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Borges

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

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

Borges is a free display font by Matteo Bertin, from Collletttivo. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Borges has an x-height taller than 66%, is wider than 99% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 70%.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Mourier

Borges on one light table with its two closest fonts, Mourier (100 out of 100) and Ravkan (75). Mourier is 20% narrower and 14% lighter, with an x-height 26% taller; Ravkan is 26% narrower and 12% lighter, with an x-height 17% taller.

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Borges and Mourier laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with BorgesMourier…

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 Borges 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 / Sizes

Borges 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 Borges, and can you use it?

Designer
Matteo Bertin
Kind
Display
Styles
1 weight (400)
From
Collletttivo
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.

Borges 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

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs
Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Borges comes from Collletttivo. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint
Not verified. Install it from Collletttivo 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 Borges, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists Borges under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Borges on Collletttivo

05 / Measurements

Borges, measured

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

Hxgp in Borges. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
55.6% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
77.8% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.71lowercase against capitals
Width
100.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
60%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

  • x-heightLarger than 66% of display faces

  • WidthWider than 99% of display faces

  • InkDarker than 70% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Borges

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Borges →Compare side by side →Get Borges on Collletttivo

07 / Swap

Swap Borges without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Borges loads, this sets Arial in its place at 223.9% of its size, so running text keeps Borges’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Borges Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 223.86%;
  ascent-override: 34.74%;
  descent-override: 4.96%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Borges

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

Is Borges free for commercial use?

Yes. Borges 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 Borges?

Borges comes free from Collletttivo . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts 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 Borges in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Borges comes from Collletttivo. 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 Borges have?

Borges 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 Borges?

Borges was designed by Matteo Bertin.

What fonts are similar to Borges?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Mourier (100), Ravkan (75) and Trmnl Cubic (70), out of 100. Next to Borges, Mourier is 20% narrower and 14% lighter, with an x-height 26% taller. See all 100 fonts like Borges.