# Ubuntu Sans font > A humanist sans from the Ubuntu project with weight and width axes, started for menus, buttons and dialogs. Ubuntu Sans is a sans serif family credited to Dalton Maag and funded by Canonical for the Ubuntu project. Ubuntu Sans is a variable font whose weight axis runs from Thin 100 to ExtraBold 800 and whose width axis runs from 75 to 100, with italics. It is released under the Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0 and suits interface text. ## Facts - Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif) - Designed by: Dalton Maag - License: Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0 (https://ubuntu.com/legal/font-licence) - Styles: 16 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800; with italics) - Variable font: Yes (wdth 75–100, wght 100–800) - Glyphs: 1849 - Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext - Last updated: 2025-09-02 - Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Ubuntu+Sans - Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/ubuntu-sans - Tagged for: Body text, Interfaces, Branding ## About Ubuntu Sans Ubuntu Sans is a sans serif family made for the Ubuntu operating system, where it was meant to carry the system's personality into each menu, button and dialog. In the specimen the strokes stay nearly even in thickness, lowercase letters such as u and n drop the small spur where the curve meets the stem, and curves end in soft cuts, so words have a rounded outline. The family ships as two variable files, upright and italic, each with a weight axis from 100 to 800 and a width axis from 75 to 100. Eight named weights with italics make 16 styles. The fonts hold 1,849 glyphs and cover Latin, Cyrillic and Greek character sets. Canonical funded the development; the technical design work is credited to Dalton Maag, with Type Network, DJR and Dual Type also named. The license is the Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0. ## License Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0. Copyright 2011, 2022, 2023 Canonical Ltd. Licensed under the Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0 Allowed: - Use the fonts in personal and commercial work. - Modify the fonts and redistribute them, on their own or bundled with software. Conditions: - Copies must keep the copyright notice and the license text. - Modified versions stay under the same license, and the license sets naming rules for them: a substantially changed version must be renamed. Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://ubuntu.com/legal/font-licence ## Where it works - **Desktop and web interfaces**: The family was started for interface text, and the steps from Thin to ExtraBold separate labels, menu items and window titles. - **Tight layouts**: The width axis narrows the letters down to 75, which fits table headers, sidebars and long button labels without bringing in a second family. - **Documentation and help pages**: Regular with its italic handles running text, while Medium and SemiBold mark terms and headings in manuals and release notes. - **Products in Latin, Cyrillic and Greek**: The character sets include the letters for languages such as German, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Greek, so one family can serve several locales. - **Open-source project identity**: The Ubuntu Font Licence lets projects modify and redistribute the fonts as long as the notices stay with them, so the family can be bundled with software. ## Things to know - **Weight stops at ExtraBold**: The weight axis ends at 800. There is no Black 900 in Ubuntu Sans. - **The width axis only narrows**: Width runs from 75 to 100 and the default, 100, is the widest setting; there is no expanded range. - **A license of its own**: Ubuntu Sans uses the Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0, not the SIL Open Font License. A substantially changed version has to be renamed. - **Two variable files**: The package holds one upright and one italic variable font. Static files for individual weights come from the official source. ## FAQs ### Is Ubuntu Sans free for commercial use? Yes. Ubuntu Sans is published under the Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0, which allows use, modification and redistribution, including in commercial work. Copyright and license notices have to stay with the fonts, and a substantially changed version must be renamed. ### Who designed Ubuntu Sans? Ubuntu Sans is credited to Dalton Maag, and the copyright belongs to Canonical Ltd, which funded the work. The official notes also name Type Network, DJR and Dual Type for technical design and implementation. ### How many weights does Ubuntu Sans have? Ubuntu Sans has eight named weights, from Thin 100 to ExtraBold 800, each with an italic, for 16 styles. As a variable font it can also be set at any value in between. ### Is Ubuntu Sans a variable font? Yes. Ubuntu Sans is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 800 and a width axis from 75 to 100, in separate upright and italic files. ### Which languages does Ubuntu Sans support? Ubuntu Sans includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Turkish and Polish, together with Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Greek. --- Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/ubuntu-sans (trendhub)