# Katagami Sans Katagami Sans is the core member of the family. It is a sans serif for interfaces and display with squared bowls, level cuts and square punctuation. > Handgloves 0123456789 > The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ## Specifications | | Katagami Sans | |---|---| | Weights | 100 to 900, variable | | Named styles | Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, Black | | Glyphs | 11,242 | | Characters | 6,580 | | Units per em | 2,048 | | Cap height | 1490 units, 0.728 em | | x-height | 1118 units, 0.546 em | | Scripts drawn or merged | 22 | | OpenType features you can switch | 41 | | File | `KatagamiSans[wght].ttf`, 4.5 MB | | License | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | | Version | 0.1 | ## Design - Bowls are squared 0.36 of the way toward their corners in capitals and 0.32 of the way in lowercase. - Round letters are condensed so that o matches n in width. - The ends of c, e, s, a and g are cut level. - Periods, commas, quotes and the dots on i and j are square. - The compact f has a crossbar that reaches 0.8 of a Regular stem past its stem at every weight. - The figures are a long-flag 1, a flat-top 3, an open 4 and a 6 and 9 with straight stems. - Quarter arcs reach 0.73 of the way to their corners. The arcs of a circle reach 0.552. ## Coverage Katagami Sans has 6,580 characters and covers 22 scripts. Chinese, Japanese and Korean come from the four Katagami CJK companions, which the web stylesheet assigns to this member. The [map](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/map) shows the languages it sets, and the [glyphs page](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/glyphs) shows every character. | Script | Characters | |---|---| | Latin | 783 | | Greek | 338 | | Cyrillic | 251 | | Devanagari | 201 | | Arabic | 1,213 | | Bengali | 96 | | Gurmukhi | 80 | | Gujarati | 91 | | Odia | 91 | | Tamil | 72 | | Telugu | 100 | | Kannada | 91 | | Malayalam | 118 | | Sinhala | 111 | | Thai | 87 | | Lao | 83 | | Myanmar | 223 | | Ethiopic | 523 | | Hebrew | 134 | | Armenian | 96 | | Georgian | 174 | | Khmer | 146 | ## Web setup Link the stylesheet, then set the family. Each script is its own file, so a page loads only the scripts it shows. ```html ``` ```css body { font-family: "Katagami Sans", system-ui, sans-serif; } ``` You can also [download the fonts](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/download). `KatagamiSans[wght].ttf` is one variable file with every weight. ## OpenType features Turn each feature on with `font-feature-settings`. The [features page](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/features) shows each one off and on. - `c2sc` Small capitals from capitals - `calt` Contextual alternates - `case` Case-sensitive forms - `cv01` Short-flag one - `cv02` Closed four - `cv03` Curved six - `cv04` Curved nine - `cv05` Lower-case L with tail - `cv06` Simplified u - `cv07` Alternate sharp s - `cv08` Upper-case i with serif - `cv09` Round-top three - `cv10` Capital G with spur - `cv11` Single-story a - `cv12` Wide f - `cv13` Compact t - `cv14` Alternate capital sharp S - `cv15` Simplified tabular one - `cv16` Lower-case a with tail - `dlig` Discretionary ligatures - `dnom` Denominators - `frac` Fractions - `liga` Standard ligatures - `numr` Numerators - `ordn` Ordinals - `pnum` Proportional figures - `salt` Stylistic alternates - `sinf` Scientific inferiors - `smcp` Small capitals - `ss01` Curved digits - `ss02` Disambiguation - `ss03` Round quotes & commas - `ss04` Disambiguation (no slashed zero) - `ss05` Circled characters - `ss06` Squared characters - `ss07` Round punctuation - `ss08` Square quotes - `subs` Subscript - `sups` Superscript - `tnum` Tabular figures - `zero` Slashed zero ## Questions **Is Katagami Sans free for commercial use?** Katagami Sans is free for commercial use. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows you to use and change it in commercial and non-commercial products. Keep the license with the files when you share them. **Which weights does Katagami Sans have?** Katagami Sans has every weight from 100 to 900 on one variable axis. Its named styles run from Thin to Black. **Does Katagami Sans have italics?** Katagami Sans has no italics yet. Version 0.1 is upright, and italics come after hand corrections. ## Comparisons - [Katagami vs Inter](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-inter): Katagami starts from Inter's open-source outlines, and both families are free under the SIL Open Font License. Katagami squares the curves and cuts terminals level. It adds a rounded member, a reading member, a serif and a mono, and it merges 19 more scripts. - [Katagami vs Geist](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-geist): Geist and Katagami are both free families with a sans and a mono under the SIL Open Font License. Katagami adds a rounded sans, a reading face and a serif, and sets 22 scripts plus Chinese, Japanese and Korean. - [Katagami vs IBM Plex](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-ibm-plex): IBM Plex and Katagami are both free families with a sans, a serif and a mono under the SIL Open Font License. - [Katagami vs Roboto](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-roboto): Roboto is Google's interface typeface. Katagami Sans is a squared sans with four sibling members, and it is free under the SIL Open Font License. - [Katagami vs SF Pro](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-sf-pro): SF Pro is Apple's system typeface, and its license covers designing interfaces for Apple platforms. Katagami is free to use and ship in any product under the SIL Open Font License. - [Katagami vs Helvetica](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-helvetica): Helvetica is a commercial typeface licensed from Monotype. Katagami Sans is free under the SIL Open Font License. - [Katagami Sans vs Camber](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-sans-vs-camber): Camber is a commercial sans with squared curves. Katagami Sans was measured against it for proportion and curve shape, contains none of its outlines, and is free under the SIL Open Font License. - [Katagami vs Noto Sans](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/compare/katagami-vs-noto-sans): The Noto project covers the scripts of Unicode across many fonts, and Noto Sans is its font for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. Katagami draws its own Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. It merges 19 scripts from the Noto Sans fonts and scales them to Katagami's x-height. ## The rest of the family - [Katagami Round](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/katagami-round): Katagami Round is a free rounded sans serif. - [Katagami Text](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/katagami-text): Katagami Text is a free sans serif for long reading. - [Katagami Serif](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/katagami-serif): Katagami Serif is a free serif font with rectangular serifs. - [Katagami Mono](https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/katagami-mono): Katagami Mono is a free monospace font for code. --- Source: https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/katagami-sans