Sans serif · OSP

Alfphabet

Q: Is Alfphabet free for commercial use?

Yes. Alfphabet is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

Q: How do I download and install Alfphabet?

Alfphabet comes free from OSP. Download it from its page there 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file.

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Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Alfphabet is a free sans serif by OSP, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Alfphabet has an x-height taller than 98%, is wider than 98% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 67%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Science Gothic →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Science Gothic

Alfphabet on one light table with its two closest fonts, Science Gothic (96 out of 100) and CAT North (92). Science Gothic is 22% narrower and 19% heavier, with an x-height 30% shorter; CAT North is 29% narrower and 25% heavier, with an x-height 12% shorter.

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Ink shared with AlfphabetScience Gothic…

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 Alfphabet 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

Alfphabet at every size

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

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36 px
48 px
72 px

04 / Facts

Who made Alfphabet, and can you use it?

Designer: OSP
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 1 weight (400)
From: OSP
Character sets: latin
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.

Alfphabet is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, kept with our copy of its web fonts

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Alfphabet comes from OSP. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from OSP 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 Alfphabet, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Alfphabet under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

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05 / Measurements

Alfphabet, measured

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

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

x-height: 71.1% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 71.1% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 1.00lowercase against capitals
Width: 79.8% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 45%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 98% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 98% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 67% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Alfphabet

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Alfphabet →Compare side by side →Get Alfphabet on OSP

07 / Swap

Swap Alfphabet without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Alfphabet loads, this sets Arial in its place at 172.5% of its size, so running text keeps Alfphabet’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Alfphabet Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 172.53%;
  ascent-override: 41.27%;
  descent-override: 7.01%;
  line-gap-override: 3.59%;
}

font-family: 'Alfphabet', 'Alfphabet Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Alfphabet

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

Is Alfphabet free for commercial use?

Yes. Alfphabet 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 Alfphabet?

Alfphabet comes free from OSP . Download it from its page there 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .

Is Alfphabet in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Alfphabet comes from OSP. 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 Alfphabet have?

Alfphabet 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 Alfphabet?

Alfphabet was designed by OSP.

What fonts are similar to Alfphabet?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Science Gothic (96), CAT North (92) and Anta (85), out of 100. Next to Alfphabet, Science Gothic is 22% narrower and 19% heavier, with an x-height 30% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Alfphabet.