Gopher Font
Gopher is a reverse contrast, geometric sans serif font with Normal Text and Display families. The 48 included fonts in the complete family range from hairline to heavy,…
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Character set · 613 glyphs
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ZIP (TTF / OTF) · free for personal use, check the included license for commercial projects.
Gopher is a reverse contrast, geometric sans serif font with Normal Text and Display families. The 48 included fonts in the complete family range from hairline to heavy, with italics. A variation in the amount of contrast is what distinguishes the three separate families while allowing them to still work in harmony together.
In typography, it is common to have vertical contrast, where the sides and stems of letters are thicker, and the horizontal tops and bottoms are thinner. However, Gopher, a geometric sans serif typeface, provides a unique look by reversing this contrast. In Gopher, the sides are thinner, and the tops and bottoms are thicker. This approach was challenging to design, especially for letters with diagonal strokes, like “v” and “k”, but it yielded exciting results.
Gopher includes many OpenType features to enhance your typography:
48 OpenType (.OTF) fonts included in your purchase (3 families with 16 fonts each):
With over 600 glyphs, this font has extensive Latin language support (100+ Latin languages) for Western, Central, and South Eastern European. Gopher will find its home in a variety of settings for branding, advertising, posters, magazines, packaging, and more.
Gopher will work great right away with most any software (Adobe, MS Word, Pages, etc.), but to take advantage of the additional OpenType features, OpenType-savvy software (like the Adobe applications) is recommended. Only the swash alternate characters are PUA-encoded; the other more standard stylistic alternates are not to help preserve functions like spell-checking, searching, and proper glyph matching if switching fonts.
Where Gopher Font works best
A design system from one file
With several weights, Gopher Font can carry headings, body text and captions, which keeps a product or a brand coherent.
Documentation and knowledge bases
Long technical pages need a family with a clear bold and a comfortable regular; Gopher Font covers both.
Client work with many formats
One family across print, slides and web means fewer licence questions and a consistent voice.
Is Gopher Font really free?
The download costs nothing and needs no account. What you may do with the font afterwards is set by its author: the license file travels inside the archive, and it is the only document that decides whether a commercial project is covered.
How do I install it on Windows or a Mac?
Three steps, no extra software:
- Download the ZIP and extract it (double-click on Mac, right-click → Extract on Windows).
- Open the .ttf or .otf file and click Install / Install Font.
- Restart the app you want to use it in — the font is now available system-wide.
What kind of work does Gopher Font suit?
It sits in the Font Family group and reads as branding, display, font family, geometric. That makes it a candidate wherever those qualities help: headings, packaging, social graphics and brand work. Set it at the size you plan to use before deciding.
Gopher Font previews
11 samples — glyphs, weights and use cases
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