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ET Book

Q: Is ET Book free for commercial use?

Yes. ET Book is under the MIT License: use it for anything, commercial work included, change it and pass it on, keeping the copyright notice and licence with the files.

Q: How do I download and install ET Book?

ET Book 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 et-book 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.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'ET Book', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

ET Book is a free serif, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, ET Book has an x-height shorter than 90%, is narrower than 84% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 67%. Its thickest strokes are 2.4 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Junicode

ET Book on one light table with its two closest fonts, Junicode (86 out of 100) and Cardo (85). Junicode is 5% narrower; Cardo is 5% wider, with an x-height 5% taller and more stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with ET BookJunicode…

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.

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02 / Letters

The ET Book 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.

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03 / Weights

ET Book in 3 weights

3 weights, 400–700, with italics

400 Regular, with its italic
600 Semibold
700 Bold

04 / Facts

Can you use ET Book?

Designer: Not listed
Kind: Serif
Styles: 3 weights, 400–700, with italics
From: GitHub
Character sets: latin
Licence: MIT License

Can I use it?

Commercial use: Yes.
Logos: Yes.
Websites and apps: Yes. Self-hosted.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes. Keep the copyright notice.
Sharing the files: Yes. With the notice and licence.

ET Book is under the MIT License. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and ET Book 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 ET Book, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists ET Book under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get ET Book on GitHub

05 / Measurements

ET Book, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in ET Book. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 41.8% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 65.3% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.64lowercase against capitals
Width: 45.8% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 44%letter box filled
Contrast: 2.40 : 1high stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among serifs

Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 90% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 84% of serifs
InkDarker than 67% of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 66% of serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to ET Book

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to ET Book →Compare side by side →Get ET Book on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap ET Book without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until ET Book loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 99.2% of its size, so running text keeps ET Book’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'ET Book Fallback';
  src: local('Times New Roman');
  size-adjust: 99.23%;
  ascent-override: 90.29%;
  descent-override: 31.10%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'ET Book', 'ET Book Fallback', serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about ET Book

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is ET Book free for commercial use?

Yes. ET Book is under the MIT License : use it for anything, commercial work included, change it and pass it on, keeping the copyright notice and licence with the files.

How do I download and install ET Book?

ET Book 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 et-book 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 ET Book in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and ET Book 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 ET Book have?

ET Book comes in three weights: Regular (400), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700), and an italic at 400.

What fonts are similar to ET Book?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Junicode (86), Cardo (85) and Libertinus Serif (82), out of 100. Next to ET Book, Junicode is 5% narrower. See all 100 fonts like ET Book.