Sans serif · Sungsit Sawaiwan
BoonTook
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CSSfont-family: 'BoonTook', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
BoonTook is a free sans serif by Sungsit Sawaiwan, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, BoonTook has an average x-height, is wider than 89% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Peace Sans
BoonTook on one light table with its two closest fonts, Peace Sans (99 out of 100) and BBH Hegarty (92). Peace Sans has an x-height 6% taller; BBH Hegarty is 8% wider and 9% heavier.
BoonTook and Peace Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with BoonTookPeace Sans…
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 BoonTook 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 / Styles
BoonTook, upright and italic
1 weight (400), with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made BoonTook, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Sungsit Sawaiwan
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400), 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.
BoonTook 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 BoonTook 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 BoonTook, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists BoonTook under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
BoonTook, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 59.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 79%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.24 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 89% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 99% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 64% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to BoonTook
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Peace Sans99x-height 6% taller
- BBH Hegarty928% wider · 9% heavier
- Paytone One88Nearly identical proportions
- Fehmarn Belt83x-height 40% taller · 28% lighter · 6% wider
- Candal8011% wider · 13% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Special Gothic Expanded One7816% wider · 15% lighter · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to BoonTook →Compare side by side →Get BoonTook on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap BoonTook without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until BoonTook loads, this sets Arial in its place at 117.8% of its size, so running text keeps BoonTook’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'BoonTook Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 117.82%;
ascent-override: 87.70%;
descent-override: 33.95%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'BoonTook', 'BoonTook Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about BoonTook
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is BoonTook free for commercial use?
Yes. BoonTook 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 BoonTook?
BoonTook 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 BoonTook in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and BoonTook 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 BoonTook have?
BoonTook comes in one weight, Regular (400), with an italic. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed BoonTook?
BoonTook was designed by Sungsit Sawaiwan. Sungsit Sawaiwan also made Boon and BoonJot.
What fonts are similar to BoonTook?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Peace Sans (99), BBH Hegarty (92) and Paytone One (88), out of 100. Next to BoonTook, Peace Sans has an x-height 6% taller. See all 100 fonts like BoonTook.