Cardo

Designed by David Perry
4 styles8 language setsAdded 2011Version v21SIL Open Font License 1.1
Cardo
Poster
Cardo
Opening night. Doors at eight.
Logo
Label
Small batch
Cardo
Est. 2026
Website
CardoWork   About   Contact
Cardo
A short line of supporting copy that shows how the headline sits above running text on a real page.
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Business card
Cardo
Studio · hello@yourname.com · +27 82 000 0000
Shop sign
Cardo
T-shirt
Cardo
Coffee cup
Cardo
Social post
yourbrand
Cardo
Tote bag
Cardo

About Cardo

Cardo is a large Unicode font specifically designed for the needs of classicists, Biblical scholars, medievalists, and linguists. It also works well for general typesetting in situations where a high-quality Old Style font is appropriate. Its large character set supports many modern languages as well as those needed by scholars. Cardo also contains features that are required for high-quality typography such as ligatures, text figures (also known as old style numerals), true small capitals and a variety of punctuation and space characters.

Free for personal and commercial use, in print, on the web and in apps. You may not sell the font files on their own. Read the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Feels
Category
Serif
Weights
400, 700
Styles
italic, normal
Languages
gothic, greek, greek-ext, hebrew, latin, latin-ext, old-italic, runic
Licence
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Price
Free
Source
Project repository

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Use Cardo on your website

Served by Google Fonts, or host the files yourself with the web download.

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Cardo:ital,wght@0,400;0,700;1,400;1,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
font-family: "Cardo", sans-serif;
Download the web pack (WOFF2 + fonts.css)

Pairs well with

Contrasting faces with a compatible mood, for headings and body text together.

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