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Teachers

A geometric sans with schoolbook letter shapes, variable from Regular 400 to ExtraBold 800 with italics, for grades K–6.

Sans Serif 10 styles · variable by Alfredo Marco Pradil, Chank Diesel OFL

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Teachers is a geometric sans serif made for educational publishing, with letters shaped the way American children are taught to write them. Teachers is a variable font with five named weights from Regular 400 to ExtraBold 800 and matching italics. Credited to Alfredo Marco Pradil and Chank Diesel, Teachers is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Teachers font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designers
Alfredo Marco Pradil, Chank Diesel
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
10 5 weights, with italics
Variable font
Yes Weight 400–800
Glyphs
345
Languages checked
24 see the list
Last updated
version 1.001
Used for
Body textEditorialGeometricKids

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

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Sample text

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

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

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400Teachers Regular Italic
  • Medium 500Teachers Medium Medium Italic
  • SemiBold 600Teachers SemiBold SemiBold Italic
  • Bold 700Teachers Bold Bold Italic
  • ExtraBold 800Teachers ExtraBold ExtraBold Italic

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

About Teachers

Teachers is a geometric sans serif family created for publishers, teachers, students and parents of children from kindergarten to sixth grade. Its letters follow the models used in American grade schools: in the specimen the a and g are single-storey, the capital I and J carry horizontal bars, the q ends in a hooked tail, and the 4 is open at the top. The family is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 800, five named weights (Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold and ExtraBold) and an italic for each, 10 styles in all, supplied as one upright and one italic file. Each holds 345 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended. According to the official notes, Chank Diesel assembled Teachers by editing the open-source Glacial Indifference fonts by Alfredo Marco Pradil. It is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Teachers works

Worksheets and handwriting practice
Single-storey a and g and the open 4 match the shapes pupils are asked to write.
Children's books and magazines
The official notes name magazines and books as the first intended use, and five weights with italics cover text, captions and headings.
Classroom posters and labels
Bold and ExtraBold keep the same simple shapes at display sizes on walls and folders.
School newsletters and websites
The variable weight axis from 400 to 800 lets one pair of files serve body text and headings on a page.

Glyphs

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

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 345 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 2023 The Teachers Project Authors (https://github.com/chankfonts/Teachers-fonts)

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 Teachers

Abyssinica SIL Serif

Teachers is sans serif and Abyssinica SIL is serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Besley Slab Serif

Teachers is sans serif and Besley is slab serif (6 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

B612 Mono Monospace

B612 Mono is a monospace family (2 weights) for code and figures next to Teachers 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 Teachers 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: "Teachers";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Teachers-Italic-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400 800;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Teachers";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Teachers-VariableFont_wght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400 800;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

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

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

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Nothing lighter than Regular
The weight range begins at 400 and ends at 800; there is no Light or Thin.
Medium is in the files
The official description does not list Medium; the current files include Medium and Medium Italic, for 10 styles.
Two variable files
The download holds one variable file for the upright styles and one for the italics.

FAQs

Is Teachers free for commercial use?

Yes. Teachers is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1: it may be used in personal and commercial work, modified and redistributed. It cannot be sold by itself, and a modified version must keep the same license.

Who designed Teachers?

Teachers is credited to Alfredo Marco Pradil and Chank Diesel. The official notes say Chank Diesel assembled the Teachers family from the open-source Glacial Indifference fonts drawn by Pradil.

How many weights does Teachers have?

Teachers has five named weights from Regular 400 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic, 10 styles in total.

Is Teachers a variable font?

Yes. Teachers is a variable font with a weight axis running from 400 to 800, in separate upright and italic files.

Why does Teachers use a single-storey a?

Teachers was made to show letters as American children learn to draw them, so the a and g use the simple one-storey forms of handwriting.

Which languages does Teachers support?

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

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