Collegiate
TrueTypePersonal useUpdated
- Accents (partial)
- Euro
COLLEGIA.ttf
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Author's note
Collegiate font by K-Type is a free sans serif typeface that carries the quiet authority of traditional school signage. Inspired by the lettering around the Liverpool Collegiate School mosaic, it has stout, evenly weighted strokes and gently rounded corners that feel sturdy without looking clunky. The overall impression is scholarly but approachable—like painted lettering on old lecture hall doors, translated into clean, digital form.
Using Collegiate, you get a grounded, institutional voice that works beautifully for university branding, heritage projects, book covers, certificates, alumni materials, and campus-style posters. This free font’s solid rhythm and generous shapes stay legible at distance, making it a natural fit for signage and banners too. Pair Collegiate with a light geometric sans for captions, and let Collegiate handle names, titles, and wordmarks at larger sizes.
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Using Collegiate, you get a grounded, institutional voice that works beautifully for university branding, heritage projects, book covers, certificates, alumni materials, and campus-style posters. This free font’s solid rhythm and generous shapes stay legible at distance, making it a natural fit for signage and banners too. Pair Collegiate with a light geometric sans for captions, and let Collegiate handle names, titles, and wordmarks at larger sizes.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
Collegiate by Keith Bates, keith@k-type.com, K-Type Freebie 2005 and 2007. Based on the lettering around the mosaic tile badge at Liverpool Collegiate School www.keithbates.co.uk/collegiate
Font family
Collegiate
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.5 Collegiate
Full font name
Collegiate
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.5 9/21/07
Postscript font name
Collegiate
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
MacintoshRoman
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
Font details
Created2007-09-21
Revision1
Glyph count271
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classSans serif
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthSemi-condensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 5 font weights listed below:
COLLEGIA.ttf
CollegiateOutlineFLF.ttf
CollegiateBlackFLF.ttf
collegiateHeavyOutline Medium.ttf
CollegiateFLF.ttf
CollegiateOutlineFLF.ttf
CollegiateBlackFLF.ttf
collegiateHeavyOutline Medium.ttf
CollegiateFLF.ttf
CollegiateOutlineFLF
TrueTypePersonal use
CollegiateBlackFLF
TrueTypePersonal use
CollegiateHeavyOutline Medium
TrueTypePersonal use
CollegiateFLF
TrueTypePersonal use