Sans serif · Ella Jameson

3x5 Microfont

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: '3x5 Microfont', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

3x5 Microfont is a free sans serif by Ella Jameson, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, 3x5 Microfont has an average x-height, is narrower than 69% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 72%.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Tiny5

3x5 Microfont on one light table with its two closest fonts, Tiny5 (84 out of 100) and Fusion Pixel 8px Proportional JP (83). Tiny5 is 9% heavier; Fusion Pixel 8px Proportional JP is 10% wider and 9% heavier.

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Ink shared with 3x5 MicrofontTiny5…

Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.

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02 / Letters

The 3x5 Microfont alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

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03 / Sizes

3x5 Microfont at every size

1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words

12 px
16 px
24 px
36 px
48 px
72 px

04 / Facts

Who made 3x5 Microfont, and can you use it?

Designer: Ella Jameson
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 1 weight (400)
From: GitHub
Character sets: latin, latin-ext
Licence: CC0 1.0, public domain

Can I use it?

Commercial use: Yes.
Logos: Yes.
Websites and apps: Yes. Self-hosted.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes. No conditions: it is in the public domain.
Sharing the files: Yes. No conditions, not even a credit.

3x5 Microfont is under the CC0 1.0, public domain. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and 3x5 Microfont comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub first. Microsoft’s list
Figma: Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
Canva: Not verified. Search its font menu for 3x5 Microfont, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists 3x5 Microfont under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get 3x5 Microfont on GitHub

05 / Measurements

3x5 Microfont, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in 3x5 Microfont. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 50.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 62.5% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.80lowercase against capitals
Width: 47.6% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 46%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 69% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 72% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to 3x5 Microfont

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to 3x5 Microfont →Compare side by side →Get 3x5 Microfont on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap 3x5 Microfont without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until 3x5 Microfont loads, this sets Arial in its place at 101.2% of its size, so running text keeps 3x5 Microfont’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: '3x5 Microfont Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 101.19%;
  ascent-override: 74.12%;
  descent-override: 0.00%;
  line-gap-override: 12.35%;
}

font-family: '3x5 Microfont', '3x5 Microfont Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about 3x5 Microfont

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is 3x5 Microfont free for commercial use?

Yes, with no conditions at all: 3x5 Microfont is in the public domain, under CC0 1.0 . Use it, change it and pass it on, commercially too, without even a credit.

How do I download and install 3x5 Microfont?

3x5 Microfont comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .

Is 3x5 Microfont in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and 3x5 Microfont comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.

How many weights does 3x5 Microfont have?

3x5 Microfont comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed 3x5 Microfont?

3x5 Microfont was designed by Ella Jameson.

What fonts are similar to 3x5 Microfont?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Tiny5 (84), Fusion Pixel 8px Proportional JP (83) and Pixtile (80), out of 100. Next to 3x5 Microfont, Tiny5 is 9% heavier. See all 100 fonts like 3x5 Microfont.