100 to 900 weight range.
- **The axis default is Thin**: The weight axis defaults to 100, so set the weight explicitly; software that falls back to the default shows the thinnest cut.
- **No static files in the package**: Only the variable fonts are included here. Static instances of the individual weights are available from the official source.
- **Latin script only**: Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese are covered. There is no Cyrillic or Greek.

## FAQs

### Is SUSE free for commercial use?

SUSE is free to use in commercial work under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits modification and redistribution; the fonts cannot be sold by themselves, and derivatives remain under the same license. Read the license text for the exact terms.

### Who designed the SUSE font?

SUSE is credited to René Bieder. The name table lists SUSE as manufacturer, and the copyright notice names The SUSE Project Authors.

### How many weights does SUSE have?

SUSE has nine named weights, Thin 100 to Black 900, each with an italic, for 18 styles. As a variable font it can also be set at any value in between.

### Is SUSE a variable font?

Yes. SUSE is a variable font whose only axis is weight, running from 100 to 900, supplied as separate upright and italic files.

### Which languages does SUSE support?

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

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