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Blaka

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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

Blaka is a free display font by Mohamed Gaber, on Google Fonts since 2022. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Blaka has an x-height shorter than 62%, is narrower than 80% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 90%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Blankenburg →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Blankenburg

Blaka on one light table with its two closest fonts, Blankenburg (88 out of 100) and Kihim (82). Blankenburg is 18% narrower and 13% lighter, with an x-height 6% shorter; Kihim is 30% wider and 9% heavier, with more stroke contrast.

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Blaka and Blankenburg laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with BlakaBlankenburg…

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 Blaka 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.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

With this font

03 / Sizes

Blaka 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 Blaka, and can you use it?

Designer
Mohamed Gaber
Kind
Display
Styles
1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since
2022
Character sets
arabic, 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.

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

05 / Measurements

Blaka, measured

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

Hxgp in Blaka. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
50.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
62.4% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.80lowercase against capitals
Width
42.2% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
73%letter box filled
Contrast
1.00 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

  • x-heightSmaller than 62% of display faces

  • WidthNarrower than 80% of display faces

  • InkDarker than 90% of display faces

  • ContrastMore even than 87% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Blaka

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

Blaka's own familyBlaka Hollow

All 100 fonts similar to Blaka →Compare side by side →Get Blaka on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Blaka without a jump

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

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Blaka loads, this sets Arial in its place at 80.4% of its size, so running text keeps Blaka’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Blaka Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 80.43%;
  ascent-override: 115.87%;
  descent-override: 29.22%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Blaka', 'Blaka Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Blaka

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

Is Blaka free for commercial use?

Yes. Blaka 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 Blaka?

FontKind doesn’t host Blaka’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 Blaka in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Blaka 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 Blaka in Google Docs?

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

Is Blaka in Figma?

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

How many weights does Blaka have?

Blaka 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 Blaka?

Blaka was designed by Mohamed Gaber. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2022. Mohamed Gaber also made Fustat and Lemonada.

What fonts are similar to Blaka?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Blankenburg (88), Kihim (82) and Passero One (79), out of 100. Next to Blaka, Blankenburg is 18% narrower and 13% lighter, with an x-height 6% shorter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Blaka Hollow. See all 100 fonts like Blaka.