Cinzel

Designed by Natanael Gama

6 weights • Version 26 • On Google Fonts since 2012 • Popularity #136

Quick Summary

6

Styles

400-900

Weight Range

1

Variable axis

2

Languages / Subsets

Category
serif
Best for
display
Variable axes
Weight
Scripts
Latin
Origin
Portugal
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 10, 2025

© 2020 The Cinzel Project Authors

The quick brown fox

32px

About Cinzel Fonts

Cinzel is a typeface inspired in first century roman inscriptions, and based on classical proportions. However it’s not a simple revivalism, while it conveys all the ancient history of the latin alphabet it also merges a contemporary feel onto it.

To contribute, see github.com/NDISCOVER/Cinzel.

Who Designed Cinzel?

Natanael Gama portrait

Natanael Gama

Inspired by his early typography classes, Natanael decided to start experimenting with fonts and hasn’t stopped since. He is the designer of Exo and Cinzel, two very popular web font families. In 2011 he founded NDISCOVER, a Portuguese Digital Type Foundry. Even though play has become work for Natanael, he still enjoys designing fonts.

ndiscover.com.

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