Sans serif · GGBotNet
Alpha Prota
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CSSfont-family: 'Alpha Prota', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Alpha Prota is a free sans serif by GGBotNet, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Alpha Prota has an x-height taller than 99%, is wider than 97% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 100%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Anthony
Alpha Prota on one light table with its two closest fonts, Anthony (77 out of 100) and Samaano (76). Anthony is 209% heavier and 35% narrower, with an x-height 45% shorter; Samaano is 544% heavier and 33% narrower, with an x-height 33% shorter.
Alpha Prota and Anthony laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Alpha ProtaAnthony…
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 Alpha Prota 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Styles
Alpha Prota, upright and italic
1 weight (400), with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Alpha Prota, and can you use it?
- Designer
- GGBotNet
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400), with italics
- 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.
Alpha Prota is under the CC0 1.0, public domain. 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 Alpha Prota 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 Alpha Prota, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Alpha Prota under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Alpha Prota, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 74.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.99lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 75.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 9%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 99% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 97% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 100% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Alpha Prota
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Anthony77209% heavier · x-height 45% shorter · 35% narrower
- Samaano76544% heavier · 33% narrower · x-height 33% shorter
- Bungee Hairline7463% lighter · x-height 15% shorter · 5% narrower
- Snap-it Mono61199% heavier · x-height 31% shorter · 31% narrower
- Major Mono Display5353% heavier · x-height 6% shorter
- Turret Road51254% heavier · x-height 36% shorter · 33% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Alpha Prota →Compare side by side →Get Alpha Prota on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Alpha Prota without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Alpha Prota sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Alpha Prota loads, this sets Arial in its place at 155% of its size, so running text keeps Alpha Prota’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Alpha Prota Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 154.98%;
ascent-override: 56.46%;
descent-override: 8.07%;
line-gap-override: 1.01%;
}
font-family: 'Alpha Prota', 'Alpha Prota Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Alpha Prota
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Alpha Prota free for commercial use?
Yes, with no conditions at all: Alpha Prota 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 Alpha Prota?
Alpha Prota 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 Alpha Prota/TrueType (.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 Alpha Prota in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Alpha Prota 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 Alpha Prota have?
Alpha Prota comes in one weight, Regular (400), with an italic. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Alpha Prota?
Alpha Prota was designed by GGBotNet. GGBotNet also made Blaec, Crayon Libre, Delta Block and 16 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Alpha Prota?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Anthony (77), Samaano (76) and Bungee Hairline (74), out of 100. Next to Alpha Prota, Anthony is 209% heavier and 35% narrower, with an x-height 45% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Alpha Prota.