For b238 cuts · v1.000
Lilt
A cheerful sans with an uneven, controlled rhythm: terminals and bars smile, every running letter lands a little higher or lower than its neighbour, and the ornaments are part of the alphabet.
- Cuts
- 8weights and slopes
- Glyphs
- 644398 characters
- Features
- 22c2sc calt case ccmp
- Axes
- 0static cuts
01Styles
8 cuts · choose one to set it in the sampler02Font sampler
type into itThe liltcalt · The lilt (contextual bounce)
Alignment
OpenType
a little rhythm, humming along
TryLilt Regular
OpenType features in this family
- c2scc2sc31 substitutionsABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÆÐØÞABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÆÐØÞ
- caltThe lilt (contextual bounce)26 substitutions · contextuala little rhythm, humming alonga little rhythm, humming along
- casecase23 substitutions()+-<=>[]{}~«·»×÷–—•‹›−()+-<=>[]{}~«·»×÷–—•‹›−
- ccmpGlyph composition2 substitutions · contextualijij
- dligDiscretionary ligatures9 substitutions:) ;) <3 ->:) ;) <3 ->
- dnomdnom10 substitutions01234567890123456789
- fracfrac11 substitutions · contextual0123456789/0123456789/
- ligaStandard ligatures3 substitutionsffl ff flffl ff fl
- numrnumr10 substitutions01234567890123456789
- onumonum10 substitutions01234567890123456789
- sinfsinf10 substitutions01234567890123456789
- smcpsmcp31 substitutionsHamburgefonstivHamburgefonstiv
- ss01Plain l1 substitutionll
- ss02Swing26 substitutions · contextualSwing and swaySwing and sway
- subssubs10 substitutions01234567890123456789
- supssups10 substitutions01234567890123456789
- tnumTabular figures10 substitutions01234567890123456789
- zerozero1 substitution00
Left: feature off. Right: on. Substitutions read from the font's GSUB table.
03Glyphs
398 characters in 13 Unicode blocks04Information
read from the font files- Designer
- iconstructa
- Made for
- b23 ↗
- Version
- 1.000
- Styles
- 8
- Glyphs per style
- 644
- Characters
- 398 mapped to Unicode
- Features
- c2sc · calt · case · ccmp · dlig · dnom · frac · liga · lnum · numr · onum · ornm · pnum · sinf · smcp · ss01 · ss02 · subs · sups · tnum · zero · kern
- Variable axes
- None. Every cut is a static font.
- Metrics
- 2000 upm · cap 1420 · x 1060 · asc 1920 · desc -480
- Source files
- TTF
- Language support
- English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish / Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, Polish, Czech, Turkish
- On this site
- Showcase only. 379 kB of WOFF2 for the preview; nothing to download or license here.
A cheerful sans with an uneven, controlled rhythm: terminals and bars smile, every running letter lands a little higher or lower than its neighbour, and the ornaments are part of the alphabet.
- Four weights, Regular to Black, each with an italic; static TTF and WOFF2, no variable build.
- The lilt is calt (on by default): a-z letters cycle plain, up and tilted forward, down and tilted back. ss02 (Swing) doubles the amplitude; calt off gives steady text.
- Features: calt, ss02, ss01, dlig (:) ;) <3 -> <- <-> ***), ornm (alternates for * and the bullet), kern, liga, case, tnum/pnum, lnum/onum, smcp/c2sc, zero, frac, sups/subs/sinf/numr/dnom, mark, ccmp.
- Latin only: Basic Latin, Latin-1, Latin Extended-A, Romanian comma-below, punctuation, currency, arrows, math basics, ornaments.
- Unhinted prototype; Black is the roughest cut; not offered for redistribution.
From Origin: lilt/README.md, lilt/DESIGN-BRIEF.md
Known limitations
- Unhinted: relies on the rasteriser's own anti-aliasing. Windows GDI aliased rendering below about 11 px will look uneven.
- Four weights only (Regular, Medium, Bold, Black), each with a sheared italic carrying drawn exit strokes on d i l u. No variable build.
- Black is the roughest cut: the skeletons were drawn for the lighter weights, so e, f, s, @ and the section sign need a pen thinned by rule and still show small joins.
- Spacing and kerning are computed (optical area method, class kerning with a collision floor) and checked on proof sheets; expect pairs a hand kerner would change. Capital pairs such as IJ and FG are on the tight side.
- Latin only: Basic Latin, Latin-1, Latin Extended-A except U+0149 and U+017F, Romanian comma-below. No Vietnamese, no stacked accents, no mkmk.
- Small caps, oldstyle figures, superiors and fractions are generated from the same skeletons at reduced size with a lightened pen, not redrawn by hand; oldstyle 3 4 5 7 9 are the weakest.
- Symbols (ampersand, at, section, braces, arrows, cloud, notes) are functional first drafts; the faces, hearts, stars, sun and flowers are the most finished ornaments.
- The name Lilt has not been checked against trademarks or font catalogues (Lilt is also the name of a translation company).
The designer's own list, copied unchanged from the font's hand-off manifest.
Coverage by Unicode block
- Basic Latin94 / 94
- Latin-1 Supplement94 / 95
- Latin Extended-A126 / 128
- Latin Extended-B6 / 208
- Spacing Modifier Letters8 / 80
- Combining Diacritical Marks15 / 112
- General Punctuation19 / 98
- Currency Symbols1 / 33
- Letterlike Symbols1 / 80
- Arrows10 / 112
- Mathematical Operators6 / 256
- Miscellaneous Symbols11 / 256
- Dingbats7 / 192