Orbitron

Designed by Matt McInerney

6 weights • Version 35 • On Google Fonts since 2010 • Popularity #123

Quick Summary

6

Styles

400-900

Weight Range

1

Variable axis

1

Languages / Subsets

Category
sans-serif
Best for
display
Descriptors
geometricsignage
Variable axes
Weight
Scripts
Latin
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 5, 2025

© 2018 The Orbitron Project Authors

The quick brown fox

32px

About Orbitron Fonts

Orbitron is a geometric sans-serif typeface intended for display purposes. It features four weights (light, medium, bold, and black), stylistic alternatives, small caps, and a ton of alternate glyphs. Orbitron was designed so that graphic designers in the future will have some alternative to typefaces like Eurostile or Bank Gothic. If you’ve ever seen a futuristic sci-fi movie, you may have noticed that all other fonts have been lost or destroyed in the apocalypse that led humans to flee earth. Only those very few geometric typefaces have survived to be used on spaceship exteriors, spacestation signage, monopolistic corporate branding, uniforms featuring aerodynamic shoulder pads, etc. Of course Orbitron could also be used on the posters for the movies portraying this inevitable future. It was initially published on the League of Movable Type.

Orbitron was remastered as a variable font in 2019. To contribute updates or file issues, see https://github.com/theleagueof/orbitron.

Who Designed Orbitron?

Matt McInerney portrait

Matt McInerney

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