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Bitcount Ink
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CSSfont-family: 'Bitcount Ink', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Bitcount Ink is a free display font by Petr van Blokland, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Bitcount Ink has an x-height shorter than 62%, is wider than 72% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of DotMatrix
Bitcount Ink on one light table with its two closest fonts, DotMatrix (63 out of 100) and DotMatrix Ultra Condensed (63). DotMatrix is 57% lighter; DotMatrix Ultra Condensed is 12% lighter.
Bitcount Ink and DotMatrix laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Bitcount 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 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 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 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 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 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 Ink, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Bitcount Ink under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Bitcount 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
- 50%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
InkNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Bitcount Ink
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Bitcount Ink's own familyBitcountBitcount Grid DoubleBitcount Grid Double InkBitcount SingleBitcount Single InkBitcount Grid SingleBitcount Grid Single InkBitcount Prop DoubleBitcount Prop Double InkBitcount Prop SingleBitcount Prop Single Ink
- DotMatrix6357% lighter
- DotMatrix Ultra Condensed6312% lighter
- DotMatrix Condensed6042% narrower · 25% lighter
- DotMatrix Expanded5864% lighter · 19% wider
- 5by75335% lighter · 3% narrower
- Doto4975% lighter · x-height 5% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Bitcount Ink →Compare side by side →Get Bitcount Ink on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Bitcount Ink without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- DotMatrix63same text width · same x-height
- DotMatrix Ultra Condensed63same text width · x-height 1.5% shorter
- Doto49same text width · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Undefined Medium0same text width · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Bitcount Ink loads, this sets Arial in its place at 134.3% of its size, so running text keeps Bitcount Ink’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Bitcount 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 Ink', 'Bitcount Ink Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Bitcount Ink
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Bitcount Ink free for commercial use?
Yes. Bitcount 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 Ink?
FontKind doesn’t host Bitcount 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 Ink in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Bitcount 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 Ink Thin and Bitcount 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 Ink in Google Docs?
Probably not: Bitcount Ink is a colour font, and Google says those are not supported in Docs, Sheets and Slides yet.
How many weights does Bitcount Ink have?
Bitcount 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 Ink?
Bitcount Ink was designed by Petr van Blokland. It has been on Google Fonts since September 2025.
What fonts are similar to Bitcount Ink?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are DotMatrix (63), DotMatrix Ultra Condensed (63) and DotMatrix Condensed (60), out of 100. Next to Bitcount Ink, DotMatrix is 57% lighter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Bitcount, Bitcount Grid Double, Bitcount Grid Double Ink and eight more. See all 100 fonts like Bitcount Ink.