Lora – opensource Variable text typeface
495
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Python
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Mar 15, 2026
updated
README
Lora
About
by Olga Karpushina
and Lora project contributors
Cyrillic Extension: Alexei Vanyashin @alexeiva
Lora is a well-balanced contemporary serif with roots in calligraphy. It is a text typeface with moderate contrast well suited for body text. A paragraph set in Lora will make a memorable appearance because of its brushed curves in contrast with driving serifs. The overall typographic voice of Lora perfectly conveys the mood of a modern-day story, or an art essay.
Technically Lora is optimised for screen appearance, and works equally well in print.
Designed by Olga Karpushina, and Alexei Vanyashin for Cyreal. Released in 2011 with contributions and assistance from Gayaneh Bagdasaryan.
Lora is a Unicode typeface family that supports languages that use the Latin and Cyrillic scripts and its variants, and could be expanded to support other scripts.
Font Specimens by Mithil Mogare
[!NOTE]
Building
Fonts are built automatically by GitHub Actions - take a look in the "Actions" tab for the latest build.
If you want to build fonts manually on your own computer:
make buildwill produce font files.make testwill run FontBakery's quality assurance tests.make proofwill generate HTML proof files.
The proof files and QA tests are also available automatically via GitHub Actions - look at https://cyrealtype.github.io/Lora-Cyrillic.
Changelog
Variable Fonts
Version 3.001 includes a variable font version with one weight axis.
Cyrillic
Cyrillic Extension designed by Alexei Vanyashin @alexeiva in May, 2013. Expansion to GF Cyrillic Plus, Pro, and locl has been completed by original author Olga Karpushina in August-September 2016.
Vietnamese
Vietnamese glyphs were added by Nhung Nguyen @crystaltype
License
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at https://openfontlicense.org
Repository Layout
This font repository structure is inspired by Unified Font Repository v0.3, modified for the Google Fonts workflow.
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Lora – opensource Variable text typeface
495
stars
220
commits
Python
primary language
Mar 15, 2026
updated
README
Lora
About
by Olga Karpushina
and Lora project contributors
Cyrillic Extension: Alexei Vanyashin @alexeiva
Lora is a well-balanced contemporary serif with roots in calligraphy. It is a text typeface with moderate contrast well suited for body text. A paragraph set in Lora will make a memorable appearance because of its brushed curves in contrast with driving serifs. The overall typographic voice of Lora perfectly conveys the mood of a modern-day story, or an art essay.
Technically Lora is optimised for screen appearance, and works equally well in print.
Designed by Olga Karpushina, and Alexei Vanyashin for Cyreal. Released in 2011 with contributions and assistance from Gayaneh Bagdasaryan.
Lora is a Unicode typeface family that supports languages that use the Latin and Cyrillic scripts and its variants, and could be expanded to support other scripts.
Font Specimens by Mithil Mogare
[!NOTE]
Building
Fonts are built automatically by GitHub Actions - take a look in the "Actions" tab for the latest build.
If you want to build fonts manually on your own computer:
make buildwill produce font files.make testwill run FontBakery's quality assurance tests.make proofwill generate HTML proof files.
The proof files and QA tests are also available automatically via GitHub Actions - look at https://cyrealtype.github.io/Lora-Cyrillic.
Changelog
Variable Fonts
Version 3.001 includes a variable font version with one weight axis.
Cyrillic
Cyrillic Extension designed by Alexei Vanyashin @alexeiva in May, 2013. Expansion to GF Cyrillic Plus, Pro, and locl has been completed by original author Olga Karpushina in August-September 2016.
Vietnamese
Vietnamese glyphs were added by Nhung Nguyen @crystaltype
License
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at https://openfontlicense.org
Repository Layout
This font repository structure is inspired by Unified Font Repository v0.3, modified for the Google Fonts workflow.
Similar repos
Languages
Python
61.7%
Makefile
30.8%
HTML
5.1%
Shell
2.4%