Sumana

Classification

Font Technology

Static font
2 weights, 1 style

How To Use Sumana

To use Sumana 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: 'Sumana';
  src: url('<YOUR SERVER PATH>Sumana-Regular.ttf') format(woff2);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Sumana';
  src: url('<YOUR SERVER PATH>Sumana-Bold.ttf') format(woff2);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-style: normal;
}

Description

Sumana is a family of Latin and Devanagari fonts for text setting and web usage. Designed by Alexei Vanyashin in 2014-2015 for Cyreal. The Latin counterpart is derived from Lora by Olga Karpushina, Cyreal. Its vertical and horizontal metrics are adjusted to better match with the Devanagari. The meaning of Sumana in Sanskrit is flower, which is the meaning of Lora in Spanish. It was quite a challenge to match the graphical characteristics of each script and took many iterations to finalise the first release. I tried to keep the Devanagari closer to a traditional Indian calligraphic model while flavouring it with graphic solutions derived from Lora's Latin. It is my first attempt to design a Devanagari, and I am thankful to Google Fonts for making this project happen, and to all experts who consulted with me on this project, including: Fiona Ross, Eric McLaughlin, Vaishnavi Murthy, Pria Ravichandran, and Wei Huang. The comments and revision history can be found in this discussion in the Google Fonts forum . This project is led by Cyreal, an international type foundry focused on designing contemporary Latin and Cyrillic typefaces. To contribute, visit github.com/cyrealtype/Sumana

Designer

Cyreal
Cyreal is a foundry deeply rooted in the open-source movement. Founded in 2010, the collective has expanded popular typefaces like Nunito, Rubik, and Raleway with Cyrillic support, among other works. Its original releases, including Lora, Prata, and Alice, have become a quiet staple in digital and print design, widely appearing across websites, apps, and editorial layouts. |

Copyright

Copyright © 2015 by Cyreal. All rights reserved.

OpenType Features

Related Fonts

Sumana regular
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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
Fractions
default css
font-feature-settings: "frac" 1
1/2
1/2
1/4
1/4
3/4
3/4
Standard ligatures
font-variant-ligatures: none
font-feature-settings: "liga" 1
fi
fi
fl
fl
Sumana 700
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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.
, : ; ? ! " “ ” ' ‘ ’ « » ′ ″ ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 - – — ‒ ― / | ⁄ … • · § ¶ * ~ ^ ° © ® ™
Arbitrary Fractions
diagonal-fractions
1/2 1/3 2/3 3/4 5/8 15/16 1234/5678
Fractions
default css
font-feature-settings: "frac" 1
1/2
1/2
1/4
1/4
3/4
3/4
Standard ligatures
font-variant-ligatures: none
font-feature-settings: "liga" 1
fi
fi
fl
fl