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Chela One
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CSSfont-family: 'Chela One', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Chela One is a free display font by Miguel Hernandez, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Chela One has an average x-height, is narrower than 81% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 88%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Chicle
Chela One on one light table with its two closest fonts, Chicle (79 out of 100) and Herkules (78). Chicle is 8% narrower, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 6% shorter; Herkules is 10% wider and 10% heavier, with an x-height 7% shorter.
Chela One and Chicle laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Chela OneChicle…
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 Chela 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
Chela 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 Chela One, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Miguel Hernandez
- Kind
- Display
- 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 “Chela”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Chela 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 Chela One, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Chela One under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Chela One, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 41.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 71%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthNarrower than 81% of display faces
InkDarker than 88% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 65% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Chela One
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Chicle798% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 6% shorter
- Herkules7810% wider · x-height 7% shorter · 10% heavier
- Manosque784% wider · x-height 4% taller
- Kavoon7634% wider · x-height 9% taller
- Poetsen One7231% wider · x-height 5% taller · 8% lighter
- Modak7025% wider · 26% heavier · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Chela One →Compare side by side →Get Chela One on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Chela One without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Chela One loads, this sets Arial in its place at 84.3% of its size, so running text keeps Chela One’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Chela One Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 84.31%;
ascent-override: 111.73%;
descent-override: 27.87%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Chela One', 'Chela One Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Chela One
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Chela One free for commercial use?
Yes. Chela 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 “Chela”.
How do I download and install Chela One?
FontKind doesn’t host Chela 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 Chela One in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Chela 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 Chela One in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Chela One under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Chela One in Figma?
Yes: Chela One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Chela One have?
Chela 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 Chela One?
Chela One was designed by Miguel Hernandez. It has been on Google Fonts since October 2012. Miguel Hernandez also made Sail, Erica One and Ceviche One.
What fonts are similar to Chela One?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Chicle (79), Herkules (78) and Manosque (78), out of 100. Next to Chela One, Chicle is 8% narrower, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 6% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Chela One.