Varela Round
Every stroke ends in a full semicircle, which is the most literal reading of "rounded" in this archive and the reason it turns up on so many app screens and children's products. Underneath the rounding it is an ordinary geometric sans with fairly wide proportions. One weight, and it has no italic and no bold.
See Varela Round in a paragraphCompare with Fredoka and Quicksand
Varela Round at a glance
- Commercial use
- Yes · OFL 1.1
- On a website
- Yes · WOFF2 here
- Variable
- No · 1 weight
- In a logo
- Yes
- Türkçe (ı İ ğ ş)
- Yes
- Italic
- No
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
- Joe Prince
- Released
- 2011
- Category
- Sans-serif
- License
- OFL-1.1
- Commercial use
- Allowed
- Good for
- Interfaces, Headlines, Packaging, Signage
- Weights
- 400
- Styles
- Normal
- Variable
- No
- Glyphs
- 824
- Languages
- Latin, Latin Extended, Türkçe, Vietnamese, Hebrew
- Download size
- 60 KB
Varela Round 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 Extended193
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
- ʼn
- 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
- ſ
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
Hebrew31
Letters
- א
- ב
- ג
- ד
- ה
- ו
- ז
- ח
- ט
- י
- ך
- כ
- ל
- ם
- מ
- ן
- נ
- ס
- ע
- ף
- פ
- ץ
- צ
- ק
- ר
- ש
- ת
Punctuation and currency
- ־
- ׳
- ״
- ₪
Use Varela Round on the web
Self-hosted
@font-face {
font-family: 'Varela Round';
/* Take the WOFF2 button above, put varela-round.woff2 wherever
you serve static files from, and point this at it. */
src: url('/fonts/varela-round.woff2') format('woff2');
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
}
body {
font-family: 'Varela Round', sans-serif;
}Hosted by us
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://thatsmyfont.com">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://thatsmyfont.com/fontfiles/varela-round.css">body {
font-family: 'Varela Round', sans-serif;
}Questions
- Is Varela Round free for commercial use?
- Yes. Varela Round 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 Varela Round in a logo?
- Yes. The licence covers the font software, not the artwork you make with it, so a logo set in Varela Round belongs to you — including if you later register it as a trademark. You do not need permission and you do not owe anything to Joe Prince. What the licence stops you doing is redistributing the font file itself as a product.
- How do I install Varela Round?
- 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.
- Does Varela Round support Turkish?
- Yes. Varela Round 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 Varela Round support?
- Varela Round covers Latin, Latin Extended, Turkish, Vietnamese and Hebrew, across 824 glyphs. Anything outside those alphabets is not included — the character map further up this page shows exactly what you get.
- Is there a smaller, Latin-only version of Varela Round?
- Yes — the "WOFF2 · Latin only" button on this page. It is 32 KB against 43 KB for the complete file, 26% 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 Varela Round as WOFF2?
- From the WOFF2 button on this page — the file is varela-round.woff2, and it is about 43 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.
Varela Round 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 Varela Round
- David Libre
A serif for contrast, built for reading as Varela Round is.
See the two side by side
Cite this page
Varela Round font: licence, alphabets and downloads. Thats My Font. https://thatsmyfont.com/fonts/varela-round (updated 2026-09-04)