Sans serif · GGBotNet
Delta Block
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CSSfont-family: 'Delta Block', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Delta Block is a free sans serif by GGBotNet, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Delta Block has an x-height taller than 94%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 93%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Jaro
Delta Block on one light table with its two closest fonts, Jaro (80 out of 100) and GST Aero (76). Jaro is 8% narrower, with an x-height 12% shorter and more stroke contrast; GST Aero is 36% lighter and 13% wider, with an x-height 12% taller.
Delta Block and Jaro laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Delta BlockJaro…
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 Delta Block 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
Delta Block, upright and italic
1 weight (400), with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Delta Block, and can you use it?
- Designer
- GGBotNet
- Kind
- Sans serif
- 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.
Delta Block 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 Delta Block 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 Delta Block, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Delta Block under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Delta Block, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 62.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 78.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.80lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 51.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 61%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 94% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkDarker than 93% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Delta Block
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Jaro80x-height 12% shorter · more stroke contrast · 8% narrower
- GST Aero7636% lighter · 13% wider · x-height 12% taller
- Blaec7555% wider · x-height 17% taller · 18% heavier
- Quantico75x-height 20% shorter · 28% lighter
- Black Ops One7219% wider · x-height 17% shorter · 14% heavier
- Tomorrow6835% lighter · x-height 16% shorter · 7% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Delta Block →Compare side by side →Get Delta Block on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Delta Block without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Delta Block sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Delta Block loads, this sets Arial in its place at 109.3% of its size, so running text keeps Delta Block’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Delta Block Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 109.34%;
ascent-override: 85.75%;
descent-override: 14.29%;
line-gap-override: 7.14%;
}
font-family: 'Delta Block', 'Delta Block Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Delta Block
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Delta Block free for commercial use?
Yes, with no conditions at all: Delta Block 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 Delta Block?
Delta Block 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 Delta Block/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 Delta Block in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Delta Block 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 Delta Block have?
Delta Block 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 Delta Block?
Delta Block was designed by GGBotNet. GGBotNet also made Alpha Prota, Blaec, Crayon Libre and 16 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Delta Block?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Jaro (80), GST Aero (76) and Blaec (75), out of 100. Next to Delta Block, Jaro is 8% narrower, with an x-height 12% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Delta Block.