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Trocchi

A casual slab serif by Vernon Adams with ball terminals and old-style figures, in a single weight.

Slab Serif 1 style by Vernon Adams OFL

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Trocchi is a slab serif typeface by Vernon Adams, derived from nineteenth-century English slab faces and made more casual. Trocchi has one Regular style with 432 glyphs covering Latin and Latin Extended, and is not a variable font. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headlines, pull quotes and short editorial text.

Trocchi font preview card
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Designer
Vernon Adams
Classification
Slab Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
1 1 weight
Variable font
No
Glyphs
432
Languages checked
24 see the list
Last updated
version 1.101; ttfautohint (v1.8.4.7-5d5b);gftools[0.9.27]
Used for
HeadlinesEditorialRetro

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 Trocchi; the download contains the complete files.

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

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400Trocchi Regular

About Trocchi

Trocchi is a slab serif with a relaxed character. Vernon Adams derived it from several old faces linked to the English typecutter Vincent Figgins and loosened those models into something more casual, intended for both text and display. The specimen shows sturdy, bracketed slab serifs, moderate contrast, and round ball terminals on a, c, f, r and y. The figures are old-style: 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 drop below the baseline while 6 and 8 rise above the others. The letters are wide and the colour is dark for a regular weight. The name honours Alexander Trocchi, a Scottish novelist. The family has one Regular style with 432 glyphs across Latin and Latin Extended and is not a variable font. It is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Trocchi works

Editorial headlines
Wide letters, slab serifs and ball terminals give a headline a nineteenth-century newspaper flavour without stiffness.
Pull quotes and standfirsts
Dark colour at Regular weight sets a quotation apart from lighter body text.
Dates and prices in text
Old-style figures blend with lowercase, so years and amounts do not stand out as capitals-height blocks.
Book covers and literary posters
A face named after a novelist and built on Victorian slab models fits titles for fiction and readings.

Glyphs

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

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 432 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 2012 The Trocchi Project Authors (https://github.com/m4rc1e/Trocchi)

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 Trocchi

Open Sans Sans Serif

Trocchi is slab serif and Open Sans is sans serif (6 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Montserrat Alternates Sans Serif

Trocchi is slab serif and Montserrat Alternates is sans serif (9 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

News Cycle Sans Serif

Trocchi is slab serif and News Cycle is sans serif (2 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

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 Trocchi 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: "Trocchi";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/Trocchi-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Trocchi", serif;
}

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

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Old-style figures by default
Numerals rise and fall like lowercase in the specimen; they do not align in height for tables.
Single weight
Trocchi has Regular 400 only, without bold or italic.
Classed here as a slab serif
The source catalogue files Trocchi under serif and display; its own description calls it a slab serif.

FAQs

Is Trocchi free for commercial use?

Trocchi can be used in commercial work at no cost under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits changes and redistribution, but the fonts cannot be sold by themselves and modified versions must remain under the same license. Read the license text for the exact terms.

Who designed Trocchi?

Trocchi was designed by Vernon Adams. The copyright notice names The Trocchi Project Authors.

Where does the name Trocchi come from?

Trocchi takes its name from Alexander Trocchi, a Scottish novelist.

How many weights does Trocchi have?

Trocchi has one weight, Regular 400, with no italic.

Which languages does Trocchi support?

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

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