Display · James Grieshaber

Black Ops One

Q: Is Black Ops One free for commercial use?

Yes. Black Ops One is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

Find the font. Find its kind.

CSSfont-family: 'Black Ops One', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Wallpoet

Black Ops One on one light table with its two closest fonts, Wallpoet (95 out of 100) and Blaec (81). Wallpoet is 67% lighter and 12% wider, with an x-height 15% shorter; Blaec is 31% wider, with an x-height 41% taller.

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Ink shared with Black Ops OneWallpoet…

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.

Open in the compare tool →

02 / Letters

The Black Ops One 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.

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With this font

Write your ownStencil font generator →Your words in Black Ops One and 12 more stencil fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Sizes

Black Ops One at every size

1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words

12 px
16 px
24 px
36 px
48 px
72 px

04 / Facts

Who made Black Ops One, and can you use it?

Designer: James Grieshaber, Eben Sorkin
Kind: Display
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2011
Character sets: cyrillic-ext, 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.

Black Ops One 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 Black Ops One, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Black Ops One 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 Black Ops One on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Black Ops One, measured

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

Hxgp in Black Ops One. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 51.9% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 64.8% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.80lowercase against capitals
Width: 61.2% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 70%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthWider than 76% of display faces
InkDarker than 87% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Black Ops One

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Black Ops One →Compare side by side →Get Black Ops One on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Black Ops One without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Black Ops One loads, this sets Arial in its place at 123.9% of its size, so running text keeps Black Ops One’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Black Ops One Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 123.91%;
  ascent-override: 73.73%;
  descent-override: 27.15%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Black Ops One', 'Black Ops One Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Pairs

Used together with Black Ops One

Of the 850 home pages that load Black Ops One, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.

Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026

More than chanceOswald 2.1×

The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerBlack Ops One + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other

09 / Questions

Questions about Black Ops One

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

Is Black Ops One free for commercial use?

Yes. Black Ops One 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 Black Ops One?

FontKind doesn’t host Black Ops One’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Black Ops One in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Black Ops One isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Black Ops One in Google Docs?

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

Is Black Ops One in Figma?

Yes: Black Ops One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Black Ops One have?

Black Ops One comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Black Ops One?

Black Ops One was designed by James Grieshaber and Eben Sorkin. It has been on Google Fonts since July 2011. James Grieshaber also made Sarina, Short Stack, Reenie Beanie and three more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Black Ops One?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Wallpoet (95), Blaec (81) and Protest Guerrilla (73), out of 100. Next to Black Ops One, Wallpoet is 67% lighter and 12% wider, with an x-height 15% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Black Ops One.