Typography

The College of Liberal Arts has three fonts as part of our core brand identity, each with different uses:

 

These fonts should be used on all marketing materials, including websites, and are encouraged in any external communications.

The University launched a new Find Your Energy brand in Fall 2023 that replaces individual college VBLs. Reference the updated brand guidelines on the CSU Brand website.

The content below is being kept as a reference for CLA websites still using the 2020 VBL. We appreciate your patience as we update all CLA websites to reflect the new university-wide brand.

Montserrat

Headings and subheadings

Montserrat is the College’s headline font and is best suited to headings and subheadings. This sans serif font is available in nine weights – from thin to black – and is available for free download from Google Fonts.

  • Thin 100

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-thinCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Thin 100 italic

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-thin-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Extra-light 200

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-extra-lightCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Extra-light 200 italic

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-extra-light-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Light 300

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-lightCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Light 300 italic

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-light-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Regular 400

    CSS Class: font-montserratCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Regular 400 italic

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Medium 500

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-mediumCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Medium 500 italic

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-medium-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Semi-bold 600

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-semiboldCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Semi-bold 600 italic

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-semibold-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Bold 700

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-boldCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Bold 700 italic

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-bold-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Extra-bold 800

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-extra-boldCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Extra-bold 800 italic

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-extra-bold-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Black 900

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-blackCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Black 900 italic

    CSS Class: font-montserrat-black-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

Roboto

Body copy

Roboto is the College’s all-purpose font. It should generally be used for body copy, but it can also be applied to headings as desired. While it comes in six different weights, it is recommended to use regular or medium for large blocks of text. It is available for free download from Google Fonts.

  • Thin 100

    CSS Class: font-roboto-thinCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Thin 100 italic

    CSS Class: font-roboto-thin-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Light 300

    CSS Class: font-roboto-lightCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Light 300 italic

    CSS Class: font-roboto-light-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Regular 400

    CSS Class: font-robotoCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Regular 400 italic

    CSS Class: font-roboto-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Semi-bold 600

    CSS Class: font-roboto-semiboldCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Semi-bold 600 italic

    CSS Class: font-roboto-semibold-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Bold 700

    CSS Class: font-roboto-boldCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Bold 700 italic

    CSS Class: font-roboto-bold-italicCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Black 900

    CSS Class: font-roboto-blackCollege of Liberal Arts

  • Black 900 italic

    CSS Class: font-roboto-black-italicCollege of Liberal Arts