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Caladea
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CSSfont-family: 'Caladea', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Caladea is a free serif by HT Fonts, Carolina Giovagnoli and Andrés Torresi, on Google Fonts since 2020. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Caladea has an x-height shorter than 60%, is narrower than 80% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 69%. Its thickest strokes are 1.9 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Poly
Caladea on one light table with its two closest fonts, Poly (79 out of 100) and Frank Ruhl Libre (78). Poly is 8% wider; Frank Ruhl Libre is 6% wider and 10% lighter, with more stroke contrast.
Caladea and Poly laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CaladeaPoly…
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 Caladea 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
Caladea in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Caladea, and can you use it?
- Designer
- HT Fonts, Carolina Giovagnoli, Andrés Torresi
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2020
- 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.
Caladea 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 Caladea, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Caladea under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Caladea, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 46.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.70lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 44%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.94 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 60% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 80% of serifs
InkDarker than 69% of serifs
ContrastNear the middle of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Caladea
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Caladea's letters under another nameCambo
- Poly798% wider
- Frank Ruhl Libre78more stroke contrast · 6% wider · 10% lighter
- Gelasio767% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 4% taller
- Charis SIL757% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 3% taller
- Karma7516% lighter · less stroke contrast · x-height 5% taller
- Fenix74less stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Caladea →Compare side by side →Get Caladea on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Caladea without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Fenix74same text width · x-height 3.6% shorter
- Asar71text 2.8% wider · x-height 1.9% shorter
- Gentium Book Plus69text 2.9% wider · x-height 2.8% shorter
- Tinos67text 2.3% narrower · x-height 1.7% shorter
- Gentium Plus65text 0.8% wider · x-height 2.8% shorter
- UNAL Ancizar Serif62text 2.1% wider · x-height 3.6% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Caladea loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 102.3% of its size, so running text keeps Caladea’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Caladea Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 102.32%;
ascent-override: 87.96%;
descent-override: 24.43%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Caladea', 'Caladea Fallback', serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Caladea
Of the 673 home pages that load Caladea, 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
- Roboto17%114 sites · 0.8× chance
- Open Sans10%69 sites · 0.6× chance
- Poppins8.6%58 sites · 0.8× chance
- Lato7.6%51 sites · 0.9× chance
09 / Questions
Questions about Caladea
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Caladea free for commercial use?
Yes. Caladea 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 Caladea?
FontKind doesn’t host Caladea’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds four 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 Caladea in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Caladea 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 Caladea in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Caladea under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Caladea in Figma?
Yes: Caladea is in Figma’s font menu with all two weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Caladea have?
Caladea comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Caladea?
Caladea was designed by HT Fonts, Carolina Giovagnoli and Andrés Torresi. It has been on Google Fonts since February 2020. HT Fonts also made Andada Pro, Telex, Alegreya Sans and six more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Caladea?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Poly (79), Frank Ruhl Libre (78) and Gelasio (76), out of 100. Next to Caladea, Poly is 8% wider. See all 100 fonts like Caladea.