Arsenal

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What do I do with this?

Just want to use the font? Click "Get this font on Google Fonts" to download it or add it directly to a document, design tool (like Canva or Photoshop), or your computer's font list.

Building a website? Click "Copy Font Code" to copy a short snippet, then paste it into your website's HTML (usually inside the <head> section) to use this font on your site.

Arsenal is a sans-serif typeface with a slightly condensed, upright structure that gives it a clean and confident look. Its letterforms are geometric in influence but retain enough humanist detail to avoid feeling cold or mechanical. The strokes have moderate contrast and the overall weight feels balanced, making it legible at both display and smaller sizes. It carries a professional, no-nonsense personality that leans functional over decorative, with enough character to stand out without demanding attention.

Arsenal works well for government and institutional websites where clarity and authority matter without requiring something flashy. It fits naturally into tech or software product branding where a modern, structured look is needed. It also performs reliably in editorial and news contexts, particularly for section headings and navigation labels where readability across screen sizes is a practical requirement.

Best suited for: Consider Arsenal for administrative dashboards, corporate intranets, news article headers, and software interfaces where functional clarity and professional authority take priority.

Design considerations: Arsenal's four-weight range supports hierarchy without requiring extensive font loading, making it practical for responsive layouts across devices. The geometric-humanist balance suits both body text and display roles, though its slightly condensed structure benefits from adequate line spacing in longer passages.

Pairing guidance: Playfair Display brings editorial elegance to feature headlines and cover treatments, Lato offers a lighter, more approachable counterpoint for body copy and UI elements, and Caveat introduces informal warmth for callouts, testimonials, or accent moments that benefit from human touch.

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Arsenal character map

Which languages does Arsenal support?

Arsenal includes 5 character sets:

• Cyrillic: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian and other Cyrillic-script languages
• Cyrillic Extended: additional Cyrillic letters used in languages such as Kazakh, Tatar and Bashkir
• 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

Can I use Arsenal commercially?

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