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Big Shoulders
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CSSfont-family: 'Big Shoulders', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-optical-sizing: none; line-height: 1.1;
Big Shoulders is a free display font by Patric King, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Big Shoulders has an x-height taller than 78%, is narrower than 96% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Le Murmure
Big Shoulders on one light table with its two closest fonts, Le Murmure (79 out of 100) and Antonio (73). Le Murmure is 15% narrower and 11% heavier, with an x-height 11% taller; Antonio is 22% wider, with an x-height 22% taller.
Big Shoulders and Le Murmure laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Big ShouldersLe Murmure…
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 Big Shoulders 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
Big Shoulders in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900 · variable from 100 to 900
Variable weight, 100 to 900
- 100 Thin
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Big Shoulders, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Patric King
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900
- Variable axes
- Optical size 10–72, Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- 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.
Big Shoulders 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
- 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 Big Shoulders, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Big Shoulders under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Big Shoulders, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 60.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 80.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 33.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 46%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.26 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 78% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 96% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Big Shoulders
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Big Shoulders's own familyBig Shoulders StencilBig Shoulders Inline
- Le Murmure7915% narrower · x-height 11% taller · 11% heavier
- Antonio7322% wider · x-height 22% taller
- Agdasima71x-height 21% shorter · 8% lighter · 3% widerBased on Big Shoulders
- New Title6530% narrower · 10% heavier · x-height 4% shorter
- Pathway Gothic One60x-height 10% shorter · 4% wider
- Commune Nuit Debout5838% narrower · 41% heavier · x-height 10% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Big Shoulders →Compare side by side →Get Big Shoulders on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Big Shoulders without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Big Shoulders sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Big Shoulders loads, this sets Arial in its place at 69.7% of its size, so running text keeps Big Shoulders’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Big Shoulders Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 69.71%;
ascent-override: 141.37%;
descent-override: 30.77%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Big Shoulders', 'Big Shoulders Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Big Shoulders
Of the 3,701 home pages that load Big Shoulders, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.
Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
- Roboto14%534 sites · 0.7× chance
- Inter9.6%354 sites · 0.9× chance
- Open Sans8%297 sites · 0.4× chance
- Poppins7.1%262 sites · 0.6× chance
- Montserrat6.8%253 sites · 0.5× chance
- Chivo4.9%180 sites · 55× chance
More than chanceIBM Plex Mono 13×JetBrains Mono 6.8×Red Hat Display 5.9×
Fonts that go with Big Shoulders: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →
Pair checkerBig Shoulders + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other09 / Questions
Questions about Big Shoulders
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Big Shoulders free for commercial use?
Yes. Big Shoulders 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 Big Shoulders?
FontKind doesn’t host Big Shoulders’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 Big Shoulders in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Big Shoulders isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Big Shoulders Thin and Big Shoulders Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Big Shoulders in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Big Shoulders under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Big Shoulders in Figma?
Yes: Big Shoulders is in Figma’s font menu with all nine weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Big Shoulders have?
Big Shoulders comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900 and optical sizes from 10 to 72.
Who designed Big Shoulders?
Big Shoulders was designed by Patric King. It has been on Google Fonts since February 2025. Patric King also made Agdasima.
What fonts are similar to Big Shoulders?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Le Murmure (79), Antonio (73) and Agdasima (71), out of 100. Next to Big Shoulders, Le Murmure is 15% narrower and 11% heavier, with an x-height 11% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Big Shoulders Stencil and Big Shoulders Inline. See all 100 fonts like Big Shoulders.