Sans serif · Mark Davis
Cal Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Cal Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Cal Sans is a free sans serif by Mark Davis and Cal.com Inc., on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Cal Sans has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 94%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of CAT Neuzeit
Cal Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Neuzeit (83 out of 100) and Argentum Sans (81). CAT Neuzeit has more stroke contrast and an x-height 4% shorter; Argentum Sans is 22% lighter and 10% wider.
Cal Sans and CAT Neuzeit laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Cal SansCAT Neuzeit…
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 Cal Sans 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
Cal Sans 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 Cal Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Mark Davis, Cal.com Inc.
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
Cal Sans 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 Cal Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Cal Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Cal Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 51.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 63%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.10 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkDarker than 94% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 74% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Cal Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- CAT Neuzeit83more stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter
- Argentum Sans8122% lighter · 10% wider
- Geologica7919% lighter · 5% wider · x-height 5% shorter
- Alata78x-height 12% shorter · 17% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Solitus76x-height 24% shorter · 15% narrower · 6% heavier
- Geom7624% lighter · x-height 6% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Cal Sans →Compare side by side →Get Cal Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Cal Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Liga Sans73text 2.0% narrower · x-height 3.9% shorter
- LCT-Ciburial71text 1.4% wider · x-height 3.9% shorter
- Glide68text 2.2% wider · x-height 2.3% taller
- Radio Canada Big67text 0.5% wider · x-height 1.9% taller
- Alatsi67text 2.4% narrower · x-height 4.2% shorter
- DIN 1451-4H66text 2.3% wider · x-height 3.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Cal Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 100.5% of its size, so running text keeps Cal Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Cal Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 100.49%;
ascent-override: 99.51%;
descent-override: 29.85%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Cal Sans', 'Cal Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Cal Sans
Of the 1,233 home pages that load Cal Sans, 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
- Inter13%156 sites · 1.2× chance
- Poppins8.8%108 sites · 0.8× chance
- Golos Text8.3%102 sites · 91× chance
- Roboto7.3%90 sites · 0.4× chance
- DM Sans4.7%58 sites · 2.4× chance
- Montserrat4.2%52 sites · 0.3× chance
More than chanceGolos Text 91×Figtree 7.1×DM Sans 2.4×
Pair checkerCal Sans + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other09 / Questions
Questions about Cal Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Cal Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Cal Sans 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 Cal Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Cal Sans’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 Cal Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Cal Sans 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 Cal Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Cal Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Cal Sans in Figma?
Yes: Cal Sans is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Cal Sans have?
Cal Sans 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 Cal Sans?
Cal Sans was designed by Mark Davis and Cal.com Inc. It has been on Google Fonts since March 2025.
What fonts are similar to Cal Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Neuzeit (83), Argentum Sans (81) and Geologica (79), out of 100. Next to Cal Sans, CAT Neuzeit has more stroke contrast and an x-height 4% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Cal Sans.