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Bitrimus
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CSSfont-family: 'Bitrimus', sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Bitrimus is a free sans serif, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Bitrimus has an x-height shorter than 99%, is narrower than 95% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of 3x5 Microfont
Bitrimus on one light table with its two closest fonts, 3x5 Microfont (77 out of 100) and Tiny5 (77). 3x5 Microfont is 32% wider and 41% lighter, with an x-height 60% taller; Tiny5 is 32% wider and 36% lighter, with an x-height 60% taller.
Bitrimus and 3x5 Microfont laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Bitrimus3x5 Microfont…
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 Bitrimus alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 500
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Bitrimus at every size
1 weight (500) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Can you use Bitrimus?
- Designer
- Not listed
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (500)
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- CC0 1.0, public domain
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes. No conditions: it is in the public domain.
- Sharing the files
- Yes. No conditions, not even a credit.
Bitrimus is under the CC0 1.0, public domain. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Bitrimus comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub 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 Bitrimus, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Bitrimus under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Bitrimus, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 31.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 43.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 36.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 78%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 99% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 95% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 99% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Bitrimus
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- 3x5 Microfont77x-height 60% taller · 32% wider · 41% lighter
- Tiny577x-height 60% taller · 32% wider · 36% lighter
- Fusion Pixel 8px Proportional JP75x-height 60% taller · 45% wider · 36% lighter
- Pixtile71x-height 180% taller · 159% wider · 61% lighter
- Ordinary1661x-height 40% taller · 51% lighter · 10% wider
- Bytesized5939% wider · x-height 20% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Bitrimus →Compare side by side →Get Bitrimus on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Bitrimus without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Bitrimus sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Bitrimus loads, this sets Arial in its place at 74.4% of its size, so running text keeps Bitrimus’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Bitrimus Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 74.43%;
ascent-override: 89.47%;
descent-override: 16.79%;
line-gap-override: 12.06%;
}
font-family: 'Bitrimus', 'Bitrimus Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Bitrimus
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Bitrimus free for commercial use?
Yes, with no conditions at all: Bitrimus is in the public domain, under CC0 1.0 . Use it, change it and pass it on, commercially too, without even a credit.
How do I download and install Bitrimus?
Bitrimus comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its Bitrimus/TrueType (.ttf) folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is Bitrimus in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Bitrimus comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does Bitrimus have?
Bitrimus comes in one weight, Medium (500). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
What fonts are similar to Bitrimus?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are 3x5 Microfont (77), Tiny5 (77) and Fusion Pixel 8px Proportional JP (75), out of 100. Next to Bitrimus, 3x5 Microfont is 32% wider and 41% lighter, with an x-height 60% taller. See all 100 fonts like Bitrimus.