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Bitcount Grid Single Ink
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CSSfont-family: 'Bitcount Grid Single Ink', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Bitcount Grid Single Ink is a free display font by Petr van Blokland, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Bitcount Grid Single Ink has an x-height shorter than 62%, is wider than 72% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 81%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of DotMatrix
Bitcount Grid Single Ink on one light table with its two closest fonts, DotMatrix (72 out of 100) and DotMatrix Ultra Condensed (70). DotMatrix is 41% lighter; DotMatrix Ultra Condensed is 19% heavier.
Bitcount Grid Single Ink and DotMatrix laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Bitcount Grid Single InkDotMatrix…
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 Bitcount Grid Single Ink 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
Bitcount Grid Single Ink 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 Bitcount Grid Single Ink, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Petr van Blokland
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900
- Variable axes
- CRSV 0–1, ELSH 0–100, ELXP 0–100, SZP1 0–100, SZP2 0–100, XPN1 -100–100, XPN2 -100–100, YPN1 -100–100, YPN2 -100–100, Slant -8–0, Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Bitcount Grid Single Ink 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
- Probably not. Bitcount Grid Single Ink is a colour font, which Docs doesn’t take yet. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts 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 Bitcount Grid Single Ink, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Bitcount Grid Single Ink under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Bitcount Grid Single Ink, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 60.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.83lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 60.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 37%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 62% of display faces
WidthWider than 72% of display faces
InkLighter than 81% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Bitcount Grid Single Ink
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Bitcount Grid Single Ink's own familyBitcount Grid SingleBitcount SingleBitcount Single InkBitcount InkBitcountBitcount Grid DoubleBitcount Grid Double InkBitcount Prop SingleBitcount Prop Single InkBitcount Prop DoubleBitcount Prop Double Ink
- DotMatrix7241% lighter
- DotMatrix Ultra Condensed7019% heavier
- DotMatrix Expanded6951% lighter · 19% wider
- DotMatrix Condensed6542% narrower
- 5by76112% lighter · 3% narrower
- Doto5566% lighter · x-height 5% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Bitcount Grid Single Ink →Compare side by side →Get Bitcount Grid Single Ink on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Bitcount Grid Single Ink without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- DotMatrix72same text width · same x-height
- DotMatrix Ultra Condensed70same text width · x-height 1.5% shorter
- Doto55same text width · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Undefined Medium0same text width · same x-height
- TDAText0same text width · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Bitcount Grid Single Ink loads, this sets Arial in its place at 134.3% of its size, so running text keeps Bitcount Grid Single Ink’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Bitcount Grid Single Ink Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 134.32%;
ascent-override: 62.54%;
descent-override: 26.80%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Bitcount Grid Single Ink', 'Bitcount Grid Single Ink Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Bitcount Grid Single Ink
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Bitcount Grid Single Ink free for commercial use?
Yes. Bitcount Grid Single Ink 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 Bitcount Grid Single Ink?
FontKind doesn’t host Bitcount Grid Single Ink’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 Bitcount Grid Single Ink in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Bitcount Grid Single Ink 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 Bitcount Grid Single Ink Thin and Bitcount Grid Single Ink 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 Bitcount Grid Single Ink in Google Docs?
Probably not: Bitcount Grid Single Ink is a colour font, and Google says those are not supported in Docs, Sheets and Slides yet.
How many weights does Bitcount Grid Single Ink have?
Bitcount Grid Single Ink comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900 and a slant of up to 8°, plus nine axes of its own.
Who designed Bitcount Grid Single Ink?
Bitcount Grid Single Ink was designed by Petr van Blokland. It has been on Google Fonts since September 2025.
What fonts are similar to Bitcount Grid Single Ink?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are DotMatrix (72), DotMatrix Ultra Condensed (70) and DotMatrix Expanded (69), out of 100. Next to Bitcount Grid Single Ink, DotMatrix is 41% lighter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Bitcount Grid Single, Bitcount Single, Bitcount Single Ink and eight more. See all 100 fonts like Bitcount Grid Single Ink.