Author's note

Dai Banna SIL Light, designed by Victor Gaultney of SIL International, is a free high-contrast serif font with an elegant, finely drawn profile and unmistakable thick-thin modulation. Broad curves meet hairline details and crisp, tapered serifs.

Its poised shapes echo the clean lines of fashion photography and the delicacy of botanical illustration, making it well suited to magazine covers and refined packaging for print. The generous capitals and sweeping lowercase forms also lend ceremony to invitations and cultural publishing. In a museum identity or literary event program, the lettering can become an architectural frame rather than merely a line of text on the page.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 1998-2011 SIL International
Font family
Dai Banna SIL Light
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
SILInternational: Dai Banna SIL Light: 2011
Full font name
Dai Banna SIL Light
Name table version
Version 2.200
Postscript font name
DaiBannaSILLight
Trademark notice
Dai Banna SIL is a trademark of SIL International.
Manufacturer name
SIL International
Designer
Victor Gaultney
Description
Copyright (c) 1998-2011 SIL International

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2011-02-21
Revision2
Glyph count221
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classModern serifs
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 4 font weights listed below:
DBSILLR.ttf
DBSILLO.ttf
DBSILLC.ttf
DBSILLB.ttf