Aventa font

Aventa is a sans serif font designed by Tom Anders Watkins & Ellen Luff (2020). It has a clean, no-nonsense look that fits modern brands and websites. The free download includes two styles, and you can try every one of them with your own text in the preview above.

Aventa Font Details

• Designer: Tom Anders Watkins & Ellen Luff
• Year: 2020 (from the copyright line in the font)
• Category: Sans serif font
• Font styles: 2 (Light Itallic and Light)
• Weight: Light (300)
• Glyphs: 401 in the Light Itallic style
• Characters: A–Z, a–z, 0–9 and basic punctuation
• Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian
• OpenType features: Ligatures (including optional ones), stylistic alternates, one stylistic set and fractions
• Kerning: Built in
• Version: 1.002
• Download: Free ZIP (71.9 KB) with two OTF files

What You Can Type With Aventa

Aventa covers the full alphabet in upper and lowercase, plus all ten numbers, so you can set names, dates and prices without switching fonts. Everyday marks like &, !, ? and @ are there too. Thanks to its accented letters, it also works for Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian, not just English. Of its 401 glyphs, about 39 are not on your keyboard at all. That is where the alternates explained below live.

How to Use the Alternate Letters in Aventa

Aventa has stylistic alternates, a stylistic set and optional ligatures built in as OpenType features. In Illustrator and InDesign, open the Glyphs panel (Window > Type) and select a letter to see its alternates. In Photoshop, use Window > Glyphs. Figma shows them under the text settings as OpenType features. Microsoft Word can switch on stylistic sets in the Font dialog under Advanced. Canva and Cricut Design Space can't reach OpenType alternates, so for those, set the word in a desktop app first and import it as an SVG. Its ligatures switch on by themselves in most design apps: certain letter pairs join into one specially drawn shape.

Where Aventa Works Best

Think of Aventa for websites, app screens and clean logos. Its thin strokes look elegant large but can fade at small sizes or on busy backgrounds, so give it room and contrast. Its lowercase letters are tall compared to the capitals, which keeps it readable at smaller sizes. It works for headings and body text alike. If the download has several weights, use a heavier one for titles and a lighter one for paragraphs. Because the family has more than one style, you can mix them in a single design for headings, subheadings and highlights.

More Fonts by Tom Anders Watkins & Ellen Luff

DafontStyle has one more font by Tom Anders Watkins & Ellen Luff:

• Larken Font

Aventa Font FAQs

Is Aventa font free to download?

Yes. You can download Aventa for free from this page: free ZIP (71.9 KB) with two OTF files. Free to download doesn't always mean free for business use, so check the license section on this page before you use it in anything you sell.

Who designed Aventa font?

Aventa was designed by Tom Anders Watkins & Ellen Luff. The copyright line inside the font is dated 2020. You can find one more font by Tom Anders Watkins & Ellen Luff on DafontStyle, linked above.

How do I install Aventa on Windows or Mac?

Extract the ZIP file, then open the font file inside it. Click Install on Windows or Install Font on a Mac. The ZIP contains OTF files, which work on Windows, Mac and in every major design app. Restart any app that was already open so it picks up Aventa.

How do I get the alternate letters and swashes in Aventa?

They are OpenType features, so pick them from the Glyphs panel in Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop, or the OpenType settings in Figma. Canva and Cricut can't reach them directly; design the word in a desktop app and import it as an SVG.

Can I use Aventa in Canva and Cricut?

Canva lets you upload it on Pro, Teams and other plans with font uploads (Brand Kit > Upload a font); free accounts can't upload fonts. For Cricut Design Space, install it on your computer first and it shows up under System fonts.

Does Aventa support accented letters?

Yes. Aventa includes the accented letters needed for Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian, so it works for more than just English.

What fonts pair well with Aventa?

For more contrast, pair it with a serif like Playfair Display or Merriweather in your headings.