Display · Éléonore Fines
Facade
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CSSfont-family: 'Facade', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Facade is a free display font by Éléonore Fines, from Velvetyne. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Facade has an x-height taller than 71%, is narrower than 71% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 81%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Outward
Facade on one light table with its two closest fonts, Outward (77 out of 100) and Micro 5 (69). Outward is 151% heavier and 66% narrower, with less stroke contrast; Micro 5 is 23% narrower and 38% heavier, with an x-height 36% shorter.
Facade and Outward laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with FacadeOutward…
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 Facade 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
Facade 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 Facade, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Éléonore Fines
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Velvetyne
- 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.
Facade 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 Facade comes from Velvetyne. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Velvetyne 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 Facade, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Facade under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Facade, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 57.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 78.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 45.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 36%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.25 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 71% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 71% of display faces
InkLighter than 81% of display faces
ContrastNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Facade
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Outward77151% heavier · 66% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Micro 569x-height 36% shorter · 23% narrower · 38% heavier
- Vyaz Pixel66x-height 43% taller · 17% narrower · 29% heavier
- Galmuri Condensed63x-height 17% taller · 14% narrower · 8% heavier
- Samaano6255% heavier · x-height 12% shorter · 10% wider
- Commune Nuit Debout6254% narrower · 78% heavier · x-height 6% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Facade →Compare side by side →Get Facade on Velvetyne
07 / Swap
Swap Facade without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Facade loads, this sets Arial in its place at 92.4% of its size, so running text keeps Facade’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Facade Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 92.43%;
ascent-override: 101.59%;
descent-override: 28.24%;
line-gap-override: 16.77%;
}
font-family: 'Facade', 'Facade Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Facade
Answered from its licence, Velvetyne and each app’s own font list
Is Facade free for commercial use?
Yes. Facade 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 Facade?
Facade comes free from Velvetyne . Download it from its page there and unzip the file. 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Facade in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Facade comes from Velvetyne. 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 Facade have?
Facade 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 Facade?
Facade was designed by Éléonore Fines.
What fonts are similar to Facade?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Outward (77), Micro 5 (69) and Vyaz Pixel (66), out of 100. Next to Facade, Outward is 151% heavier and 66% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Facade.