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Chelsea Market
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CSSfont-family: 'Chelsea Market', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Chelsea Market is a free display font by Tart Workshop, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Chelsea Market has an x-height taller than 75%, is wider than 65% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Skranji
Chelsea Market on one light table with its two closest fonts, Skranji (99 out of 100) and Fluxisch Else (91). Skranji is 13% narrower and 25% heavier; Fluxisch Else is 8% narrower and 12% lighter, with an x-height 10% shorter.
Chelsea Market and Skranji laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Chelsea MarketSkranji…
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 Chelsea Market 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
Chelsea Market 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 Chelsea Market, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Tart Workshop
- 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 “Chelsea Market”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Chelsea Market 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 Chelsea Market, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Chelsea Market under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Chelsea Market, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 58.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 73.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.80lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 57.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 51%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.35 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 75% of display faces
WidthWider than 65% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Chelsea Market
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Skranji9913% narrower · 25% heavier
- Fluxisch Else91x-height 10% shorter · 8% narrower · 12% lighter
- Metal Mania7928% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Darumadrop One78x-height 17% shorter · 13% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Margarine7712% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 4% taller
- Tagesschrift75x-height 14% shorter · 7% narrower · 10% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Chelsea Market →Compare side by side →Get Chelsea Market on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Chelsea Market without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Chelsea Market loads, this sets Arial in its place at 119.3% of its size, so running text keeps Chelsea Market’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Chelsea Market Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 119.34%;
ascent-override: 84.20%;
descent-override: 22.42%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Chelsea Market', 'Chelsea Market Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Chelsea Market
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Chelsea Market free for commercial use?
Yes. Chelsea Market 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 “Chelsea Market”.
How do I download and install Chelsea Market?
FontKind doesn’t host Chelsea Market’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 Chelsea Market in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Chelsea Market 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 Chelsea Market in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Chelsea Market under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Chelsea Market in Figma?
Yes: Chelsea Market is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Chelsea Market have?
Chelsea Market 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 Chelsea Market?
Chelsea Market was designed by Tart Workshop. It has been on Google Fonts since January 2012. Tart Workshop also made Crafty Girls, Fredericka the Great, Mountains of Christmas and two more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Chelsea Market?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Skranji (99), Fluxisch Else (91) and Metal Mania (79), out of 100. Next to Chelsea Market, Skranji is 13% narrower and 25% heavier. See all 100 fonts like Chelsea Market.