Raleway

Sans Serif geometric-sans by Matt McInerney #14 on Google Fonts
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About Raleway

Originally conceived as a single-weight display face in 2010, Raleway was expanded by multiple collaborators into a full family celebrated for its elegant, slightly art-deco character. Distinctive touches — like the uppercase W formed from overlapping V shapes — give it a refined personality that suits portfolio sites, fashion brands, and high-end editorial headings. A variable weight axis and Cyrillic support round out a family that punches above its weight in visual sophistication.

Character Map

AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMm
NnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
0123456789
!@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",.<>?

Weight Waterfall (9)

100 Thin
200 ExtraLight
300 Light
400 Regular
500 Medium
600 SemiBold
700 Bold
800 ExtraBold
900 Black

Best Pairings

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Raleway + Lora 8/10
Heading in Raleway
Body text in Lora. Raleway's thin elegance creates sophisticated headlines, while Lora's well-balanced serifs offer comfortable extended reading. An elegant, bookish combination.

How to Use

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Raleway:wght@100;200;300;500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Raleway:wght@100;200;300;500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap');
font-family: 'Raleway', sans-serif;
brew install --cask font-raleway

Details

Category
Sans Serif
Style
geometric-sans
Weights
9
Italic
✓
Korean
✗
Designer
Matt McInerney
License
OFL
Version
Popularity
#14

License Usage

Web useAllowed
PrintAllowed
Video / BroadcastAllowed
PackagingAllowed
App embeddingAllowed
Brand / LogoAllowed
ModificationAllowed

OFL — Free for personal & commercial use

Language Support

cyrillic cyrillic-ext latin latin-ext vietnamese

Best For

headings elegant portfolio

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Typography Concepts

  • Geometric Sans

    Sans-serif typefaces built on geometric shapes — circles, rectangles, triangles. Clean and modern but can feel cold at small sizes.

  • Word Spacing

    The CSS property controlling the distance between words — default is defined by the font's space character width.

  • text-rendering

    CSS property controlling text rendering quality: auto, optimizeSpeed, optimizeLegibility, geometricPrecision. Affects kerning and ligatures.

  • Futura

    The geometric sans-serif designed by Paul Renner in 1927, embodying Bauhaus modernism. Its influence is seen in Poppins, Montserrat, and Raleway.

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