Sans serif · Valerio Monopoli
Absans
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CSSfont-family: 'Absans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Absans is a free sans serif by Valerio Monopoli, from Collletttivo. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Absans has an average x-height, is wider than 70% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 80%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Cortado Sans
Absans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Cortado Sans (80 out of 100) and NT Somic (78). Cortado Sans has nearly identical proportions; NT Somic is 10% heavier.
Absans and Cortado Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AbsansCortado Sans…
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.
02 / Letters
The Absans 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.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Absans 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 Absans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Valerio Monopoli
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Collletttivo
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Absans is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Absans comes from Collletttivo. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Collletttivo 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 Absans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Absans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Absans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 53.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 37%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.19 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 70% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 80% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Absans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Cortado Sans80Nearly identical proportions
- NT Somic7810% heavier
- Questrial766% narrower
- Figtree7610% heavier · 5% narrower
- Fustat7512% heavier · 5% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Raleway7311% lighter · x-height 4% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Absans →Compare side by side →Get Absans on Collletttivo
07 / Swap
Swap Absans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Cortado Sans80same text width · same x-height
- NT Somic78text 0.7% narrower · same x-height
- Raleway73same text width · x-height 4.2% taller
- Prodigy Sans72text 1.1% narrower · same x-height
- Wix Madefor Display71text 0.5% narrower · x-height 1.6% shorter
- Fixel70same text width · x-height 4.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Absans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 105.7% of its size, so running text keeps Absans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Absans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 105.66%;
ascent-override: 97.48%;
descent-override: 31.23%;
line-gap-override: 3.79%;
}
font-family: 'Absans', 'Absans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Absans
Answered from its licence, Collletttivo and each app’s own font list
Is Absans free for commercial use?
Yes. Absans is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Absans?
Absans comes free from Collletttivo . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts folder. 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 Absans in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Absans comes from Collletttivo. 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 Absans have?
Absans 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 Absans?
Absans was designed by Valerio Monopoli.
What fonts are similar to Absans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Cortado Sans (80), NT Somic (78) and Questrial (76), out of 100. Next to Absans, Cortado Sans has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like Absans.