Sans serif · Amarachi Nwauwa
Elms Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Elms Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Elms Sans is a free sans serif by Amarachi Nwauwa and Gida Type Studio, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Elms Sans has an x-height shorter than 82%, is wider than 65% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 73%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of General Sans
Elms Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, General Sans (83 out of 100) and Involve (81). General Sans is 10% lighter and 3% narrower, with an x-height 10% taller; Involve is 6% lighter and 3% wider, with an x-height 14% taller.
Elms Sans and General Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Elms SansGeneral Sans…
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 Elms Sans 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
Elms Sans 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 Elms Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Amarachi Nwauwa, Gida Type Studio
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
Elms Sans 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 Elms Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Elms Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Elms Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.69lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 38%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.09 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 82% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 65% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 73% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 77% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Elms Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- General Sans83x-height 10% taller · 10% lighter · 3% narrower
- Involve81x-height 14% taller · 6% lighter · 3% wider
- Urbanist80x-height 4% taller · 4% narrower
- Wix Madefor Display80Nearly identical proportions
- Satoshi807% narrower
- Google Sans Flex78x-height 6% taller · 12% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Elms Sans →Compare side by side →Get Elms Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Elms Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- January77text 2.6% wider · x-height 1.7% taller
- Nova Gothic73text 1.6% narrower · x-height 4.2% taller
- Inclusive Sans65text 2.8% narrower · x-height 4.2% taller
- Chillax62same text width · x-height 1.0% taller
- Nata Sans62text 1.9% narrower · x-height 4.2% taller
- Prompt62text 1.4% wider · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Elms Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 111.9% of its size, so running text keeps Elms Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Elms Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 111.91%;
ascent-override: 89.36%;
descent-override: 26.81%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Elms Sans', 'Elms Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Elms Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Elms Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Elms Sans 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 Elms Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Elms Sans’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.
Is Elms Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Elms Sans isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Elms Sans Thin and Elms Sans Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Elms Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Elms Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Elms Sans in Figma?
Yes: Elms Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all nine weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Elms Sans have?
Elms Sans 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 Elms Sans?
Elms Sans was designed by Amarachi Nwauwa and Gida Type Studio. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2025.
What fonts are similar to Elms Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are General Sans (83), Involve (81) and Urbanist (80), out of 100. Next to Elms Sans, General Sans is 10% lighter and 3% narrower, with an x-height 10% taller. See all 100 fonts like Elms Sans.