Cabin
sans-serif · Designed by Impallari Type, Rodrigo Fuenzalida
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Cabin is a humanist sans-serif with a clean, geometric structure balanced by subtle warmth in its letterforms. It has moderate stroke contrast and open apertures, which keep it highly legible at both display and text sizes. The overall impression is confident and approachable without feeling corporate or cold. Its proportions are slightly condensed, giving layouts a sense of efficiency without sacrificing readability. It handles both uppercase and mixed-case text well, making it versatile across different typographic contexts.
Cabin works well as a primary typeface for tech startups and SaaS product interfaces where you need something professional but not stiff. It fits naturally in editorial layouts for magazines or blogs where body copy and headings need to coexist under the same typeface family without visual tension. It also performs reliably in branding for small to mid-sized businesses in health, education, or lifestyle sectors that want a modern look without the coldness of more geometric options like Futura or Helvetica clones.
Best suited for: Consider Cabin for product interfaces, editorial layouts, and branding where professional approachability matters more than geometric minimalism or formal tradition.
Design considerations: Cabin's eight weight and italic variants support flexible typographic hierarchies across responsive layouts and print applications. The slightly condensed proportions work efficiently in space-conscious designs while the humanist warmth suits contexts requiring personality alongside professionalism.
Pairing guidance: Pair Cabin with Playfair Display for editorial layouts where serif elegance anchors headlines above humanist body copy, with Merriweather when a traditional serif provides tonal contrast while maintaining readability across text-heavy contexts, or with Dancing Script to introduce handwritten warmth for accent elements like pull quotes or informal headings.
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Cabin at a glance
Impallari Type, Rodrigo Fuenzalida
SIL Open Font License 1.1
March 2011
September 2025
8 (4 weights + italics)
Yes: width 75–100, weight 400–700
Sans Serif
3
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All 8 Cabin styles
| Weight | Name | Upright | Italic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | Regular | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 500 | Medium | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 600 | SemiBold | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 700 | Bold | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
Cabin character map
Which languages does Cabin support?
Cabin includes 3 character sets:
- Latin: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and other Western European languages
- Latin Extended: Central and Eastern European languages such as Polish, Czech, Turkish, Romanian and Hungarian
- Vietnamese: Vietnamese, including its stacked tone marks
It does not include Cyrillic or Greek characters, so it can't set Russian, Ukrainian or Greek text.
Can I use Cabin commercially?
Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Cabin is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, websites, apps, videos, printed products and merchandise without paying or asking permission. The one thing you can't do is sell the font file on its own.