Display · Frank Adebiaye
BackOut
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CSSfont-family: 'BackOut', sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
BackOut is a free display font by Frank Adebiaye, from Velvetyne. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, BackOut has an x-height taller than 85%, is narrower than 74% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Pescante
BackOut on one light table with its two closest fonts, Pescante (71 out of 100) and Canarina (64). Pescante is 32% heavier, with an x-height 23% shorter and more stroke contrast; Canarina is 10% narrower and 16% heavier, with an x-height 30% shorter.
BackOut and Pescante laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with BackOutPescante…
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 BackOut alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 500
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
BackOut at every size
1 weight (500) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made BackOut, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Frank Adebiaye
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (500)
- From
- Velvetyne
- 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.
BackOut 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 BackOut comes from Velvetyne. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Velvetyne 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 BackOut, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists BackOut under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
BackOut, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 67.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 86.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.78lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 44.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 47%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.12 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 85% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 74% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore even than 67% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to BackOut
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Pescante71x-height 23% shorter · 32% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Canarina64x-height 30% shorter · 10% narrower · 16% heavier
- Boldonse6250% wider · x-height 30% taller · 52% heavier
- Chokokutai57more stroke contrast · x-height 27% shorter · 26% wider
- Runic Sans5744% wider · x-height 19% taller · 25% lighter
- Amarante54more stroke contrast · x-height 26% shorter · 7% wider
All 100 fonts similar to BackOut →Compare side by side →Get BackOut on Velvetyne
07 / Swap
Swap BackOut without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like BackOut sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until BackOut loads, this sets Arial in its place at 89.7% of its size, so running text keeps BackOut’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'BackOut Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 89.75%;
ascent-override: 133.60%;
descent-override: 62.73%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'BackOut', 'BackOut Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about BackOut
Answered from its licence, Velvetyne and each app’s own font list
Is BackOut free for commercial use?
Yes. BackOut 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 BackOut?
BackOut comes free from Velvetyne . Download it from its page there and unzip the file. 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 BackOut in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and BackOut comes from Velvetyne. 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 BackOut have?
BackOut comes in one weight, Medium (500). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed BackOut?
BackOut was designed by Frank Adebiaye. Frank Adebiaye also made Grotesk and Lineal.
What fonts are similar to BackOut?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Pescante (71), Canarina (64) and Boldonse (62), out of 100. Next to BackOut, Pescante is 32% heavier, with an x-height 23% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like BackOut.