Sans serif · Satya Rajpurohit
Author
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CSSfont-family: 'Author', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Author is a free sans serif by Satya Rajpurohit, from Fontshare. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Author has an x-height shorter than 93%, is narrower than 84% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 84%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Ysabeau SC
Author on one light table with its two closest fonts, Ysabeau SC (84 out of 100) and Tajawal (81). Ysabeau SC is 18% wider and 16% lighter, with more stroke contrast; Tajawal is 6% wider, with more stroke contrast.
Author and Ysabeau SC laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AuthorYsabeau SC…
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 Author 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.
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- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Author in 6 weights
6 weights, 200–700, with italics
- 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 Author, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Satya Rajpurohit
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 6 weights, 200–700, with italics
- From
- Fontshare
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- ITF Free Font License 2.0
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes. Even registered as a trademark.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Your own, not as a font others pick.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes. Embedded so that it can’t be pulled out.
- Changes
- No. Not even subsetting, without ITF’s written consent.
- Sharing the files
- No. Only within your organisation.
Author is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0. 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 Author comes from Fontshare. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Fontshare first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- No. Author comes from Fontshare: install it first. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Author, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Author under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Author, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 44.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 59.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 44.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 36%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.16 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 93% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 84% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 84% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Author
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Ysabeau SC8418% wider · 16% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Tajawal816% wider · more stroke contrast
- Antic79x-height 14% taller · 9% wider · 8% lighter
- Ysabeau79more stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter · 5% wider
- Alpino7623% heavier · x-height 10% shorter
- Catamaran76x-height 13% taller · 12% heavier · 5% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Author →Compare side by side →Get Author on Fontshare
07 / Swap
Swap Author without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Author loads, this sets Arial in its place at 87.6% of its size, so running text keeps Author’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Author Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 87.60%;
ascent-override: 94.75%;
descent-override: 22.83%;
line-gap-override: 9.13%;
}
font-family: 'Author', 'Author Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Author
Answered from its licence, Fontshare and each app’s own font list
Is Author free for commercial use?
Yes. Author is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0 , which allows commercial use, logos you can register as trademarks and your own websites and apps. But its files may not be changed, not even subset, nor passed outside your organisation.
How do I download and install Author?
FontKind doesn’t host Author’s files: it comes free from Fontshare , Indian Type Foundry’s library, and only from there. Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Is Author in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Author 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 Author ExtraLight and Author SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, save it as a PDF, which carries the font with it.
Is Author in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Author comes from Fontshare. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
Is Author in Figma?
Not built in: Figma includes Google Fonts, and Author comes from Fontshare. Install it on your computer and Figma lists it.
How many weights does Author have?
Author comes in six weights, from ExtraLight (200) to Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Author?
Author was designed by Satya Rajpurohit. Satya Rajpurohit also made Kohinoor Zerone and Pilcrow Rounded.
What fonts are similar to Author?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Ysabeau SC (84), Tajawal (81) and Antic (79), out of 100. Next to Author, Ysabeau SC is 18% wider and 16% lighter, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Author.