The Greek Alphabet

The Greek alphabet contains 24 letters and was the first writing system to include vowels, making it easier to read and write compared to earlier scripts like Phoenician. Fun fact: the English word “alphabet” comes directly from the first two Greek letters, alpha (α) and beta (β). Greek letters like pi (π) and sigma (Σ) continue to appear in modern areas such as mathematics, science, and fraternity names.

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Just like English fonts, the Greek alphabet looks pretty different depending on which font is used. Here we show the Greek Alphabet in two different fonts.

Gentium Plus is probably the most elegant Greek font. Handles diacritic marks easily and just looks good, especially with printed text.

Letter Name	Lowercase	Uppercase
alpha	α	Α
beta	β	Β
gamma	γ	Γ
delta	δ	Δ
epsilon	ε	Ε
zeta	ζ	Ζ
eta	η	Η
theta	θ	Θ
iota	ι	Ι
kappa	κ	Κ
lambda	λ	Λ
mu	μ	Μ
nu	ν	Ν
xi	ξ	Ξ
omicron	ο	Ο
pi	π	Π
rho	ρ	Ρ
sigma	σ	Σ
tau	τ	Τ
upsilon	υ	Υ
phi	φ	Φ
chi	χ	Χ
psi	ψ	Ψ
omega	ω	Ω

Alegreya Sans removes some of the fine details of serif fonts for a simple, clean look.

Letter Name	Lowercase	Uppercase
alpha	α	Α
beta	β	Β
gamma	γ	Γ
delta	δ	Δ
epsilon	ε	Ε
zeta	ζ	Ζ
eta	η	Η
theta	θ	Θ
iota	ι	Ι
kappa	κ	Κ
lambda	λ	Λ
mu	μ	Μ
nu	ν	Ν
xi	ξ	Ξ
omicron	ο	Ο
pi	π	Π
rho	ρ	Ρ
sigma	σ	Σ
tau	τ	Τ
upsilon	υ	Υ
phi	φ	Φ
chi	χ	Χ
psi	ψ	Ψ
omega	ω	Ω