Sans serif · Lauren Herda
Achieve
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CSSfont-family: 'Achieve', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Achieve is a free sans serif by Lauren Herda, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Achieve has an x-height taller than 92%, is wider than 94% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 91%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Chillax
Achieve on one light table with its two closest fonts, Chillax (83 out of 100) and MuseoModerno (82). Chillax is 15% narrower and 7% lighter, with an x-height 19% shorter; MuseoModerno is 14% narrower and 26% heavier, with an x-height 15% shorter.
Achieve and Chillax laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AchieveChillax…
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 Achieve 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 / Weights
Achieve in 6 weights
6 weights, 300–800
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
04 / Facts
Who made Achieve, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Lauren Herda
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 6 weights, 300–800
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
Achieve 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 Achieve 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 Achieve, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Achieve under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Achieve, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 60.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.86lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 65.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 33%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 92% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 94% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 91% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Achieve
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Chillax83x-height 19% shorter · 15% narrower · 7% lighter
- MuseoModerno82x-height 15% shorter · 14% narrower · 26% heavier
- Montserrat Alternates66x-height 12% shorter · 10% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Asimovian6056% heavier · 21% narrower · x-height 11% shorter
- Anta5848% heavier · 19% narrower · x-height 16% shorter
- Bruno Ace SC5724% heavier · 9% wider · x-height 8% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Achieve →Compare side by side →Get Achieve on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Achieve without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Achieve sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Achieve loads, this sets Arial in its place at 134.8% of its size, so running text keeps Achieve’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Achieve Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 134.83%;
ascent-override: 74.17%;
descent-override: 20.77%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Achieve', 'Achieve Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Achieve
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Achieve free for commercial use?
Yes. Achieve 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 Achieve?
Achieve comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/ttf 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 Achieve in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Achieve 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 Achieve have?
Achieve comes in six weights, from Light (300) to ExtraBold (800).
Who designed Achieve?
Achieve was designed by Lauren Herda.
What fonts are similar to Achieve?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Chillax (83), MuseoModerno (82) and Montserrat Alternates (66), out of 100. Next to Achieve, Chillax is 15% narrower and 7% lighter, with an x-height 19% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Achieve.