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Voces

A sans serif drawn for phonetic transcription in bilingual dictionaries, with IPA symbols among its 670 glyphs.

Sans Serif 1 style by Ana Paula Megda, Pablo Ugerman OFL

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Voces is a sans serif typeface by Ana Paula Megda and Pablo Ugerman, created to set International Phonetic Alphabet symbols in bilingual dictionaries. Voces has one Regular style with 670 glyphs, including the IPA Extensions range, Latin and Latin Extended. Voces is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits dictionaries, glossaries and compact reference text.

Voces font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designers
Ana Paula Megda, Pablo Ugerman
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
1 1 weight
Variable font
No
Glyphs
670
Languages checked
24 see the list
Last updated
version 1.100
Used for
InterfacesEditorial

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 Voces; the download contains the complete files.

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

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400Voces Regular

About Voces

Voces is a sans serif designed around one job: printing phonetic transcriptions next to ordinary words in bilingual dictionaries. To save space and survive small print sizes, the designers gave it a large x-height, short ascenders and descenders, open counters and strokes that change thickness gradually. Ink traps, small notches at the joins, keep dense corners from filling in on paper. In the specimen these choices show as a compact lowercase with a double-storey a and g and wide apertures on c, e and s. The family consists of a single Regular style with 670 glyphs. Besides Latin and Latin Extended letters, the character set contains the IPA Extensions block and many modifier letters and tone marks used in transcription.

Where Voces works

Dictionary and glossary entries
The face was conceived for bilingual dictionaries, where pronunciation in IPA follows each headword in a narrow column.
Language-learning materials
Phonetic symbols share the design of the surrounding letters, so a transcription does not switch to a fallback font.
Linguistics handouts and slides
IPA Extensions and modifier letters are present for sound charts and example transcriptions.
Small reference text
A large x-height with short extenders keeps lines close together in indexes, labels and notes.

Glyphs

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

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 670 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 (c) 2012, Ana Paula Megda (www.anamegda.com), Copyright (c) 2012, Pablo Ugerman (www.ugrdesign.com.ar), with Reserved Font Names "Voces", "Voceso Pro", "Voces UGR"

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 Voces

Cormorant Unicase Serif

Voces is sans serif and Cormorant Unicase is serif (5 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Antic Slab Slab Serif

Voces is sans serif and Antic Slab is slab serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono Monospace

Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono is a monospace family (7 weights) for code and figures next to Voces as the text face.

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

body {
  font-family: "Voces", sans-serif;
}

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

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

One style
Voces has Regular 400 only. Headwords that need bold or italic require another family or a different treatment.
Ink traps are visible when enlarged
The notches that help at dictionary sizes become a noticeable detail in large headings.
Check your symbols
The IPA Extensions range is covered almost completely, but a transcription system with rare characters should be tested against the font.

FAQs

Is Voces free for commercial use?

Yes. Voces 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 "Voces" without permission.

Who designed Voces?

Voces is the work of two designers, Pablo Ugerman and Ana Paula Megda, who also hold the copyright.

Does Voces include IPA symbols?

Yes. Voces was made for the International Phonetic Alphabet, and its 670 glyphs include the IPA Extensions block and related modifier letters.

How many weights does Voces have?

Voces has one weight, Regular 400, with no italic or bold. Voces is not a variable font.

Which languages does Voces support?

Voces includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Polish, Czech, Romanian and Turkish, in addition to phonetic symbols.

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