Sans serif · Andrés Briganti

Basement Grotesque

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Size72 px

Weight800 Extra boldThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Basement Grotesque', sans-serif; font-weight: 800; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Basement Grotesque is a free sans serif by Andrés Briganti, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Basement Grotesque has an x-height taller than 92%, is wider than 93% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Archivo Black

Basement Grotesque on one light table with its two closest fonts, Archivo Black (90 out of 100) and Russo One (84). Archivo Black is 4% narrower, with an x-height 12% shorter; Russo One is 10% narrower, with an x-height 12% shorter.

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Ink shared with Basement GrotesqueArchivo Black…

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 Basement Grotesque alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 800

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03 / Sizes

Basement Grotesque at every size

1 weight (800) · six sizes, in your words

12 px
16 px
24 px
36 px
48 px
72 px

04 / Facts

Who made Basement Grotesque, and can you use it?

Designer: Andrés Briganti
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 1 weight (800)
From: GitHub
Character sets: latin
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.

Basement Grotesque 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

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Basement Grotesque comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub 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 Basement Grotesque, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Basement Grotesque under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Basement Grotesque on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Basement Grotesque, measured

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

Hxgp in Basement Grotesque. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 60.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 78.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.77lowercase against capitals
Width: 63.6% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 70%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.33 : 1moderate stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 92% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 93% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 97% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 82% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Basement Grotesque

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Basement Grotesque →Compare side by side →Get Basement Grotesque on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Basement Grotesque without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Basement Grotesque loads, this sets Arial in its place at 127.3% of its size, so running text keeps Basement Grotesque’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Basement Grotesque Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 127.33%;
  ascent-override: 78.53%;
  descent-override: 15.71%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Basement Grotesque', 'Basement Grotesque Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Basement Grotesque

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

Is Basement Grotesque free for commercial use?

Yes. Basement Grotesque 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 Basement Grotesque?

Basement Grotesque comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its public/fonts/grotesque folder. 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 load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .

Is Basement Grotesque in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Basement Grotesque comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. 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 Basement Grotesque have?

Basement Grotesque comes in one weight, ExtraBold (800). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Basement Grotesque?

Basement Grotesque was designed by Andrés Briganti. Andrés Briganti also made Geist, Geist Mono and Geist Pixel.

What fonts are similar to Basement Grotesque?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Archivo Black (90), Russo One (84) and Special Gothic Expanded One (80), out of 100. Next to Basement Grotesque, Archivo Black is 4% narrower, with an x-height 12% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Basement Grotesque.