Gafata

sans-serif · Designed by Lautaro Hourcade

Gafata: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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Gafata is a humanist sans-serif with a quiet, unassuming character. Its letterforms are clean and moderately geometric, with subtle calligraphic influences that give it a slightly warm quality without becoming decorative. The strokes are even and well-balanced, and the overall texture at both small and large sizes reads as neutral and professional without feeling cold or mechanical. It sits comfortably in that middle ground between a strict grotesque and a more expressive humanist face, making it versatile but not particularly distinctive on its own.

Because of its readability and restrained personality, Gafata works well as a body text font for editorial websites, blogs, or digital magazines where sustained reading comfort matters. It can also serve as a secondary font in branding for lifestyle, wellness, or small business contexts where a clean but not overly corporate look is the goal. In UI design, it holds up reliably for interface labels, navigation menus, and form elements where clarity at small sizes is a priority.

Best suited for: Consider Gafata for digital editorial layouts, interface design systems, and wellness branding where readable, approachable sans-serif text supports extended engagement without visual strain.

Design considerations: Gafata's single regular weight limits typographic hierarchy options, making it best suited for contexts where secondary fonts handle emphasis. Its humanist-geometric balance reads consistently across screen and print sizes, though pairing with more distinctive typefaces may help establish visual distinction in complex layouts.

Pairing guidance: Pair Gafata with Playfair Display to anchor headlines with serif elegance, use Lato as an alternative sans-serif for hierarchical contrast, or combine with Dancing Script to introduce warmth and personality in accent applications like pull quotes or decorative elements.

Pairs well with

Playfair Display Lato Dancing Script

Gafata at a glance

Designer

Lautaro Hourcade

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Added to Google Fonts

October 2012

Last updated

September 2025

Styles

1 (1 weight)

Classification

Sans Serif · Display

Character sets

2

Distributed via

Google Fonts

Gafata styles

Weight Name Upright
400 Regular Aa Bb Gg 123

Gafata 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 ! ? & @ # % $ € £ ( ) [ ] { } . , : ; " ' - / * + =

Latin Extended (sample)

Ā Ă Ą Ć Č Ď Đ Ē Ę Ě Ğ Ī Į İ Ĺ Ľ Ł Ń Ň Ő Œ Ř Ś Ş Š Ť Ů Ű Ź Ż Ž

Which languages does Gafata support?

Gafata 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 Gafata commercially?

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

Is Gafata free for commercial use?

Yes. Gafata 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 Gafata include?

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

Does Gafata support Cyrillic?

No. Gafata supports Latin and Latin Extended, but not Cyrillic.

Who designed Gafata?

Gafata was designed by Lautaro Hourcade. It was added to Google Fonts in October 2012.