Beiruti
sans-serif · Designed by Boutros Fonts, Arlette Boutros, Volker Schnebel
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Beiruti is a contemporary sans-serif typeface designed to support both Arabic and Latin scripts with equal visual weight and consistency. Its letterforms are clean and geometric without being rigid, carrying a slightly humanist quality that keeps text readable and approachable at a range of sizes. The design strikes a practical balance between modern minimalism and cultural specificity, making it feel confident rather than neutral. It works well at display sizes but holds up in body text too, which gives it genuine versatility.
For real-world applications, Beiruti is a strong candidate for branding projects that need to communicate across Arabic and Latin-speaking audiences, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa region or for global brands wanting cultural authenticity. It suits editorial design for bilingual publications, magazines, or news platforms where typographic consistency across two scripts matters more than decorative flair. It also works well in digital product UI, especially for apps or platforms serving multilingual users, where legibility and script harmony at small sizes are practical requirements rather than aesthetic choices.
Best suited for: Beiruti works well for bilingual branding, editorial design, digital interfaces, and publications serving Arabic and Latin-speaking audiences where script consistency is essential.
Design considerations: The typeface offers eight weights from 200 to 900, supporting flexible typographic hierarchy across both display and body text applications. Its geometric yet humanist construction maintains readability across Arabic, Latin, Latin Extended, and Vietnamese subsets without sacrificing contemporary visual presence.
Pairing guidance: Pair Beiruti with Playfair Display for elegant editorial layouts where serif contrast enhances hierarchy, Lato for accessible digital interfaces and secondary text requiring sans-serif consistency, or DM Mono for technical content and code-heavy digital products where monospace clarity complements the primary typeface.
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Beiruti at a glance
Boutros Fonts, Arlette Boutros, Volker Schnebel
SIL Open Font License 1.1
June 2024
September 2025
8 (8 weights)
Yes: weight 200–900
Sans Serif
4
Google Fonts
All 8 Beiruti styles
| Weight | Name | Upright |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Beiruti character map
Which languages does Beiruti support?
Beiruti includes 4 character sets:
- Arabic: Arabic, Persian and Urdu
- 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 Beiruti commercially?
Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Beiruti 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.