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Big Shoulders Inline
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CSSfont-family: 'Big Shoulders Inline', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-optical-sizing: none; line-height: 1.1;
Big Shoulders Inline is a free display font by Patric King, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Big Shoulders Inline has an x-height taller than 78%, is narrower than 95% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 90%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Le Murmure
Big Shoulders Inline on one light table with its two closest fonts, Le Murmure (68 out of 100) and Tulpen One (66). Le Murmure is 82% heavier and 16% narrower, with an x-height 11% taller; Tulpen One is 36% narrower and 34% heavier, with an x-height 17% shorter.
Big Shoulders Inline and Le Murmure laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Big Shoulders InlineLe 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 Inline 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 Inline 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 Inline, 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 Inline 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 Inline, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Big Shoulders Inline under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Big Shoulders Inline, 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
- 33.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 28%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 78% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 95% of display faces
InkLighter than 90% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Big Shoulders Inline
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Big Shoulders Inline's own familyBig Shoulders StencilBig Shoulders
- Le Murmure6882% heavier · 16% narrower · x-height 11% taller
- Tulpen One6636% narrower · x-height 17% shorter · 34% heavier
- Alumni Sans Inline One62178% heavier · x-height 18% shorter · 9% wider
- Dorsa5646% narrower · x-height 17% shorter · 32% heavier
- Bungee Hairline53110% wider · 89% lighter · x-height 5% taller
- Styro53192% heavier · 41% narrower · x-height 4% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Big Shoulders Inline →Compare side by side →Get Big Shoulders Inline on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Big Shoulders Inline without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Big Shoulders Inline sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Big Shoulders Inline loads, this sets Arial in its place at 70.3% of its size, so running text keeps Big Shoulders Inline’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Big Shoulders Inline Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 70.34%;
ascent-override: 140.11%;
descent-override: 30.50%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Big Shoulders Inline', 'Big Shoulders Inline Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Big Shoulders Inline
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Big Shoulders Inline free for commercial use?
Yes. Big Shoulders Inline 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 Inline?
FontKind doesn’t host Big Shoulders Inline’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 Inline in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Big Shoulders Inline 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 Inline Thin and Big Shoulders Inline 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 Inline in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Big Shoulders Inline under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Big Shoulders Inline in Figma?
Yes: Big Shoulders Inline 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 Inline have?
Big Shoulders Inline 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 Inline?
Big Shoulders Inline 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 Inline?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Le Murmure (68), Tulpen One (66) and Alumni Sans Inline One (62), out of 100. Next to Big Shoulders Inline, Le Murmure is 82% heavier and 16% narrower, with an x-height 11% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Big Shoulders Stencil and Big Shoulders. See all 100 fonts like Big Shoulders Inline.