# Telex font

> A humanist sans serif in one Regular style, drawn by Andres Torresi as a web font for normal text sizes.

Telex is a humanist sans serif designed by Andres Torresi for HT Fonts and conceived as a web font for ordinary text sizes. Telex ships as one Regular style with 267 glyphs covering basic Latin. Telex is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interface copy, captions and short headings on screen.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: HT Fonts, Andres Torresi
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 267
- Character sets: latin
- Last updated: 2026-06-30
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Telex
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/telex
- Tagged for: Headlines, Interfaces

## About Telex

Telex is a humanist sans serif with low stroke contrast and wide, open letterforms. In the specimen the lowercase is broad, the openings of a, c, e and s stay clear, and stroke endings are cut at a slight angle, so the letters keep a trace of the pen. The official notes say the design started from shapes fitted to the pixel grid and grew into a general-purpose face for screen text. The family is a single Regular 400 file with no italic or bold, and it is not a variable font. Its 267 glyphs cover the basic Latin set; the letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch and the Nordic languages are present. Andres Torresi designed Telex for HT Fonts, and it is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2011 The Telex Project Authors (andres.torresi@htfonts.com), with Reserved Font Name Telex.

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

- **Interface copy on the web**: Telex was conceived as a web font for normal text sizes; its wide proportions and open counters keep labels and short paragraphs clear on screen.
- **Captions and small print**: Low stroke contrast leaves no thin hairlines to drop out when captions and footnotes are set small.
- **Short headings**: At large sizes the angled stroke endings become visible and give a one-weight heading some character without ornament.
- **Western European sites**: The 267 glyphs include the accents for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and the Nordic languages, enough for a site written in one of them.

## Things to know

- **One style only**: Telex has Regular 400 and nothing else. With no italic or bold, emphasis has to come from size, colour or a second family.
- **Basic Latin coverage**: The file is listed under the Latin subset only; its Latin Extended coverage was too thin to count. Check the character set before setting Central European languages in Telex.
- **Reserved Font Name**: The license notice reserves the name Telex, so a modified version has to be released under a different name.

## FAQs

### Is Telex free for commercial use?

Yes. Telex is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license and may not use the Reserved Font Name Telex without permission.

### Who designed Telex?

Telex was designed by Andres Torresi for HT Fonts. The copyright notice names The Telex Project Authors.

### How many weights does Telex have?

Telex has one weight, Regular 400. There is no italic and no bold.

### Is Telex suitable for body text?

Telex was drawn for legibility at normal text sizes on the web, so paragraphs read comfortably. The limit is the family itself: with a single Regular style, Telex cannot mark emphasis with italic or bold.

### Which languages does Telex support?

Telex includes the letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Catalan and Estonian.

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