Karla

Designed by Jonny Pinhorn

7 weights • Version 33 • On Google Fonts since 2012 • Popularity #43

Quick Summary

14

Styles · incl. italic

200-800

Weight Range

1

Variable axis

2

Languages / Subsets

Category
sans-serif
Best for
textdisplay
Descriptors
grotesqueexpanded
Variable axes
Weight
Scripts
Latin
Origin
United Kingdom
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 11, 2025

© 2019 The Karla Project Authors

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About Karla Fonts

Karla is a grotesque sans serif family which has been expanded now to a variable font with a weight axis ranging from ExtraLight to ExtraBold plus full support of Western, Central, and South-Eastern European languages.

To contribute, see github.com/googlefonts/karla.

Who Designed Karla?

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After completing an MA in Type Design at the University of Reading, Jonny went on to design Karla for Google Fonts. Karla is a popular and quirky sans-serif typeface that supports both Latin and Tamil scripts. His continued fascination with India and Indian languages led him to ITF, where he worked for three years. Jonny continues to work exclusively on Indic scripts—including Shrikhand and Atithi most recently.

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