Lexend

Classification

Font Technology

Variable Font with 1 axis
Weight (wght): 100–900

How To Use Lexend

To use Lexend in your web project, either search Google Fonts and use their embed code or host the font on your server and use the CSS below. Note: fonts served by Google Fonts may be missing some OpenType features that are available in the original font.
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Lexend';
  src: url('<YOUR SERVER PATH>Lexend[wght].ttf') format(woff2);
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-stretch: 100%;
  font-style: normal;
}

Description

Lexend fonts are intended to reduce visual stress and so improve reading performance. Initially they were designed with dyslexia and struggling readers in mind, but Bonnie Shaver-Troup, creator of the Lexend project, soon found out that these fonts are also great for everyone else. The first set of Lexend fonts by Thomas Jockin ( Deca , Exa , Giga , Mega , Peta , Tera , Zetta ) becomes wider and more openly spaced (also known as "tracked out"). This new version of Lexend is a variable font with a weight axis. Please note that the initial release of this font had a lighter Regular weight. It has been decided for the update of July 2021 to align the Regular weight with the one of Lexend Deca which is slightly bolder. Lexend and Lexend Deca are therefore the same (for now…). Ultimately this version will offer a HyperExpansion axis which will allow variation of inner and outer space of letterforms. True to Bonnie’s vision, Lexend fonts are freely available for all since 2019 in Google Fonts. To contribute, see github.com/googlefonts/lexend . For more information, see lexend.com . To learn more, read Clean and clear: making reading easier with Lexend (English), Partnering to change how the world reads (English), and Eine Partnerschaft mit dem Ziel, das Leseerlebnis weltweit zu verändern (Germany).

Designer

Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Thomas Jockin, Santiago Orozco, Héctor Gómez, Superunion

Copyright

Copyright 2019 The Lexend Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/lexend)

OpenType Features

Related Fonts

Lexend regular
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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine ears.
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Arbitrary Fractions
diagonal-fractions
1/2 1/3 2/3 3/4 5/8 15/16 1234/5678
Discretionary ligatures
default css
font-feature-settings: "dlig" 1
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Fractions
default css
font-feature-settings: "frac" 1
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font-variant-ligatures: none
font-feature-settings: "liga" 1
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Ordinals
default css
font-feature-settings: "ordn" 1
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Stylistic set 1
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font-feature-settings: "ss01" 1
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Slashed Zero
default css
font-feature-settings: "zero" 1
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