League Spartan
ATF drew Spartan in 1939 because American printers wanted Futura and did not want to buy it from Germany, and this is a revival of that — a Futura at one remove, with the geometry slightly regularised on the way through. The single-storey a and the pointed apex on the A are the family traits. Nine weights, no italic, and the heavier end is where it is happiest.
See League Spartan in a paragraphCompare with Albert Sans and Jost
League Spartan at a glance
- Commercial use
- Yes · OFL 1.1
- On a website
- Yes · WOFF2 here
- Variable
- Yes · 9 weights
- In a logo
- Yes
- Türkçe (ı İ ğ ş)
- Yes
- Italic
- No
Alphabets
Style
Size ladder
96
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
64
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
40
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
24
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
16
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
12
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Specification
- Designer
- Matt Bailey, Tyler Finck
- Foundry
- The League of Moveable Type
- Released
- 2014
- Category
- Sans-serif
- Alternative to
- Futura
- License
- OFL-1.1
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Good for
- Headlines, Titles, Branding, Signage
- Weights
- 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
- Styles
- Normal
- Variable
- Yes
- Glyphs
- 635
- Languages
- Latin, Latin Extended, Türkçe, Vietnamese
- Download size
- 52 KB
League Spartan character map
Latin110
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
Numerals
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Punctuation & symbols
- .
- ,
- :
- ;
- !
- ?
- '
- "
- ‘
- ’
- “
- ”
- (
- )
- [
- ]
- {
- }
- /
- \
- |
- -
- –
- —
- _
- @
- #
- $
- %
- &
- *
- +
- =
- <
- >
- ~
- ^
- `
- €
- £
- ¥
- ©
- ®
- °
- §
- †
- •
- …
Latin Extended191
Western European
- À
- Á
- Â
- Ã
- Ä
- Å
- Æ
- Ç
- È
- É
- Ê
- Ë
- Ì
- Í
- Î
- Ï
- Ð
- Ñ
- Ò
- Ó
- Ô
- Õ
- Ö
- Ø
- Ù
- Ú
- Û
- Ü
- Ý
- Þ
- ß
- à
- á
- â
- ã
- ä
- å
- æ
- ç
- è
- é
- ê
- ë
- ì
- í
- î
- ï
- ð
- ñ
- ò
- ó
- ô
- õ
- ö
- ø
- ù
- ú
- û
- ü
- ý
- þ
- ÿ
Central and Eastern European
- Ā
- ā
- Ă
- ă
- Ą
- ą
- Ć
- ć
- Ĉ
- ĉ
- Ċ
- ċ
- Č
- č
- Ď
- ď
- Đ
- đ
- Ē
- ē
- Ĕ
- ĕ
- Ė
- ė
- Ę
- ę
- Ě
- ě
- Ĝ
- ĝ
- Ğ
- ğ
- Ġ
- ġ
- Ģ
- ģ
- Ĥ
- ĥ
- Ħ
- ħ
- Ĩ
- ĩ
- Ī
- ī
- Ĭ
- ĭ
- Į
- į
- İ
- ı
- Ĵ
- ĵ
- Ķ
- ķ
- ĸ
- Ĺ
- ĺ
- Ļ
- ļ
- Ľ
- ľ
- Ŀ
- ŀ
- Ł
- ł
- Ń
- ń
- Ņ
- ņ
- Ň
- ň
- Ŋ
- ŋ
- Ō
- ō
- Ŏ
- ŏ
- Ő
- ő
- Œ
- œ
- Ŕ
- ŕ
- Ŗ
- ŗ
- Ř
- ř
- Ś
- ś
- Ŝ
- ŝ
- Ş
- ş
- Š
- š
- Ţ
- ţ
- Ť
- ť
- Ŧ
- ŧ
- Ũ
- ũ
- Ū
- ū
- Ŭ
- ŭ
- Ů
- ů
- Ű
- ű
- Ų
- ų
- Ŵ
- ŵ
- Ŷ
- ŷ
- Ÿ
- Ź
- ź
- Ż
- ż
- Ž
- ž
Romanian and other
- Ș
- ș
- Ț
- ț
- ƒ
Türkçe15
Türkçe letters
- Ç
- ç
- Ğ
- ğ
- I
- ı
- İ
- i
- Ö
- ö
- Ş
- ş
- Ü
- ü
Currency
- ₺
Vietnamese104
Base letters
- Ă
- ă
- Â
- â
- Đ
- đ
- Ê
- ê
- Ô
- ô
- Ơ
- ơ
- Ư
- ư
Vowels with tone marks
- Ạ
- ạ
- Ả
- ả
- Ấ
- ấ
- Ầ
- ầ
- Ẩ
- ẩ
- Ẫ
- ẫ
- Ậ
- ậ
- Ắ
- ắ
- Ằ
- ằ
- Ẳ
- ẳ
- Ẵ
- ẵ
- Ặ
- ặ
- Ẹ
- ẹ
- Ẻ
- ẻ
- Ẽ
- ẽ
- Ế
- ế
- Ề
- ề
- Ể
- ể
- Ễ
- ễ
- Ệ
- ệ
- Ỉ
- ỉ
- Ị
- ị
- Ọ
- ọ
- Ỏ
- ỏ
- Ố
- ố
- Ồ
- ồ
- Ổ
- ổ
- Ỗ
- ỗ
- Ộ
- ộ
- Ớ
- ớ
- Ờ
- ờ
- Ở
- ở
- Ỡ
- ỡ
- Ợ
- ợ
- Ụ
- ụ
- Ủ
- ủ
- Ứ
- ứ
- Ừ
- ừ
- Ử
- ử
- Ữ
- ữ
- Ự
- ự
- Ỳ
- ỳ
- Ỵ
- ỵ
- Ỷ
- ỷ
- Ỹ
- ỹ
Use League Spartan on the web
Self-hosted
@font-face {
font-family: 'League Spartan';
/* Take the WOFF2 button above, put league-spartan.woff2 wherever
you serve static files from, and point this at it. */
src: url('/fonts/league-spartan.woff2') format('woff2');
font-weight: 100 900;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: 'League Spartan', sans-serif;
}Hosted by us
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://thatsmyfont.com">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://thatsmyfont.com/fontfiles/league-spartan.css">body {
font-family: 'League Spartan', sans-serif;
}Questions
- Is League Spartan free for commercial use?
- Yes. League Spartan is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use with no fee and no attribution requirement. You can use it in client work, in products you sell, on the web and in print. The one thing you may not do is sell the font file on its own. The licence is inside the download.
- Can I use League Spartan in a logo?
- Yes. The licence covers the font software, not the artwork you make with it, so a logo set in League Spartan belongs to you — including if you later register it as a trademark. You do not need permission and you do not owe anything to Matt Bailey, Tyler Finck. What the licence stops you doing is redistributing the font file itself as a product.
- How do I install League Spartan?
- Download the zip and unzip it. On a Mac, select the 1 font file inside and open them, then press Install Font. On Windows, select them, right-click and choose Install. Restart any application that was already open before it will show up. League Spartan is a variable font: the single file carries all 9 weights at once. Some older software — Word, Canva, and Photoshop before 2018 — reads only the one weight the file defaults to, and for League Spartan that is Thin (100), not the regular. If that happens, use the Static download on this page instead: it has 9 ordinary files, one per weight, and works everywhere.
- Does League Spartan support Turkish?
- Yes. League Spartan includes the characters Türkçe needs that plain Latin does not — the dotless ı, the dotted İ, and ğ, ş, ü, ö and ç in both cases. This was checked against the font file itself, not assumed from the fact that it covers Latin.
- What languages does League Spartan support?
- League Spartan covers Latin, Latin Extended, Turkish and Vietnamese, across 635 glyphs. Anything outside those alphabets is not included — the character map further up this page shows exactly what you get.
- What weights does League Spartan come in?
- League Spartan comes in 9 weights: Thin (100), Extra Light (200), Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), Semi Bold (600), Bold (700), Extra Bold (800) and Black (900). It is a variable font, so every one of them is in a single file and you can also set any weight in between.
- Is there a smaller, Latin-only version of League Spartan?
- Yes — the "WOFF2 · Latin only" button on this page. It is 32 KB against 40 KB for the complete file, 21% smaller, with every weight the family has still in it. It covers Latin and Latin Extended, which is everything a page in English, Turkish or a western European language sets — Türkçe included, since ı, İ, ğ and ş all live in that range. Take the complete file instead if you set Cyrillic, Greek or any alphabet outside Latin.
- Where can I download League Spartan as WOFF2?
- From the WOFF2 button on this page — the file is league-spartan.woff2, and it is about 40 KB. It is the complete font repacked for the web rather than a cut-down copy: the same glyphs, the same spacing and the same hinting as the .ttf in the download, roughly 60% smaller. Every browser still receiving updates reads WOFF2, so it is the only web format most sites need. Google Fonts does not offer this file for download at all — it serves WOFF2 from its own servers and gives you .ttf if you ask for the family.
League Spartan license
OFL-1.1
You may use, modify and redistribute this font, including in commercial work. You may not sell the font file on its own, and any modified version must be released under the same license and under a different name.
Commercial use allowed
- Taken unmodified from google/fonts
- The licence file is inside every zip — the site will not publish a download without one
- This page’s data last changed on 4 September 2026
Pairs well with League Spartan
- Noto Serif
A serif to set the paragraphs under League Spartan.
See the two side by side - Petrona
A serif to set the paragraphs under League Spartan.
See the two side by side
Cite this page
League Spartan font: licence, alphabets and downloads. Thats My Font. https://thatsmyfont.com/fonts/league-spartan (updated 2026-09-04)