Brillant Font

Brillant is a serif font made by Ahmad Suhadi (2024). It has the traditional, bookish feel of type you see in novels, newspapers and long-established brands. You can download it for free and test it with your own words in the preview above.

Brillant Font Details

• Designer: Ahmad Suhadi
• Year: 2024 (from the copyright line in the font)
• Category: Serif font
• Font styles: 1 (Regular)
• Weight: Regular (400)
• Glyphs: 295
• Characters: A–Z, a–z, 0–9 and basic punctuation
• Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian
• OpenType features: Ligatures and stylistic alternates
• Extra characters: 61 copy-and-paste alternates (Private Use Area)
• Kerning: Built in
• Version: 1.00
• Download: Free ZIP (42.5 KB) with one OTF file

What You Can Type With Brillant

With complete upper and lowercase letters and all ten digits, Brillant is ready for real wording, not just a single headline. 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.

How to Use the Alternate Letters in Brillant

Brillant has stylistic alternates 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. 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. Another 61 alternates are stored as separate characters, so you can copy them from Character Map on Windows or Font Book on a Mac and paste them anywhere, including Cricut Design Space and Canva. Its ligatures switch on by themselves in most design apps: certain letter pairs join into one specially drawn shape.

Where Brillant Works Best

Designers usually reach for fonts like Brillant when they're making book covers, magazine headlines and classic branding. Serif fonts shine in headlines and printed text. For long paragraphs on phones, check that it still reads well at small sizes.

More Fonts by Ahmad Suhadi

DafontStyle has 4 more fonts by Ahmad Suhadi. Here are a few:

• Bulgia font
• Zaslia Font
• Monic font
• The Lagez Font

Brillant Font FAQs

Is Brillant font free to download?

Yes, Brillant is a free download here (free ZIP (42.5 KB) with one OTF file), no sign-up needed. For commercial projects, read the license note on this page first, since that's set by the designer.

Who designed Brillant font?

Brillant was designed by Ahmad Suhadi. The copyright line inside the font is dated 2024. DafontStyle has 4 more fonts by Ahmad Suhadi, and a few are linked above.

How do I install Brillant on Windows or Mac?

Unzip the download first. On Windows, right-click the font file and choose Install. On a Mac, double-click it and click Install Font. 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 Brillant.

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

Some are OpenType features, which you pick from the Glyphs panel in Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop. The other 61 are separate characters you can copy from Character Map (Windows) or Font Book (Mac) and paste into any app, Cricut and Canva included.

Can I use Brillant 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 Brillant support accented letters?

Yes. Brillant 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 Brillant?

A neutral sans serif like Lato or Source Sans Pro is a safe partner for captions and smaller text.