Licensing & Core Factoid Summary
Shantell Sans is a Sans-Serif typeface designed by Stephen Nixon, Anya Danilova, Shantell Martin, published under Open Source (SIL OFL) . Includes 1 weight(s)/style(s). Last verified: 2026-06-09.
About This Font
Shantell Sans is a lively, irregular sans-serif typeface designed by Stephen Nixon, Anya Danilova, and Shantell Martin, and published by Arrow Type under the SIL Open Font License (OFL). This semi-bold style combines playful, hand-drawn irregularities with a clean sans-serif structure, making it ideal for expressive headlines, branding, and editorial design. The font supports Latin (latn), Cyrillic (cyrl), and English scripts, but does not include Chinese characters. It is available in TTF and OTF formats, and is free for both personal and commercial use under the OFL license.
Key Features
- Irregular, hand-drawn letterforms that add a playful and human touch to text
- Semi-bold weight provides strong visual impact while maintaining readability
- Supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts, ideal for multilingual projects
- Open-source OFL license allows free commercial use and modification
- Available in TTF and OTF formats for broad compatibility
Recommended Use Cases
Font Information
- Font Family
- Shantell Sans
- Font Type
- Sans-serif
- Designer
- Stephen Nixon, Anya Danilova, Shantell Martin
- Foundry
- Arrow Type
- License
- OFL
- File Formats
- TTF, OTF
- Font Weights
- Bold
- File Size
- 0.37 MB
- Release Date
- 2026-05-23
- Last Updated
- 2026-06-09
Copyright
Copyright 2022 The Shantell Sans Project Authors (https://github.com/arrowtype/shantell-sans) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL