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Expletus Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Expletus Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Expletus Sans is a free display font by Designtown, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Expletus Sans has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 71%. Its thickest strokes are 1.4 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Proza Libre
Expletus Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Proza Libre (67 out of 100) and Merriweather Sans (53). Proza Libre is 6% wider; Merriweather Sans is 19% heavier and 5% wider, with an x-height 8% taller.
Expletus Sans and Proza Libre laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Expletus SansProza Libre…
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 Expletus 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
Expletus Sans in 4 weights
4 weights, 400–700, with italics · variable from 400 to 700
Variable weight, 400 to 700
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Expletus Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Designtown
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 4 weights, 400–700, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 400–700
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- 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.
Expletus 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 Expletus Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Expletus Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Expletus Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 51.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.38 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthNear the middle of display faces
InkLighter than 71% of display faces
ContrastNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Expletus Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Proza Libre676% wider
- Merriweather Sans5319% heavier · x-height 8% taller · 5% wider
- Average Sans5213% narrower · x-height 12% shorter · 12% heavier
- Ubuntu517% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Aboreto50x-height 35% taller · more stroke contrast · 31% wider
- Martel Sans494% wider · x-height 3% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Expletus Sans →Compare side by side →Get Expletus Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Expletus Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Ubuntu51text 1.4% narrower · x-height 0.6% taller
- Telex48text 0.8% wider · x-height 0.6% shorter
- Ubuntu Sans46text 2.6% narrower · same x-height
- Bellota44text 1.2% narrower · x-height 3.3% shorter
- Funever Sans Display44text 2.4% narrower · x-height 1.0% shorter
- Bespoke Sans43text 0.8% wider · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Expletus Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 104.5% of its size, so running text keeps Expletus Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Expletus Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 104.45%;
ascent-override: 98.89%;
descent-override: 29.29%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Expletus Sans', 'Expletus Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Expletus Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Expletus Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Expletus 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 Expletus Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Expletus 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 Expletus Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Expletus 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 Expletus Sans Medium and Expletus Sans SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Expletus Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Expletus Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Expletus Sans in Figma?
Yes: Expletus Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all four weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Expletus Sans have?
Expletus Sans comes in four weights: Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 400 to 700.
Who designed Expletus Sans?
Expletus Sans was designed by Designtown. It has been on Google Fonts since May 2011.
What fonts are similar to Expletus Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Proza Libre (67), Merriweather Sans (53) and Average Sans (52), out of 100. Next to Expletus Sans, Proza Libre is 6% wider. See all 100 fonts like Expletus Sans.