Red Hat Display font

Sans Serif · 14 styles · variable · by MCKL

Yes, Red Hat Display is free for commercial use: it is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, on websites and in apps (provided the licence notice travels with the font files). You may not sell the font file on its own. Full licence card ↓

Red Hat Display · 56px · CLEAN
CSS Copied!
STYLES
VARIABLE AXES
wght 400
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
SIL Open Font License 1.1 Use it for anything, including commercial work and logos; share it with its licence; never sell the font file on its own. Full licence card ↓
LOOKS
56 px
0.00 em
Align
1.20
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Licence card

Commercial rights and permission terms for Red Hat Display

SIL Open Font License 1.1

OFL-1.1

Use it for anything, including commercial work and logos; share it with its licence; never sell the font file on its own.

Commercial work ads, packaging, merch, video, print on demand
Allowed
Clause: Preamble

Whatever you make with the font is yours; the licence covers the font files.

"The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives."
Logo or wordmark a brand, a channel, a game title
Allowed
Clause: Preamble

A logo is a document made with the font; the licence sets no limit on it.

"The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives."
Website the font file served with @font-face
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 2

Serving the file to browsers is redistribution: the copyright notice and licence travel with it, and the font file's own metadata counts.

"These can be included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user."
App or game the font file bundled inside software
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 2

Bundle it in free or paid software; ship the copyright notice and licence with it.

"Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled, redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license."
Modify the font edit glyphs, subset, convert formats
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 3

A modified font stays under the OFL and must not use a Reserved Font Name (each font page lists its own).

"No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding Copyright Holder."
Share the font file give the file to others, free
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 5

Share it freely, with its copyright notice and the OFL.

"The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole, must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be distributed under any other license."
Sell the font file the font on its own, for money
Not allowed
Clause: Permission & Conditions 1

Selling it inside software you sell is allowed (condition 2); selling the font alone is not.

"Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself."
No credit needed in your work attribution in the thing you made
Allowed
Clause: Preamble

The notice goes with copies of the font file, not into what you make.

"The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives."

Font facts

Technical details, character coverage, and official sources

Family name
Red Hat Display
Designers
MCKL
Category
Sans Serif
Styles count
14 styles (variable)
Variable axes
wght (300–900)
Scripts / Subsets
latin, latin-ext
Added to Google Fonts
2019-04-09
Last updated
2025-09-10
Google Fonts popularity rank
#42
Style tags (score ≥ 50)
Sans/Geometric (90)
Sources

Use it in your project

Code snippets to load Red Hat Display in HTML, CSS, or npm

<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=Red+Hat+Display&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Red+Hat+Display&display=swap');
npm i @fontsource/red-hat-display

// In your JS/CSS entry:
import '@fontsource/red-hat-display';
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Red Hat Display';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/red-hat-display:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2') format('woff2');
}
font-family: 'Red Hat Display', system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;

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Frequently asked questions

Common usage, licensing, and logo questions for Red Hat Display

Is Red Hat Display free for commercial use?

Yes. Red Hat Display is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, allowing unrestricted commercial use in digital graphics, printed materials, branding, websites, apps, and games.

Can I use Red Hat Display in a logo?

Yes. You can use Red Hat Display to create logos, wordmarks, branding elements, and corporate identities for both personal and commercial ventures without paying licence fees.

Can I use Red Hat Display on my website?

Yes. You can embed Red Hat Display using CSS @font-face or a web font delivery network. The SIL Open Font License 1.1 requires keeping the copyright notice and licence with distributed font files.

Who designed Red Hat Display?

Red Hat Display was designed by MCKL. It was published and indexed in Google Fonts in 2019.