Display · Patric King

Big Shoulders Stencil

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

Optical size14, default

More axes (1)More axes (0)

Optical size14, default

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CSSfont-family: 'Big Shoulders Stencil', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-optical-sizing: none; line-height: 1.1;

Big Shoulders Stencil is a free display font by Patric King, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Big Shoulders Stencil has an x-height taller than 78%, is narrower than 95% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 64%.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Le Murmure

Big Shoulders Stencil on one light table with its two closest fonts, Le Murmure (82 out of 100) and Commune Nuit Debout (71). Le Murmure is 15% narrower and 16% heavier, with an x-height 11% taller; Commune Nuit Debout is 38% narrower and 48% heavier, with an x-height 10% shorter.

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Ink shared with Big Shoulders StencilLe 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.

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02 / Letters

The Big Shoulders Stencil alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Weights

Big Shoulders Stencil 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 Stencil, 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 Stencil 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

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 Stencil, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Big Shoulders Stencil under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Big Shoulders Stencil on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Big Shoulders Stencil, measured

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

Hxgp in Big Shoulders Stencil. 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: 80.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.75lowercase against capitals
Width: 33.7% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 44%letter box filled

How we measure →

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 64% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Big Shoulders Stencil

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

Big Shoulders Stencil's own familyBig ShouldersBig Shoulders Inline

All 100 fonts similar to Big Shoulders Stencil →Compare side by side →Get Big Shoulders Stencil on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Big Shoulders Stencil without a jump

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

None of the fonts that look most like Big Shoulders Stencil sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until Big Shoulders Stencil loads, this sets Arial in its place at 69.8% of its size, so running text keeps Big Shoulders Stencil’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Big Shoulders Stencil Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 69.78%;
  ascent-override: 141.23%;
  descent-override: 30.74%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Big Shoulders Stencil', 'Big Shoulders Stencil Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Big Shoulders Stencil

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

Is Big Shoulders Stencil free for commercial use?

Yes. Big Shoulders Stencil 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 Stencil?

FontKind doesn’t host Big Shoulders Stencil’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 Stencil in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Big Shoulders Stencil 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 Stencil Thin and Big Shoulders Stencil 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 Stencil in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Big Shoulders Stencil under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Big Shoulders Stencil in Figma?

Yes: Big Shoulders Stencil 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 Stencil have?

Big Shoulders Stencil 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 Stencil?

Big Shoulders Stencil 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 Stencil?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Le Murmure (82), Commune Nuit Debout (71) and Bahianita (63), out of 100. Next to Big Shoulders Stencil, Le Murmure is 15% narrower and 16% heavier, with an x-height 11% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Big Shoulders and Big Shoulders Inline. See all 100 fonts like Big Shoulders Stencil.