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Ballet

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10
16, default
More axes (1)More axes (0)
16, default

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CSSfont-family: 'Ballet', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-optical-sizing: none; line-height: 1.1;

Ballet is a free handwriting font by Omnibus-Type and Maximiliano Sproviero, on Google Fonts since 2020. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Ballet has an x-height shorter than 84%, is narrower than 74% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 63%.

Compare with Monsieur La Doulaise →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Monsieur La Doulaise

Ballet on one light table with its two closest fonts, Monsieur La Doulaise (86 out of 100) and Miss Fajardose (79). Monsieur La Doulaise is 41% heavier, with an x-height 46% shorter; Miss Fajardose is 36% narrower and 25% heavier, with an x-height 42% shorter.

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Ballet and Monsieur La Doulaise laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with BalletMonsieur La Doulaise…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Ballet 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.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

Learning cursive? The cursive alphabet, letter by letter →

With this font

03 / Sizes

Ballet 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 Ballet, and can you use it?

Designer
Omnibus-Type, Maximiliano Sproviero
Kind
Handwriting
Styles
1 weight (400)
Variable axes
Optical size 16–72
On Google Fonts since
2020
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.

Ballet is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

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 Ballet, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists Ballet under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Ballet on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Ballet, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Ballet. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
31.6% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
95.1% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.33lowercase against capitals
Width
33.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
40%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

  • x-heightSmaller than 84% of handwriting faces

  • WidthNarrower than 74% of handwriting faces

  • InkLighter than 63% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Ballet

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Ballet →Compare side by side →Get Ballet on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Ballet without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

None of the fonts that look most like Ballet sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until Ballet loads, this sets Arial in its place at 64% of its size, so running text keeps Ballet’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Ballet Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 63.98%;
  ascent-override: 176.62%;
  descent-override: 120.35%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Ballet', 'Ballet Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Ballet

Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list

Is Ballet free for commercial use?

Yes. Ballet 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 Ballet?

FontKind doesn’t host Ballet’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Ballet in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Ballet 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 Ballet in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Ballet under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Ballet in Figma?

Yes: Ballet is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Ballet have?

Ballet comes in one weight, Regular (400). It is a variable font: it takes optical sizes from 16 to 72. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Ballet?

Ballet was designed by Omnibus-Type and Maximiliano Sproviero. It has been on Google Fonts since September 2020. Omnibus-Type also made Archivo, Archivo Black, Saira and 26 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Ballet?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Monsieur La Doulaise (86), Miss Fajardose (79) and 18th Century (78), out of 100. Next to Ballet, Monsieur La Doulaise is 41% heavier, with an x-height 46% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Ballet.