# Tienne font

> A sturdy web serif by Vernon Adams in Regular, Bold and Black, made by interpolating two open serif families.

Tienne is a serif typeface by Vernon Adams, made for web pages by remixing two open-licensed serif families, Droid Serif and Artifika. Tienne comes in three weights, Regular, Bold and Black, without italics, and holds 350 glyphs in the Latin character set. Tienne is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headings and article text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: Vernon Adams
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 3 (Regular 400, Bold 700, Black 900)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 350
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Tienne
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/tienne
- Tagged for: Headlines, Body text, Editorial, Bold

## About Tienne

Tienne is a serif family drawn for text and display use in web browsers on desktop and mobile screens. Vernon Adams produced it by interpolating between Droid Serif and Artifika, two open-licensed families, which the Open Font License permits. In the specimen the letters are wide with a tall lowercase, the contrast between thick and thin strokes is moderate, and the serifs are short, blunt and firmly bracketed, so words hold together at small sizes. The family has three upright cuts: Regular 400, Bold 700 and Black 900. There are no italics and no variable axis. Each font holds 350 glyphs in the Latin subset, which is enough for English, French, German and Spanish and also for Polish, Czech and Hungarian. Tienne is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2011, Cyreal (www.cyreal.org), Copyright (c) 2011 by vernon adams (vern@newtypography.co.uk), Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Google, Inc (www.google.com/webfonts), with Reserved Font Names "Artifika", "Tienne"

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

- **Blog and article text**: The tall lowercase and blunt bracketed serifs keep Regular readable in paragraphs on phone and laptop screens.
- **Headlines in the same family**: Bold 700 and Black 900 are much darker than Regular, so titles and body copy can share one serif.
- **Pull quotes and standfirsts**: Black 900 set a few sizes above the text marks a quote without bringing in a second typeface.
- **Central European pages**: The Latin set includes the letters needed for Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Croatian alongside Western European languages.

## Things to know

- **No italics**: Tienne ships three upright fonts. Browsers will slant the roman artificially if italic is requested.
- **A gap between 400 and 700**: There is no Medium or SemiBold; the steps are Regular, Bold and Black.
- **Static files only**: The package holds three separate TTF files and no variable font.

## FAQs

### Is Tienne free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Tienne may be used in personal and commercial projects, changed and passed on, but the font files cannot be sold on their own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not take a Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who designed Tienne?

Tienne was designed by Vernon Adams, who built it by remixing Droid Serif and Artifika. The license notice also names Cyreal and Google.

### How many weights does Tienne have?

Tienne has three weights: Regular 400, Bold 700 and Black 900. None of them has an italic.

### Does Tienne have an italic?

No. Tienne is upright only, so emphasis has to come from the Bold or Black weight.

### Which languages does Tienne support?

Tienne includes the letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and the Nordic languages, and for Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian and Croatian.

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