# Tilt Neon font

> A rounded neon-tube display face whose two variable axes rotate the letters up to 45 degrees in X and Y.

Tilt Neon is a display typeface by Andy Clymer that imitates the bent glass tubes of neon shop signs. Tilt Neon is a variable font with two rotation axes, X and Y, each running from -45 to 45 degrees, and 724 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits signage-style headlines, posters and titles.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Andy Clymer
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: Yes (XROT -45–45, YROT -45–45)
- Glyphs: 724
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Tilt+Neon
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/tilt-neon
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Rounded, Signage

## About Tilt Neon

Tilt Neon is a display typeface modelled on neon signs in shop windows. It belongs to the Tilt family, with Tilt Prism and Tilt Warp, all based on the same letter model: a sign painter's geometric sans serif. In the specimen every stroke is a tube of constant thickness with round ends, and small breaks appear where one tube would stop and another begin, as in the bowls of a, d and p and at the foot of the zero. Tilt Neon is a variable font, but its axes do not change weight: Rotation in X and Rotation in Y turn the letters in space, each limited to between -45 and 45 degrees so that words stay readable. There is one Regular weight and 724 glyphs across Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Andy Clymer designed it; the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2019 The Tilt Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/Tilt-Fonts)

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

- **Neon-sign headlines**: Tube strokes with breaks at the joins reproduce bent glass, so a word in a glow colour on a dark ground reads as a sign.
- **Animated titles**: The two rotation axes can be animated, swinging a title up to 45 degrees left, right, up or down.
- **Bar, diner and venue posters**: The storefront-signage model fits opening-hours boards, gig posters and menu headers.
- **Dimensional logos**: Setting the X and Y rotation to fixed values gives a wordmark a consistent tilted perspective without 3D software.

## Things to know

- **Axes rotate, they do not embolden**: The variable axes are XROT and YROT, both from -45 to 45 with a default of 0. There is no weight axis.
- **One weight**: Only Regular 400 exists; the tube thickness is fixed.
- **Custom axes need explicit settings**: XROT and YROT are not standard registered axes, so on the web they are set through font-variation-settings.

## FAQs

### Is Tilt Neon free for commercial use?

Yes. Tilt Neon 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.

### Who designed Tilt Neon?

Tilt Neon was designed by Andy Clymer. The copyright notice names The Tilt Project Authors.

### Is Tilt Neon a variable font?

Yes. Tilt Neon is a variable font with two axes, Rotation in X and Rotation in Y, each from -45 to 45 degrees.

### What do the rotation axes in Tilt Neon do?

The Tilt Neon axes turn the glyphs horizontally and vertically in space. Rotation stops at 45 degrees either way so the letters never pass out of a readable range.

### Which languages does Tilt Neon support?

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

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/tilt-neon (trendhub)