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Crayon Libre
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CSSfont-family: 'Crayon Libre', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Crayon Libre is a free display font by GGBotNet, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Crayon Libre has an x-height shorter than 73%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Butcherman
Crayon Libre on one light table with its two closest fonts, Butcherman (84 out of 100) and Special Elite (83). Butcherman is 16% wider and 22% heavier, with an x-height 53% taller; Special Elite is 13% wider.
Crayon Libre and Butcherman laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Crayon LibreButcherman…
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 Crayon Libre 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 / Styles
Crayon Libre, upright and italic
1 weight (400), with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Crayon Libre, and can you use it?
- Designer
- GGBotNet
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400), with italics
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- CC0 1.0, public domain
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes. No conditions: it is in the public domain.
- Sharing the files
- Yes. No conditions, not even a credit.
Crayon Libre is under the CC0 1.0, public domain. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Crayon Libre comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub 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 Crayon Libre, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Crayon Libre under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Crayon Libre, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 49.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.69lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 73% of display faces
WidthNear the middle of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Crayon Libre
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Butcherman84x-height 53% taller · 16% wider · 22% heavier
- Special Elite8313% wider
- Creepster83x-height 49% taller · 39% heavier · 12% narrower
- Piedra8063% heavier · x-height 15% taller · 9% narrower
- Cabin Sketch8022% lighter
- Eater78x-height 76% taller · 41% wider · 16% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Crayon Libre →Compare side by side →Get Crayon Libre on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Crayon Libre without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Halt55text 1.1% wider · x-height 1.6% taller
- Tagesschrift47text 1.9% narrower · x-height 2.5% taller
- Fredericka the Great44text 0.5% wider · x-height 1.9% taller
- Underdog35text 1.0% narrower · x-height 4.2% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Crayon Libre loads, this sets Arial in its place at 104.9% of its size, so running text keeps Crayon Libre’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Crayon Libre Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 104.95%;
ascent-override: 89.01%;
descent-override: 19.50%;
line-gap-override: 1.11%;
}
font-family: 'Crayon Libre', 'Crayon Libre Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Crayon Libre
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Crayon Libre free for commercial use?
Yes, with no conditions at all: Crayon Libre is in the public domain, under CC0 1.0 . Use it, change it and pass it on, commercially too, without even a credit.
How do I download and install Crayon Libre?
Crayon Libre comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its Crayon Libre/TrueType (.ttf) folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is Crayon Libre in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Crayon Libre comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does Crayon Libre have?
Crayon Libre comes in one weight, Regular (400), with an italic. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Crayon Libre?
Crayon Libre was designed by GGBotNet. GGBotNet also made Alpha Prota, Blaec, Delta Block and 16 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Crayon Libre?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Butcherman (84), Special Elite (83) and Creepster (83), out of 100. Next to Crayon Libre, Butcherman is 16% wider and 22% heavier, with an x-height 53% taller. See all 100 fonts like Crayon Libre.