Sans serif · Sungsit Sawaiwan
Boon
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CSSfont-family: 'Boon', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Boon is a free sans serif by Sungsit Sawaiwan, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Boon has an average x-height, is narrower than 60% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 85%. Its thickest strokes are 1.4 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Pavanam
Boon on one light table with its two closest fonts, Pavanam (77 out of 100) and Phlatt Grotesk (75). Pavanam is 10% narrower, with an x-height 5% shorter; Phlatt Grotesk has less stroke contrast and an x-height 5% shorter.
Boon and Pavanam laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with BoonPavanam…
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 Boon 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
Boon in 5 weights
5 weights, 300–700, with italics
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Boon, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Sungsit Sawaiwan
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 5 weights, 300–700, with italics
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Boon 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
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Boon 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 Boon, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Boon under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Boon, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 65.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.77lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 36%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.36 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 60% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 85% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 85% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Boon
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Pavanam7710% narrower · x-height 5% shorter
- Phlatt Grotesk75less stroke contrast · x-height 5% shorter
- Bertioga Sans Condensed7318% narrower · 21% heavier · x-height 6% taller
- Estedad738% wider
- Pontano Sans7312% heavier
- Arsenal SC719% narrower · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Boon →Compare side by side →Get Boon on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Boon without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Phlatt Grotesk75text 0.6% narrower · x-height 4.6% shorter
- Supreme71same text width · x-height 2.4% shorter
- Sarabun70text 2.0% narrower · same x-height
- Roboto Flex69same text width · x-height 2.7% taller
- Wonder Unit Sans66text 1.3% narrower · x-height 3.4% shorter
- Haskoy66same text width · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Boon loads, this sets Arial in its place at 100.3% of its size, so running text keeps Boon’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Boon Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 100.29%;
ascent-override: 109.68%;
descent-override: 44.87%;
line-gap-override: 7.48%;
}
font-family: 'Boon', 'Boon Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Boon
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Boon free for commercial use?
Yes. Boon 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 Boon?
Boon 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 fonts/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 Boon in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Boon 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 Boon have?
Boon comes in five weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Boon?
Boon was designed by Sungsit Sawaiwan. Sungsit Sawaiwan also made BoonJot and BoonTook.
What fonts are similar to Boon?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Pavanam (77), Phlatt Grotesk (75) and Bertioga Sans Condensed (73), out of 100. Next to Boon, Pavanam is 10% narrower, with an x-height 5% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Boon.