The first typeface designed for Moldova to make communication more open and honest.
— means honest
This is the first Moldovan made typeface created with a mere goal — to make communication between the state and the citizen honest and understandable.
Also, to bring Moldova's image closer to that of a modern, open country.
Also, to bring Moldova's image closer to that of a modern, open country.
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Onest is suitable for reading long texts from the screens of any device and is recommended for government and social service sites.
We perceive Onest as a unique recognizable voice, accessible to everyone, regardless of language.
We perceive Onest as being more than just a typeface.
We perceive Onest as being more than just a typeface.
Letters in words are like people in society, all different and not always cooperative. Onest will „befriend“ the most incompatible characters and even tweak them for better interaction in the word.
More mutual respect
Onest is a smart typeface. It adapts to the text, giving the best possible layout for each element in any context.
The subtleties of correct speech transmission are Onest's strong points. It knows like no other the importance and value of using the right diacritics and the difference between cedilla, ogonek and and the way things should be.
More correctness
Onest is a living typeface. Just the way we use intonation to convey extra meaning to our words, Onest does it with different lettering options.
More freedom of expression
For all its versatility, Onest allows text to keep its individuality. All thanks to alternative symbols that set the tone and even the character of the message.
More personality
Onest is a modern typeface, so it has a lot of useful conveniences. See what happens when you type the word Moldova and two asterisks.
More convenience
This works with some currencies as well. The list of auto corrections will only expand in the future.
Just like all of us, Onest can speak different languages: Romanian, Russian, Gagauz, Ukrainian and even Bulgarian. It was born in Moldova, so it is ready from early days to be the voice of everyone who lives here.
More attention to everyone
Onest is designed as a hybrid of geometric and humanistic grotesque. The font combines capaciousness and legibility, so it saves space without losing readability.
More versatility
Neutrality of forms of signs in normal and bold fonts allows the typeface to endure typing of long texts.
How the familiar things can speak differently with Onest
In seven fonts, from thin to extra bold, Onest is designed as a hybrid of geometric and humanistic grotesques. The neutral forms of the graphemes inherit the ideas of the modernist neo-grotesques of the second half of the 20th century.
Andrey Kudryavtsev
Typeface designer
Moldovan designers tried Onest
Good, readable, and very nice in form. It has something reminiscent of Helvetica.
I think the typeface would look good on media in large lettering or text blocks.
I think the typeface would look good on media in large lettering or text blocks.
Radion Cicic
I use Onest in graphic design - very convenient. From what was been able to see, it's balanced, well readable, and compact in both languages. It's great when a common, professional, properly constructed typeface with good diacritics is openly used by government platforms.
Olga Radu
I’ve tested the typeface, and I really like it. Very readable.
Mihai Dolganiuc
I have compared Onest with a dozen other typefaces. I liked your I compared Onest with a dozen other fonts. I liked your font, honestly. I would use it with great pleasure. I don't have any special remarks, as its kerning is initially good, good readability, too.
I would be glad if our government institutions were to adopt it, honestly.
I would be glad if our government institutions were to adopt it, honestly.
Maxim Rubliov
The typeface is excellent. Smooth, sure, readable. Pragmatic and modern. Very docile. Minimal need for hand finishing, good for a typeface that will be used by non-professionals as well.
A unique national typeface is fine. Because typeface is a voice, a tone. What tone you use is just as important as what you say. And this typeface can be our unique voice. Nice and confident.
A unique national typeface is fine. Because typeface is a voice, a tone. What tone you use is just as important as what you say. And this typeface can be our unique voice. Nice and confident.
Anton Andriesh
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Onest is a neutral grotesque in 9 fonts of 529 characters each. Available in TTF format. Free for personal and commercial use, distributed under SIL Open Font Licence.
Released on 18 Dec 2021, updated 29 Sep 2023, history of changes.
SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE (OFL)
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© Dmitri Voloshin, Andrey Kudryavtsev, 2021—2022, with Reserved Font Name "Onest".
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: https://scripts.sil.org/OFL
SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007
PREAMBLE
The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership with others.
The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded, redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives, however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.
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"Font Software" refers to the set of files released by the Copyright Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may include source files, build scripts and documentation.
"Reserved Font Name" refers to any names specified as such after the copyright statement(s).
"Original Version" refers to the collection of Font Software components as distributed by the Copyright Holder(s).
"Modified Version" refers to any derivative made by adding to, deleting, or substituting -- in part or in whole -- any of the components of the Original Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a new environment.
"Author" refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.
PERMISSION & CONDITIONS
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify, redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font Software, subject to the following conditions:
TERMINATION
This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are not met.
DISCLAIMER
THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.
© Dmitri Voloshin, Andrey Kudryavtsev, 2021—2022, with Reserved Font Name "Onest".
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: https://scripts.sil.org/OFL
SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007
PREAMBLE
The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership with others.
The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded, redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives, however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.
DEFINITIONS
"Font Software" refers to the set of files released by the Copyright Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may include source files, build scripts and documentation.
"Reserved Font Name" refers to any names specified as such after the copyright statement(s).
"Original Version" refers to the collection of Font Software components as distributed by the Copyright Holder(s).
"Modified Version" refers to any derivative made by adding to, deleting, or substituting -- in part or in whole -- any of the components of the Original Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a new environment.
"Author" refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.
PERMISSION & CONDITIONS
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify, redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font Software, subject to the following conditions:
- Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.
- 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. 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.
- 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. This restriction only applies to the primary font name as presented to the users.
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- 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. The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the Font Software.
TERMINATION
This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are not met.
DISCLAIMER
THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.
Have you already tried Onest?
Onest isn't perfect yet. Yes, we know this, and that's why we're asking your honest opinion. We will do our best to edit and improve things in the next typeface version.
Instructions on setting the font
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typeface designer
Andrey Kudryavtsev
film director
Alexandr Berdicevschi
site typeface
Onest
art director, typeface designer
Dmitri Voloshin
designer
Maxim Kılçık
strategy
Eugen Boico
web–designer
Vitali Covalenco
copywriter
Anastasia Berzoy
designer
Anna Vasina
designer
Mihail Toloconnicov