Big Shoulders
About Big Shoulders
Big Shoulders by Patric King is a condensed, high-impact display family inspired by Chicago's industrial lettering heritage — bold, tall, and unapologetically space-efficient. A variable font with both weight (wght) and optical size (opsz) axes spanning nine weights, plus Vietnamese support, makes it one of the more technically complete American-gothic display offerings available. It excels in sports, retail, urban branding, and any context demanding maximum typographic authority in minimal horizontal space.
Character Map
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Weight Waterfall (9)
How to Use
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Big+Shoulders:wght@100;200;300;500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Big+Shoulders:wght@100;200;300;500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap');
font-family: 'Big Shoulders', system-ui;
brew install --cask font-big-shoulders
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Details
- Category
- Display
- Weights
- 9
- Italic
- ✗
- Korean
- ✗
- Designer
- Patric King
- License
- OFL
- Version
- Popularity
- #562
- Downloads
- 759
License Usage
| Web use | Allowed |
| Allowed | |
| Video / Broadcast | Allowed |
| Packaging | Allowed |
| App embedding | Allowed |
| Brand / Logo | Allowed |
| Modification | Allowed |
OFL — Free for personal & commercial use
Language Support
Best For
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Big Shoulders font free for commercial use?
Yes — Big Shoulders is an open-source font, free to use in personal and commercial projects.
What type of typeface is Big Shoulders?
Big Shoulders is a Display typeface. It is offered as a variable font.
What does Big Shoulders support?
Big Shoulders primarily supports text.