Sans serif · Deni Anggara
BDO Grotesk
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CSSfont-family: 'BDO Grotesk', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
BDO Grotesk is a free sans serif by Deni Anggara, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, BDO Grotesk has an x-height taller than 88%, is wider than 82% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 67%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Rag
BDO Grotesk on one light table with its two closest fonts, Rag (84 out of 100) and Cossette Texte (83). Rag has an x-height 8% shorter; Cossette Texte is 10% narrower, with an x-height 6% taller and less stroke contrast.
BDO Grotesk and Rag laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with BDO GroteskRag…
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 BDO Grotesk 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 / Weights
BDO Grotesk in 7 weights
7 weights, 300–900
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made BDO Grotesk, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Deni Anggara
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 300–900
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
BDO Grotesk 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 BDO Grotesk 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 BDO Grotesk, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists BDO Grotesk under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
BDO Grotesk, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 56.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.78lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 55.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.17 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 88% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 82% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 67% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to BDO Grotesk
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Rag84x-height 8% shorter
- Cossette Texte8310% narrower · x-height 6% taller · less stroke contrast
- Geist82x-height 6% shorter · 11% lighter · 4% narrower
- Kecal80x-height 10% shorter · 9% narrower
- Radio Canada Big809% narrower · x-height 6% shorter · 10% heavier
- Ranade80more stroke contrast · 8% wider · x-height 7% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to BDO Grotesk →Compare side by side →Get BDO Grotesk on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap BDO Grotesk without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Stack Sans Text74text 1.7% wider · x-height 0.9% shorter
- Open Sauce One73same text width · x-height 2.1% shorter
- Inter73text 2.3% narrower · x-height 3.4% shorter
- Biryani69same text width · x-height 2.1% shorter
- Micro Grotesk67text 2.2% narrower · same x-height
- Kripa64text 1.1% narrower · x-height 3.4% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until BDO Grotesk loads, this sets Arial in its place at 110% of its size, so running text keeps BDO Grotesk’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'BDO Grotesk Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 110.03%;
ascent-override: 72.71%;
descent-override: 16.09%;
line-gap-override: 36.35%;
}
font-family: 'BDO Grotesk', 'BDO Grotesk Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about BDO Grotesk
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is BDO Grotesk free for commercial use?
Yes. BDO Grotesk 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 BDO Grotesk?
BDO Grotesk 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 Fonts/TTF 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 BDO Grotesk in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and BDO Grotesk 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 BDO Grotesk have?
BDO Grotesk comes in seven weights, from Light (300) to Black (900).
Who designed BDO Grotesk?
BDO Grotesk was designed by Deni Anggara. Deni Anggara also made LC Mogi, LCT-Ciburial, Satoshi and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to BDO Grotesk?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Rag (84), Cossette Texte (83) and Geist (82), out of 100. Next to BDO Grotesk, Rag has an x-height 8% shorter. See all 100 fonts like BDO Grotesk.