Hammersmith One
sans-serif · Designed by Nicole Fally
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Hammersmith One is a geometric sans-serif with a strong, upright structure and uniform stroke weight. It has a clean, no-nonsense character that reads as confident without being aggressive. The letterforms are rounded enough to avoid feeling cold or mechanical, but the overall impression is structured and purposeful. It works well at display sizes where its even proportions and tight spacing give it a polished, professional look. It does not have a lot of personality quirks, which makes it versatile rather than distinctive.
This typeface is a practical choice for brand identities that want to communicate reliability and clarity without leaning on style trends. It works well as a headline font for tech companies, SaaS products, or service businesses where trust and readability matter more than flair. In editorial contexts, it holds up as a section header or pull quote typeface, especially in layouts that favor whitespace and grid discipline. For UI applications, it suits navigation labels, page titles, and dashboard headers where legibility at medium sizes is important.
Best suited for: Recommended for tech interfaces, corporate branding, editorial headlines, and service business identities where clarity and professional confidence take priority over stylistic distinction.
Design considerations: The single regular weight limits typographic hierarchy options, making it most effective when paired with a companion typeface that offers weight or style variation. Its geometric construction and uniform stroke weight perform consistently across display and medium sizes, though pairing choices should account for the need to establish visual contrast in layouts.
Pairing guidance: Pair with Playfair Display to introduce serif elegance and weight contrast for editorial layouts, Lato to add lightweight flexibility and warmth for body text and secondary hierarchy, or Josefin Sans to maintain geometric consistency while gaining weight variation for layered information hierarchies.
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Hammersmith One at a glance
Nicole Fally
SIL Open Font License 1.1
June 2011
September 2025
1 (1 weight)
Sans Serif
2
Google Fonts
Hammersmith One styles
| Weight | Name | Upright |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Regular | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
Hammersmith One character map
Which languages does Hammersmith One support?
Hammersmith One includes 2 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
It does not include Cyrillic or Greek characters, so it can't set Russian, Ukrainian or Greek text.
Can I use Hammersmith One commercially?
Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Hammersmith One 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.