Sans serif · Onno van den Dungen
Arcticons Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Arcticons Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Arcticons Sans is a free sans serif by Onno van den Dungen, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Arcticons Sans has an x-height taller than 94%, is wider than 87% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 63%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of K2D
Arcticons Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, K2D (75 out of 100) and Rena (68). K2D is 10% narrower and 9% lighter, with an x-height 19% shorter; Rena has an x-height 11% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Arcticons Sans and K2D laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Arcticons SansK2D…
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 Arcticons Sans 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 / Sizes
Arcticons Sans 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
Who made Arcticons Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Onno van den Dungen
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Arcticons Sans 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 Arcticons Sans 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 Arcticons Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Arcticons Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Arcticons Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 63.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 90.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.70lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 57.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 44%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 94% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 87% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 63% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Arcticons Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- K2D75x-height 19% shorter · 10% narrower · 9% lighter
- Rena68x-height 11% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Open Runde66x-height 13% shorter · 7% narrower · 12% lighter
- Capriola66x-height 13% shorter · 15% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Shippori Antique B164x-height 17% shorter · 5% narrower · 11% heavier
- National Park63x-height 17% shorter · 14% narrower · 6% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Arcticons Sans →Compare side by side →Get Arcticons Sans on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Arcticons Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Arcticons Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 112.3% of its size, so running text keeps Arcticons Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Arcticons Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 112.33%;
ascent-override: 124.63%;
descent-override: 44.51%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Arcticons Sans', 'Arcticons Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Arcticons Sans
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Arcticons Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Arcticons Sans 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 Arcticons Sans?
Arcticons Sans comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, open its latest release and download the font files from it. 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 Arcticons Sans in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Arcticons Sans 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 Arcticons Sans have?
Arcticons Sans 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 Arcticons Sans?
Arcticons Sans was designed by Onno van den Dungen.
What fonts are similar to Arcticons Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are K2D (75), Rena (68) and Open Runde (66), out of 100. Next to Arcticons Sans, K2D is 10% narrower and 9% lighter, with an x-height 19% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Arcticons Sans.