Carme

sans-serif · Designed by Rubén Prol

Carme: Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs

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Carme is a humanist sans-serif with a clean, slightly informal character. It has moderate stroke contrast and open letterforms that give it a readable, approachable quality without feeling stiff or corporate. The overall weight sits in a comfortable middle ground, not too light and not too bold, which makes it versatile across different sizes. Its letterforms have a subtle warmth to them, drawing loosely from traditional type conventions while maintaining a contemporary look. It reads as professional but not cold, making it useful in contexts where clarity and a degree of friendliness are both needed.

In practice, Carme works well as a body or interface font for digital products where extended reading is expected, such as news platforms, documentation sites, or content-heavy web apps. It also suits editorial contexts like online magazines or blog layouts where you want clean text that does not distract from the content. For branding purposes, it can serve smaller to mid-sized businesses that want a modern look without the genericness of overused system fonts, particularly in health, education, or professional services sectors.

Best suited for: Consider Carme for digital interfaces, body text in content-heavy websites, editorial layouts, and branding for professional services where approachable clarity is valued.

Design considerations: As a single-weight humanist sans-serif, Carme offers consistent readability across screen and print without typographic variation options. Its moderate contrast and open forms support extended reading while maintaining a contemporary yet warm aesthetic suitable for diverse professional contexts.

Pairing guidance: Pair Carme with Playfair Display for editorial contrast between body and display hierarchy, Lora as a serif alternative for body text that shares similar warmth and readability, or Fira Mono for technical content and code examples in documentation or development-focused interfaces.

Pairs well with

Playfair Display Lora Fira Mono

Carme at a glance

Designer

Rubén Prol

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Added to Google Fonts

July 2011

Last updated

September 2025

Styles

1 (1 weight)

Classification

Sans Serif

Character sets

1

Distributed via

Google Fonts

Carme styles

Weight Name Upright
400 Regular Aa Bb Gg 123

Carme character map

Uppercase

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Lowercase

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Numbers and punctuation

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ! ? & @ # % $ € £ ( ) [ ] { } . , : ; " ' - / * + =

Which languages does Carme support?

Carme includes one character set:

  • Latin: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and other Western European languages

It does not include Cyrillic or Greek characters, so it can't set Russian, Ukrainian or Greek text.

Can I use Carme commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Carme 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.

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Carme FAQ

Is Carme free for commercial use?

Yes. Carme is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so you can use it in commercial projects, including logos, client work and products you sell.

Which weights does Carme include?

Carme comes in a single weight, Regular (400), with no italic style.

Does Carme support Cyrillic?

No. Carme supports Latin, but not Cyrillic.

Who designed Carme?

Carme was designed by Rubén Prol. It was added to Google Fonts in July 2011.