Sans serif · Carolina Short
Asimovian
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CSSfont-family: 'Asimovian', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Asimovian is a free sans serif by Carolina Short, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Asimovian has an x-height taller than 77%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 84%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Tac One
Asimovian on one light table with its two closest fonts, Tac One (75 out of 100) and Covid19 (74). Tac One is 53% heavier, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 25% shorter; Covid19 is 14% wider and 11% heavier, with an x-height 14% taller.
Asimovian and Tac One laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AsimovianTac One…
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 Asimovian 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
Asimovian 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 Asimovian, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Carolina Short
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
Asimovian 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 Asimovian, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Asimovian under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Asimovian, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.76lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 51.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 52%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 77% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkDarker than 84% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 65% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Asimovian
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Tac One75more stroke contrast · 53% heavier · x-height 25% shorter
- Covid1974x-height 14% taller · 14% wider · 11% heavier
- Kdam Thmor Pro68x-height 14% taller
- Gulax68x-height 13% shorter · 10% narrower
- Jockey One6617% narrower · 27% heavier · x-height 4% shorter
- Runic Sans65x-height 49% taller · 25% wider · 31% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Asimovian →Compare side by side →Get Asimovian on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Asimovian without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Doppio One50text 2.3% wider · x-height 3.7% shorter
- Righteous44text 1.8% wider · x-height 1.7% shorter
- Tauri41text 2.7% wider · x-height 3.6% taller
- Funever Sans Display39text 2.7% narrower · x-height 4.3% shorter
- Sansation38text 1.7% narrower · x-height 4.2% shorter
- Ubuntu34text 1.6% narrower · x-height 2.8% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Asimovian loads, this sets Arial in its place at 104.7% of its size, so running text keeps Asimovian’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Asimovian Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 104.72%;
ascent-override: 95.49%;
descent-override: 28.65%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Asimovian', 'Asimovian Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Asimovian
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Asimovian free for commercial use?
Yes. Asimovian 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 Asimovian?
FontKind doesn’t host Asimovian’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Asimovian in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Asimovian isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Asimovian in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Asimovian under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Asimovian in Figma?
Yes: Asimovian is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Asimovian have?
Asimovian 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 Asimovian?
Asimovian was designed by Carolina Short. It has been on Google Fonts since August 2025. Carolina Short also made Mynerve and Mansalva.
What fonts are similar to Asimovian?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Tac One (75), Covid19 (74) and Kdam Thmor Pro (68), out of 100. Next to Asimovian, Tac One is 53% heavier, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 25% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Asimovian.