Sans serif · Koto Studio
Faculty Glyphic
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CSSfont-family: 'Faculty Glyphic', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Faculty Glyphic is a free sans serif by Koto Studio, on Google Fonts since 2024. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Faculty Glyphic has an x-height taller than 84%, is wider than 77% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 63%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Valley Sans
Faculty Glyphic on one light table with its two closest fonts, Valley Sans (82 out of 100) and Coconat (76). Valley Sans has an x-height 5% shorter; Coconat is 14% lighter, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 8% shorter.
Faculty Glyphic and Valley Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Faculty GlyphicValley 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 Faculty Glyphic 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
Faculty Glyphic 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 Faculty Glyphic, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Koto Studio
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2024
- 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.
Faculty Glyphic 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 Faculty Glyphic, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Faculty Glyphic under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Faculty Glyphic, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 55.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 77.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 54.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 44%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.23 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 84% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 77% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 63% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 61% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Faculty Glyphic
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Valley Sans82x-height 5% shorter
- Coconat76more stroke contrast · x-height 8% shorter · 14% lighter
- AR One Sans75x-height 7% shorter · 9% lighter
- Farro68x-height 9% taller · less stroke contrast
- Marcellus SC68more stroke contrast · 28% lighter · x-height 5% shorter
- Andika68x-height 9% shorter · 5% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Faculty Glyphic →Compare side by side →Get Faculty Glyphic on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Faculty Glyphic without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Marcellus SC68same text width · x-height 4.6% shorter
- Junction38text 2.8% wider · same x-height
- Merriweather Sans33text 1.1% wider · x-height 1.3% taller
- Nobile31text 2.9% wider · x-height 3.8% taller
- Martel Sans27text 2.3% wider · x-height 2.9% shorter
- Comme25same text width · x-height 4.0% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Faculty Glyphic loads, this sets Arial in its place at 105.8% of its size, so running text keeps Faculty Glyphic’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Faculty Glyphic Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 105.80%;
ascent-override: 98.02%;
descent-override: 24.76%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Faculty Glyphic', 'Faculty Glyphic Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Faculty Glyphic
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Faculty Glyphic free for commercial use?
Yes. Faculty Glyphic 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 Faculty Glyphic?
FontKind doesn’t host Faculty Glyphic’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Faculty Glyphic in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Faculty Glyphic isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Faculty Glyphic in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Faculty Glyphic under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Faculty Glyphic in Figma?
Yes: Faculty Glyphic is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Faculty Glyphic have?
Faculty Glyphic 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 Faculty Glyphic?
Faculty Glyphic was designed by Koto Studio. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2024.
What fonts are similar to Faculty Glyphic?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Valley Sans (82), Coconat (76) and AR One Sans (75), out of 100. Next to Faculty Glyphic, Valley Sans has an x-height 5% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Faculty Glyphic.