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About Literata Italic Font
Literata Italic is a refined serif typeface created by Veronika Burian and Jose Scaglione (Latin), with Greek designed by Irene Vlachou and Cyrillic by Vera Evstafieva, and published by the esteemed TypeTogether foundry. With 1753 glyphs supporting over 366 languages across Latin-based scripts, this slanted serif variant delivers both understated elegance and reliable legibility across a wide spectrum of publishing projects. Comprehensive multilingual support makes it exceptionally valuable for any work requiring substantial international reach and visual consistency across different language families.
The italic form performs beautifully in editorial design contexts such as literary magazine layouts, long-form blog essays, and published book chapters where refined styling enhances the reading experience without overwhelming content. Personal stationery and correspondence design benefit greatly from its graceful construction, as do multilingual email newsletters. Generous letter spacing and careful weight distribution ensure consistent readability across extended passages and varied screen sizes, making it an excellent choice for anyone seeking body text that conveys both individual personality and legible clarity.
It is available free for personal use only; commercial licenses are obtained directly from the designer. This typeface works best for editorial and publishing projects that seek a sophisticated serif italic across diverse global languages and varied reading platforms.
Style & Use Cases
- Overall Style
- Classic, Refined, Serif
- Use Case
- Editorial, Print
- Ideal For
- book covers, long-form text, and traditional branding
- Pairs With
- a clean sans-serif for captions
Literata Italic Specifications
| Font Family | Literata |
| Style | Italic |
| Full Name | Literata Italic |
| Version | 2.201 |
| Weight | 400 (Regular) |
| Glyph Count | 1753 glyphs |
| PostScript Name | Literata-Italic |
| Designer | Latin by Veronika Burian and Jose Scaglione. Greek by Irene Vlachou. Cyrillic by Vera Evstafieva |
| Format | TTF (TrueType) |
| File Size | 329.3 KB |
OpenType Features
Literata Italic ships with 15 OpenType features you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).
- Small capitals from capitals
- Case-sensitive forms
- Discretionary ligatures
- Fractions
- Standard ligatures
- Lining figures
- Old-style figures
- Ordinals
- Proportional figures
- Scientific inferiors
- Small capitals
- Subscripts
- Superscripts
- Tabular figures
- Stylistic sets (1)
- Variable font Β· axes: wght
Languages Supported
Literata Italic supports 366 languages.
How to Install Literata Italic Font
Step-by-step instructions for every platform
- 1Download the Literata Italic font file (.ttf or .otf).
- 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
- 3Right-click the font file.
- 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
- 5Literata Italic is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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Literata Italic Font
by Latin by Veronika Burian and Jose Scaglione. Greek by Irene Vlachou. Cyrillic by Vera Evstafieva
Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team Β· Updated October 2026
License: Free for personal use















