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Cuban
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CSSfont-family: 'Cuban', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Cuban is a free display font, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Cuban has an x-height taller than 94%, is wider than 97% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 72%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Original Surfer
Cuban on one light table with its two closest fonts, Original Surfer (88 out of 100) and Trickster (76). Original Surfer is 41% narrower and 22% heavier, with an x-height 36% shorter; Trickster is 43% narrower and 32% heavier, with an x-height 13% shorter.
Cuban and Original Surfer laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CubanOriginal Surfer…
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 Cuban 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Cuban 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
Can you use Cuban?
- Designer
- Not listed
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Peter Wiegel
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Cuban”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Cuban 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. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Cuban comes from Peter Wiegel. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Peter Wiegel 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 Cuban, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Cuban under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Cuban, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 75.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 73.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.02lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 87.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 40%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 94% of display faces
WidthWider than 97% of display faces
InkLighter than 72% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Cuban
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Original Surfer8841% narrower · x-height 36% shorter · 22% heavier
- Trickster7643% narrower · 32% heavier · x-height 13% shorter
- Dynamo7568% heavier · x-height 29% shorter · 10% wider
- CAT Altenglisch70x-height 45% shorter · 43% narrower · 42% heavier
- Emblema One68x-height 35% shorter · 57% heavier · 22% narrower
- Cherry Cream Soda65x-height 36% shorter · 30% narrower · 43% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Cuban →Compare side by side →Get Cuban on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Cuban without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Cuban sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Cuban loads, this sets Arial in its place at 171% of its size, so running text keeps Cuban’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Cuban Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 170.96%;
ascent-override: 43.87%;
descent-override: 14.62%;
line-gap-override: 0.53%;
}
font-family: 'Cuban', 'Cuban Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Cuban
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Cuban free for commercial use?
Yes. Cuban 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 “Cuban”.
How do I download and install Cuban?
Cuban comes free from Peter Wiegel . Download it from its page there and unzip the file. 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Cuban in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Cuban comes from Peter Wiegel. 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 Cuban have?
Cuban comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
What fonts are similar to Cuban?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Original Surfer (88), Trickster (76) and Dynamo (75), out of 100. Next to Cuban, Original Surfer is 41% narrower and 22% heavier, with an x-height 36% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Cuban.