Sans serif · Ishtār van Looy
Amarna
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CSSfont-family: 'Amarna', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Amarna is a free sans serif by Ishtār van Looy, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Amarna has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 63%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Valley Sans
Amarna on one light table with its two closest fonts, Valley Sans (92 out of 100) and Alegreya Sans (78). Valley Sans is 11% wider, with more stroke contrast; Alegreya Sans is 10% narrower, with an x-height 9% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Amarna and Valley Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AmarnaValley 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 Amarna 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
Amarna in 7 weights
7 weights, 100–700, with italics · variable from 100 to 700
Variable weight, 100 to 700
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Amarna, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ishtār van Looy
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 100–700, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 100–700
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Amarna 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
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Amarna, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Amarna under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Amarna, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 40%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.15 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkLighter than 63% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Amarna
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Valley Sans9211% wider · more stroke contrast
- Alegreya Sans7810% narrower · x-height 9% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Acme7645% heavier · 8% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Alegreya Sans SC7320% lighter
- Cantora One7247% heavier · more stroke contrast · 4% narrower
- Andika7212% heavier · 4% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Amarna →Compare side by side →Get Amarna on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Amarna without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Murecho49text 2.3% narrower · x-height 3.0% taller
- Asul46text 0.8% narrower · x-height 5.0% shorter
- Funever Sans Display40text 0.7% wider · x-height 1.4% taller
- Ubuntu Sans40text 0.6% wider · x-height 2.6% taller
- Ubuntu38text 1.8% wider · x-height 3.0% taller
- Marcellus35text 1.9% wider · x-height 1.0% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Amarna loads, this sets Arial in its place at 101.2% of its size, so running text keeps Amarna’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Amarna Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 101.19%;
ascent-override: 101.30%;
descent-override: 34.59%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Amarna', 'Amarna Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Amarna
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Amarna free for commercial use?
Yes. Amarna 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 Amarna?
FontKind doesn’t host Amarna’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Amarna in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Amarna isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Amarna Thin and Amarna SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Amarna in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Amarna under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Amarna in Figma?
Yes: Amarna is in Figma’s font menu with all seven weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Amarna have?
Amarna comes in seven weights, from Thin (100) to Bold (700), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 700.
Who designed Amarna?
Amarna was designed by Ishtār van Looy. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2025.
What fonts are similar to Amarna?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Valley Sans (92), Alegreya Sans (78) and Acme (76), out of 100. Next to Amarna, Valley Sans is 11% wider, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Amarna.