---
title: Intent Sans — Intentface
description: >-
  The Intentface typeface: a minor version of TASA Orbiter V1 with a width axis,
  a lighter text cut, and 42 static styles. SIL OFL 1.1.
url: 'https://www.intentface.com/brand/intent-sans'
site: Intentface
---

# Intent Sans

Intent Sans is the Intentface typeface: a minor version of [TASA Orbiter V1.001](https://github.com/localremotetw/TASA-Typeface-Collection) by Weizhong Zhang (Local Remote, 2023). At normal width the outlines are TASA Orbiter's. Intent Sans adds a width axis, a lighter Text Regular, a footless 1 stylistic set, and a small baseline foot on the lowercase a. Version 0.111, experimental public preview.

## Facts

| Axis | Range | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Weight (`wght`) | 300–900 | 400 |
| Width (`wdth`) | 90–125 | 100 |
| Optical size (`opsz`) | 8–60 | 60 |

- Glyphs: 332; encoded characters: 306.
- Static styles: 42 (Light 300 to Black 900 × Narrow 90 / Normal 100 / Wide 115 × Text 8 / Display 60).
- Vertical metrics on a 1000-unit em: ascender 920, cap height 680, x-height 500, descender -240.
- Fallback stack: Helvetica Neue, Arial, then the system sans.

## OpenType features

- `tnum` Tabular figures: Default. Equal advances so columns align.
- `pnum` Proportional figures: Natural widths for numbers inside a sentence.
- `ss01` Footless 1: Removes the foot of the tabular 1. Keeps its advance.
- `liga` Standard ligatures: fi, fl and friends.
- `dlig` Discretionary ligatures: ff, ffi, ffl.
- `case` Case-sensitive forms: Punctuation raised for all-caps settings.
- `kern` Kerning: Inherited pairs plus optical corrections at wider widths.

## Downloads

- [Variable WOFF2](https://www.intentface.com/fonts/IntentSans-VF.woff2) (107 KB): For the web. All three axes in one file.
- [Variable TTF](https://www.intentface.com/fonts/IntentSans-VF.ttf) (279 KB): For desktop apps and design tools.
- [42 static styles](https://www.intentface.com/fonts/IntentSans-Static-Styles.zip) (808 KB): Light to Black, Narrow, Normal and Wide, Text and Display.
- [OFL.txt](https://www.intentface.com/fonts/IntentSans-OFL.txt) and [NOTICE.txt](https://www.intentface.com/fonts/IntentSans-NOTICE.txt): ship these with the font software.

## Use in CSS

```css
@font-face {
  font-family: "Intent Sans";
  src: url("/fonts/IntentSans-VF.woff2") format("woff2");
  font-weight: 300 900;
  font-stretch: 90% 125%;
  font-display: swap;
}

.headline {
  font-family: "Intent Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 500;                 /* Display Medium */
  font-variation-settings: "wdth" 108;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
}

.body {
  font-family: "Intent Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, system-ui, sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;                 /* opsz follows font-size automatically */
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}
```

## How the site uses it

Display Regular and Medium for headlines, Regular for body copy, IBM Plex Mono for utility text (labels, tags, metadata). Normal width everywhere on the site; the width axis is for posters, ads, and layouts that need more room. Browsers select the optical size from the font size, so paragraphs get the Text cut automatically.

## License and credits

Intent Sans is a derivative of TASA Orbiter V1.001, copyright 2023 Local Remote, designed by Weizhong Zhang, released under the [SIL Open Font License 1.1](https://openfontlicense.org). Font naming has changed to Intent Sans; the original copyright, license, and reserved font name notice travel with the files. Source and build scripts: https://github.com/Intentface/intent-sans.