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Anticva
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CSSfont-family: 'Anticva', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Anticva is a free serif, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Anticva has an x-height taller than 99%, is wider than 98% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 2.7 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Coconat
Anticva on one light table with its two closest fonts, Coconat (91 out of 100) and Isenheim (88). Coconat is 28% narrower and 50% heavier, with an x-height 36% shorter; Isenheim is 24% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 37% shorter.
Anticva and Coconat laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AnticvaCoconat…
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 Anticva 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 / Sizes
Anticva 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
Can you use Anticva?
- Designer
- Not listed
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
Anticva 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 Anticva 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 Anticva, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Anticva under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Anticva, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 78.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 78.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 72.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 25%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.74 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 99% of serifs
WidthWider than 98% of serifs
InkLighter than 97% of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 75% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Anticva
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Coconat91x-height 36% shorter · 28% narrower · 50% heavier
- Isenheim88more stroke contrast · x-height 37% shorter · 24% narrower
- Basteleur83x-height 30% shorter · 59% heavier · 13% narrower
- Marcellus76x-height 37% shorter · 30% narrower · 50% heavier
- Marcellus SC73x-height 33% shorter · 28% narrower · 26% heavier
- Bellefair69x-height 54% shorter · 44% narrower · 61% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Anticva →Compare side by side →Get Anticva on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Anticva without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Anticva sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Anticva loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 159.4% of its size, so running text keeps Anticva’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Anticva Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 159.42%;
ascent-override: 57.27%;
descent-override: 12.48%;
line-gap-override: 5.65%;
}
font-family: 'Anticva', 'Anticva Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Anticva
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Anticva free for commercial use?
Yes. Anticva 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 Anticva?
Anticva 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 font 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 Anticva in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Anticva 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 Anticva have?
Anticva comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
What fonts are similar to Anticva?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Coconat (91), Isenheim (88) and Basteleur (83), out of 100. Next to Anticva, Coconat is 28% narrower and 50% heavier, with an x-height 36% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Anticva.