Sans serif · Bastien Sozeau
Beon
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CSSfont-family: 'Beon', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Beon is a free sans serif by Bastien Sozeau, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Beon has an x-height taller than 69%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 97%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Gruppo
Beon on one light table with its two closest fonts, Gruppo (73 out of 100) and Nemoy (71). Gruppo is 23% lighter, with an x-height 29% shorter; Nemoy is 18% wider and 27% lighter, with an x-height 25% taller.
Beon and Gruppo laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with BeonGruppo…
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 Beon 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
Beon 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 Beon, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Bastien Sozeau
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- 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.
Beon 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 Beon 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 Beon, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Beon under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Beon, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.80lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 51.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 28%letter box filled
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 69% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkLighter than 97% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Beon
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Gruppo73x-height 29% shorter · 23% lighter
- Nemoy71x-height 25% taller · 18% wider · 27% lighter
- Quicksand718% heavier
- Jura70x-height 10% shorter
- Hubballi70x-height 25% shorter · 13% narrower · 8% heavier
- Text Me One6912% narrower · x-height 5% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Beon →Compare side by side →Get Beon on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Beon without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Tsukimi Rounded55same text width · x-height 2.9% shorter
- Happy Monkey50text 2.7% wider · x-height 4.9% shorter
- Mali26text 0.9% wider · x-height 3.0% shorter
- Gotu23same text width · same x-height
- Agu Display20text 1.4% narrower · x-height 4.8% shorter
- Sour Gummy15text 2.7% narrower · x-height 4.8% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Beon loads, this sets Arial in its place at 111.9% of its size, so running text keeps Beon’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Beon Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 111.86%;
ascent-override: 83.14%;
descent-override: 24.58%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Beon', 'Beon Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Beon
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Beon free for commercial use?
Yes. Beon 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 Beon?
Beon 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 Beon in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Beon 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 Beon have?
Beon 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 Beon?
Beon was designed by Bastien Sozeau. Bastien Sozeau also made Young Serif, Formera, Libertine Super and three more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Beon?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Gruppo (73), Nemoy (71) and Quicksand (71), out of 100. Next to Beon, Gruppo is 23% lighter, with an x-height 29% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Beon.