Gluten
display · Designed by Tyler Finck, ETC
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Gluten is a variable display font with a soft, rounded, almost rubbery quality to its letterforms. It has a playful, informal personality that sits somewhere between hand-lettered and cartoon-inspired, with thick strokes, generous curves, and a slight bounce that gives it energy without feeling aggressive. The variable axis allows designers to adjust its weight and slant, making it adaptable across different contexts while keeping its core character consistent. It reads as approachable and fun, leaning into warmth and friendliness rather than authority or elegance.
This font works well for children's brands or educational products where a non-threatening, engaging tone is needed. It also fits food and beverage branding, particularly for casual restaurants, snack packaging, or dessert shops where personality and appetite appeal matter. For editorial use, Gluten can serve effectively as a pull-quote or section header font in lifestyle or culture publications that want to break away from rigid typographic conventions without going fully chaotic. It is less suited for body text or professional corporate contexts, but in the right setting it can anchor a design with real visual personality.
Best suited for: Children's media, casual food branding, lifestyle editorial headers, and playful product packaging where approachable personality and visual warmth enhance the communication.
Design considerations: The nine weight options from 100 to 900 support flexible hierarchy and emphasis within display-focused layouts. Its rounded, energetic character works best as an accent or headline element rather than extended text, allowing designers to leverage its personality without compromising readability.
Pairing guidance: Pair Gluten with Nunito as a complementary sans-serif for body copy and secondary information, with Lora as a serif alternative for editorial sophistication, or with Pacifico to amplify playful, hand-drawn aesthetics in casual contexts where both fonts share informal warmth.
Gluten at a glance
Tyler Finck, ETC
SIL Open Font License 1.1
September 2021
September 2025
9 (9 weights)
Yes: slant -13–13, weight 100–900
Display · Handwriting
3
Google Fonts
All 9 Gluten styles
| Weight | Name | Upright |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | Thin | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 200 | ExtraLight | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 300 | Light | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 400 | Regular | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 500 | Medium | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 600 | SemiBold | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 700 | Bold | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 800 | ExtraBold | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 900 | Black | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
Gluten character map
Which languages does Gluten support?
Gluten 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 Gluten commercially?
Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Gluten 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.