# Yatra One font

> A heavy brush-style display face for Devanagari and Latin, modelled on hand-painted Mumbai railway signs.

Yatra One is a heavy, high-contrast display typeface for the Devanagari and Latin scripts, led by Catherine Leigh Schmidt and inspired by the hand-painted signs of the Mumbai local railway. Yatra One comes in a single Regular style with 1,007 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headlines, signage and posters.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Catherine Leigh Schmidt
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1007
- Character sets: devanagari, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Yatra+One
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/yatra-one
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Branding, Signage

## About Yatra One

Yatra One is a display typeface that covers the Devanagari and Latin scripts in one heavy weight. Its starting point is the brush-painted signage of Mumbai's local railway: strokes swell and thin as a flat brush would move, terminals end in angular cuts, and the knots of the Devanagari letters are left open. The Latin letters are drawn with the brush angle of the Devanagari, so capitals such as A and Y lean and taper, and the lowercase z in the specimen takes a form close to the numeral 3. The family has one Regular style and is not a variable font. Its 1,007 glyphs cover Devanagari, Latin and Latin Extended, and the official notes mention basic alternates for Marathi. Catherine Leigh Schmidt leads the project, and the font is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2014 The Yatra Project Authors.

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

- **Signs in two scripts**: Devanagari and Latin share one brush angle and one weight, so a sign that carries both scripts reads as a single piece of lettering.
- **Poster and event titles**: The heavy weight and strong stroke contrast hold a short title at large sizes without a second font.
- **Shop fronts and menu headings**: Angular brush cuts bring the look of painted lettering to shop names, menu sections and labels.
- **Captions that mix scripts**: Because both scripts live in one file with 1,007 glyphs, a caption can switch between Devanagari and Latin words and keep one texture.

## Things to know

- **One heavy style**: Yatra One has a single Regular file, and that Regular is already drawn heavy. There is no lighter cut, bold or italic.
- **The Latin follows the Devanagari brush**: Latin letters take their stroke angle from the Devanagari, which produces unusual shapes such as a z that resembles a 3.
- **Three character sets**: The font contains Devanagari, Latin and Latin Extended. Cyrillic and Greek are not included.

## FAQs

### Is Yatra One free for commercial use?

Yes. Yatra One 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 Yatra One?

Yatra One is led by Catherine Leigh Schmidt, whom the official notes describe as a type designer based in the USA. The copyright notice names The Yatra Project Authors.

### Does Yatra One support Devanagari?

Yes. Yatra One was drawn as a Devanagari and Latin typeface, and its 1,007 glyphs include the Devanagari script alongside Latin and Latin Extended.

### How many weights does Yatra One have?

Yatra One has one weight, labelled Regular 400, although the letters themselves are drawn heavy. There is no italic.

### Which Latin-script languages does Yatra One cover?

Yatra One includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish and Romanian, in addition to the Devanagari script.

### What fonts pair well with Yatra One?

Yatra One is a title face, so running text needs a second family. This page pairs it with Hind, which also covers Devanagari and Latin and offers several weights.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/yatra-one (trendhub)
