Serif · Eli Heuer
Epistle
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CSSfont-family: 'Epistle', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Epistle is a free serif by Eli Heuer, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Epistle has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 81%. Its thickest strokes are 2.8 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Sentient
Epistle on one light table with its two closest fonts, Sentient (88 out of 100) and Hedvig Letters Serif (82). Sentient is 7% wider, with an x-height 5% taller and less stroke contrast; Hedvig Letters Serif is 13% lighter and 4% wider, with an x-height 8% taller.
Epistle and Sentient laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with EpistleSentient…
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 Epistle 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 / Sizes
Epistle 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
Who made Epistle, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Eli Heuer
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Epistle 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 Epistle 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 Epistle, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Epistle under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Epistle, 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
- 51.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 46%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.75 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of serifs
WidthNear the middle of serifs
InkDarker than 81% of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 76% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Epistle
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Sentient887% wider · x-height 5% taller · less stroke contrast
- Hedvig Letters Serif82x-height 8% taller · 13% lighter · 4% wider
- Libre Caslon Text82x-height 9% taller · 5% wider · 8% lighter
- Jomolhari8013% lighter · more stroke contrast · x-height 5% taller
- Gulzar78x-height 8% shorter · 7% narrower
- Mattern788% wider · 13% lighter · x-height 5% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Epistle →Compare side by side →Get Epistle on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Epistle without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Jomolhari80text 1.6% wider · x-height 4.6% taller
- Redaction76text 0.7% narrower · x-height 2.1% shorter
- DM Serif Text75same text width · same x-height
- Wittgenstein74text 2.2% wider · x-height 4.2% taller
- Sneaky Times73text 0.9% narrower · x-height 3.4% shorter
- Castoro72text 1.0% wider · x-height 0.6% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Epistle loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 110.3% of its size, so running text keeps Epistle’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Epistle Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 110.32%;
ascent-override: 87.02%;
descent-override: 23.57%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Epistle', 'Epistle Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Epistle
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Epistle free for commercial use?
Yes. Epistle 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 Epistle?
Epistle 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 fonts 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 Epistle in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Epistle 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 Epistle have?
Epistle comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Epistle?
Epistle was designed by Eli Heuer. Eli Heuer also made GTL001, Micro Grotesk and Toren.
What fonts are similar to Epistle?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Sentient (88), Hedvig Letters Serif (82) and Libre Caslon Text (82), out of 100. Next to Epistle, Sentient is 7% wider, with an x-height 5% taller and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Epistle.