Catamaran

Designed by Pria Ravichandran

9 weights • Version 28 • On Google Fonts since 2015 • Popularity #184

Quick Summary

9

Styles

100-900

Weight Range

1

Variable axis

3

Languages / Subsets

Category
sans-serif
Best for
textdisplay
Descriptors
code
Variable axes
Weight
Scripts
Latin, Tamil
Origin
India
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 10, 2025

© 2020 The Catamaran Project Authors

The quick brown fox

32px

About Catamaran Fonts

Catamaran is a Unicode-compliant Latin and Tamil text type family designed for the digital age. The Tamil is monolinear and was designed alongside the sans serif Latin and Devanagari family Palanquin.

It currently comprises of 9 text weights, making it a versatile family that strikes a balance between typographic conventions and that bit of sparkle. (A catamaran is a multihulled vessel consisting of two parallel hulls of equal size. The catamaran concept is a relative newcomer for Western boat designers, been used since time immemorial among the Dravidian people, in South India.)

The Catamaran project is led by Pria Ravichandran, a type designer from India. To contribute, visit github.com/VanillaandCream/Catamaran

Who Designed Catamaran?

Pria Ravichandran portrait

Pria Ravichandran

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