Sans serif · Juergen Huber
Blinker
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CSSfont-family: 'Blinker', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Blinker is a free sans serif by Juergen Huber, on Google Fonts since 2019. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Blinker has an x-height shorter than 74%, is narrower than 69% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Titillium Web
Blinker on one light table with its two closest fonts, Titillium Web (85 out of 100) and Anek Latin (85). Titillium Web is 6% lighter; Anek Latin has more stroke contrast.
Blinker and Titillium Web laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with BlinkerTitillium Web…
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 Blinker 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
Blinker in 8 weights
8 weights, 100–900
- 100 Thin
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Blinker, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Juergen Huber
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 8 weights, 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2019
- 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.
Blinker 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
- 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 Blinker, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Blinker under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Blinker, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 49.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 62.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.79lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 42%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.09 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 74% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 69% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 75% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Blinker
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Titillium Web856% lighter
- Anek Latin85more stroke contrast
- Doppio One8525% heavier · 12% wider · x-height 4% taller
- Play83more stroke contrast · 6% wider
- Kanit839% wider · 18% heavier · x-height 4% shorter
- Maven Pro8316% lighter · 8% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Blinker →Compare side by side →Get Blinker on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Blinker without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Titillium Web85text 1.4% wider · x-height 1.2% taller
- Anek Latin85text 1.6% wider · x-height 1.2% shorter
- Saira Semi Condensed76text 1.2% narrower · x-height 3.2% taller
- Gafata72text 2.0% narrower · same x-height
- Gudea68text 2.6% wider · x-height 1.4% taller
- Mukta63text 1.5% wider · x-height 4.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Blinker loads, this sets Arial in its place at 94% of its size, so running text keeps Blinker’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Blinker Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 93.96%;
ascent-override: 102.18%;
descent-override: 25.54%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Blinker', 'Blinker Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Blinker
Of the 1,347 home pages that load Blinker, 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
- Roboto14%189 sites · 0.7× chance
- Open Sans9%121 sites · 0.5× chance
- Montserrat8.2%110 sites · 0.6× chance
- Poppins7.1%95 sites · 0.6× chance
- Inter5.6%75 sites · 0.5× chance
- Lato5.5%74 sites · 0.7× chance
09 / Questions
Questions about Blinker
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Blinker free for commercial use?
Yes. Blinker 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 Blinker?
FontKind doesn’t host Blinker’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds eight font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Blinker in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Blinker 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 Blinker Thin and Blinker 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 Blinker in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Blinker under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Blinker in Figma?
Yes: Blinker is in Figma’s font menu with all eight weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Blinker have?
Blinker comes in eight weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900).
Who designed Blinker?
Blinker was designed by Juergen Huber. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2019.
What fonts are similar to Blinker?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Titillium Web (85), Anek Latin (85) and Doppio One (85), out of 100. Next to Blinker, Titillium Web is 6% lighter. See all 100 fonts like Blinker.