Sans serif · VMware
Clarity City
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CSSfont-family: 'Clarity City', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Clarity City is a free sans serif by VMware and Chris Simpson, on Google Fonts since 2026. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Clarity City has an average x-height, is wider than 70% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 81%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Gantari
Clarity City on one light table with its two closest fonts, Gantari (83 out of 100) and Red Hat Display (82). Gantari is 8% heavier, with an x-height 9% shorter; Red Hat Display is 6% narrower, with an x-height 3% shorter.
Clarity City and Gantari laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Clarity CityGantari…
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 Clarity City 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
Clarity City in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900, with italics · variable from 100 to 900
Variable weight, 100 to 900
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Clarity City, and can you use it?
- Designer
- VMware, Chris Simpson
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2026
- 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.
Clarity City 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
- Not verified. Look under More fonts. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Clarity City, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Clarity City under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Clarity City, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 53.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 37%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.16 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 70% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 81% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Clarity City
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Clarity City's letters under another nameMetropolis
- Gantari83x-height 9% shorter · 8% heavier
- Red Hat Display826% narrower · x-height 3% shorter
- Montserrat818% wider · 10% lighter
- Kripa81x-height 6% taller
- Red Hat Text806% narrower · x-height 6% shorter
- Figtree8010% heavier · 5% narrower · x-height 3% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Clarity City →Compare side by side →Get Clarity City on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Clarity City without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Wix Madefor Display78text 2.3% narrower · x-height 4.8% shorter
- Wix Madefor Text76text 2.1% narrower · x-height 4.8% shorter
- Plus Jakarta Sans76text 1.4% narrower · x-height 3.7% taller
- Raleway76text 2.2% narrower · x-height 0.8% taller
- NT Somic75text 2.4% narrower · x-height 3.3% shorter
- Excon74same text width · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Clarity City loads, this sets Arial in its place at 107.6% of its size, so running text keeps Clarity City’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Clarity City Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 107.57%;
ascent-override: 92.41%;
descent-override: 28.45%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Clarity City', 'Clarity City Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Clarity City
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Clarity City free for commercial use?
Yes. Clarity City 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 Clarity City?
FontKind doesn’t host Clarity City’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
How many weights does Clarity City have?
Clarity City comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900.
Who designed Clarity City?
Clarity City was designed by VMware and Chris Simpson. It has been on Google Fonts since September 2026.
What fonts are similar to Clarity City?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Gantari (83), Red Hat Display (82) and Montserrat (81), out of 100. Next to Clarity City, Gantari is 8% heavier, with an x-height 9% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Clarity City.