Sans serif · Eduardo Tunni
Average Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Average Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Average Sans is a free sans serif by Eduardo Tunni, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Average Sans has an x-height shorter than 91%, is narrower than 79% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 70%. Its thickest strokes are 1.4 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Mukta
Average Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Mukta (90 out of 100) and Skeena Indigenous (84). Mukta is 4% wider, with an x-height 3% taller; Skeena Indigenous is 6% lighter and 3% wider, with more stroke contrast.
Average Sans and Mukta laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Average SansMukta…
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 Average 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
Average 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 Average Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Eduardo Tunni
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2012
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Average”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Average 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
- 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 Average Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Average Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Average Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 45.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.66lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 45.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.35 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 91% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 79% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 70% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 84% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Average Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Average Sans's own familyAverage
- Mukta904% wider · x-height 3% taller
- Skeena Indigenous84more stroke contrast · 6% lighter · 3% wider
- Plein83x-height 11% taller · 11% wider · 15% lighter
- UNAL Ancizar Sans82Nearly identical proportions
- Actor80x-height 10% taller · 6% wider · 9% lighter
- Martel Sans7919% wider · x-height 17% taller · 13% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Average Sans →Compare side by side →Get Average Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Average Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Mukta90text 2.7% wider · x-height 3.1% taller
- Skeena Indigenous84text 1.5% wider · x-height 1.3% taller
- Molengo79text 2.4% wider · same x-height
- Federo73text 2.4% narrower · x-height 0.9% taller
- Tajawal72text 2.9% wider · same x-height
- Carlito71same text width · x-height 4.7% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Average Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 92.9% of its size, so running text keeps Average Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Average Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 92.86%;
ascent-override: 110.60%;
descent-override: 28.97%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Average Sans', 'Average Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Average Sans
Of the 1,062 home pages that load Average Sans, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.
Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
- Open Sans18%193 sites · 1× chance
- Roboto16%166 sites · 0.8× chance
- Montserrat8.4%89 sites · 0.6× chance
- Poppins7.3%77 sites · 0.7× chance
- Lato5.7%61 sites · 0.7× chance
09 / Questions
Questions about Average Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Average Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Average Sans is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Average”.
How do I download and install Average Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Average Sans’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 Average Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Average Sans 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 Average Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Average Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Average Sans in Figma?
Yes: Average Sans is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Average Sans have?
Average 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 Average Sans?
Average Sans was designed by Eduardo Tunni. It has been on Google Fonts since October 2012. Eduardo Tunni also made Pathway Gothic One, Changa One, Graduate and 31 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Average Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Mukta (90), Skeena Indigenous (84) and Plein (83), out of 100. Next to Average Sans, Mukta is 4% wider, with an x-height 3% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Average. See all 100 fonts like Average Sans.