Sans serif · Impallari Type
Cantora One
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CSSfont-family: 'Cantora One', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Cantora One is a free sans serif by Impallari Type, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Cantora One has an average x-height, is narrower than 70% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 91%. Its thickest strokes are 1.6 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Acme
Cantora One on one light table with its two closest fonts, Acme (96 out of 100) and Farro (84). Acme is 4% narrower, with less stroke contrast; Farro is 17% wider and 26% lighter, with an x-height 20% taller.
Cantora One and Acme laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Cantora OneAcme…
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 Cantora One 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
Cantora One 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 Cantora One, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Impallari Type
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2012
- 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, under another name. Not as “Cantora”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Cantora One 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 Cantora One, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Cantora One under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Cantora One, 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
- 47.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 59%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.61 : 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 70% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 91% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 93% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Cantora One
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Acme96less stroke contrast · 4% narrower
- Farro84x-height 20% taller · 17% wider · 26% lighter
- Rum Raisin8217% narrower · x-height 7% taller · 14% heavier
- Galdeano7424% lighter · x-height 11% shorter · 6% narrower
- Port Lligat Sans7427% lighter · x-height 6% shorter · 6% narrower
- Amarna7232% lighter · less stroke contrast · 4% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Cantora One →Compare side by side →Get Cantora One on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Cantora One without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Fresca62text 1.2% narrower · x-height 3.6% shorter
- Sansita43text 3.0% narrower · x-height 2.0% taller
- Signika38text 2.9% wider · same x-height
- Signika Negative33text 2.6% wider · same x-height
- Ruluko31same text width · x-height 3.6% shorter
- Winky Sans24text 1.4% wider · x-height 1.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Cantora One loads, this sets Arial in its place at 93.7% of its size, so running text keeps Cantora One’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Cantora One Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 93.71%;
ascent-override: 106.71%;
descent-override: 26.68%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Cantora One', 'Cantora One Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Cantora One
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Cantora One free for commercial use?
Yes. Cantora One is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Cantora”.
How do I download and install Cantora One?
FontKind doesn’t host Cantora One’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 Cantora One in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Cantora One 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 Cantora One in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Cantora One under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Cantora One in Figma?
Yes: Cantora One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Cantora One have?
Cantora One 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 Cantora One?
Cantora One was designed by Impallari Type. It has been on Google Fonts since July 2012. Impallari Type also made Libre Baskerville, Dancing Script, Libre Franklin and 29 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Cantora One?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Acme (96), Farro (84) and Rum Raisin (82), out of 100. Next to Cantora One, Acme is 4% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Cantora One.