Serif · Ishtar van Looy
Anvers
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CSSfont-family: 'Anvers', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Anvers is a free serif by Ishtar van Looy, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Anvers has an average x-height, is wider than 73% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.4 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Della Respira
Anvers on one light table with its two closest fonts, Della Respira (87 out of 100) and Stoke (84). Della Respira is 10% narrower, with an x-height 5% shorter; Stoke is 17% wider and 13% heavier, with more stroke contrast.
Anvers and Della Respira laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AnversDella Respira…
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 Anvers 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
Anvers in 3 weights
3 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Anvers, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ishtar van Looy
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 3 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 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.
Anvers 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 Anvers 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 Anvers, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Anvers under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Anvers, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 49.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 76.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.65lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 54.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 42%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.36 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of serifs
WidthWider than 73% of serifs
InkNear the middle of serifs
ContrastMore even than 81% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Anvers
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Della Respira8710% narrower · x-height 5% shorter
- Stoke8417% wider · 13% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Hahmlet83more stroke contrast
- Lustria81more stroke contrast · 15% lighter
- Donegal One75more stroke contrast · 11% heavier
- Lusitana74more stroke contrast · x-height 12% shorter · 11% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Anvers →Compare side by side →Get Anvers on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Anvers without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Hahmlet83same text width · same x-height
- Donegal One75text 1.4% wider · x-height 1.4% taller
- Trykker70text 0.9% narrower · x-height 0.7% taller
- Sentient65text 1.7% narrower · x-height 2.2% taller
- Isenheim61text 2.5% narrower · x-height 1.8% taller
- Mattern60text 1.9% narrower · x-height 2.6% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Anvers loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 122.3% of its size, so running text keeps Anvers’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Anvers Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 122.25%;
ascent-override: 98.16%;
descent-override: 28.63%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Anvers', 'Anvers Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Anvers
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Anvers free for commercial use?
Yes. Anvers 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 Anvers?
Anvers 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 Anvers in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Anvers 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 Anvers have?
Anvers comes in three weights: Regular (400), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700), and an italic at 400.
Who designed Anvers?
Anvers was designed by Ishtar van Looy.
What fonts are similar to Anvers?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Della Respira (87), Stoke (84) and Hahmlet (83), out of 100. Next to Anvers, Della Respira is 10% narrower, with an x-height 5% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Anvers.