Sans serif · Designer not listed

Fairfax

Q: Is Fairfax free for commercial use?

Yes. Fairfax is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

Q: How do I download and install Fairfax?

Fairfax comes free from Kreative Korp. On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its Fairfax 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

Weight500 Medium

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Fairfax', sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Fairfax is a free sans serif, from Kreative Korp. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Fairfax has an x-height shorter than 95%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness.

Compare with Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP

Fairfax on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP (95 out of 100) and Fusion Pixel 10px Monospaced JP (85). Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP has an x-height 20% taller; Fusion Pixel 10px Monospaced JP is 7% heavier, with an x-height 20% taller.

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Ink shared with FairfaxFusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP…

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 Fairfax alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 500

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

Fairfax in 2 weights

2 weights, 500–700, with italics

500 Medium, with its italic
700 Bold

04 / Facts

Can you use Fairfax?

Designer: Not listed
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 2 weights, 500–700, with italics
From: Kreative Korp
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.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Fairfax is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. 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 Fairfax comes from Kreative Korp. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from Kreative Korp 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 Fairfax, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Fairfax under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Fairfax on Kreative Korp

05 / Measurements

Fairfax, measured

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

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

x-height: 41.7% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 58.3% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.71lowercase against capitals
Width: 50.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 42%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 95% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Fairfax

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Fairfax →Compare side by side →Get Fairfax on Kreative Korp

07 / Swap

Swap Fairfax without a jump

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

Terminalia63same text width · x-height 4.2% taller

Fallback while it loads

Until Fairfax loads, this sets Arial in its place at 111.9% of its size, so running text keeps Fairfax’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Fairfax Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 111.93%;
  ascent-override: 67.01%;
  descent-override: 22.34%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Fairfax', 'Fairfax Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Fairfax

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

Is Fairfax free for commercial use?

Yes. Fairfax 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 Fairfax?

Fairfax comes free from Kreative Korp . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its Fairfax 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 Fairfax in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Fairfax comes from Kreative Korp. 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 Fairfax have?

Fairfax comes in two weights: Medium (500) and Bold (700), and an italic at 500.

What fonts are similar to Fairfax?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP (95), Fusion Pixel 10px Monospaced JP (85) and ANAKRON (83), out of 100. Next to Fairfax, Fusion Pixel 12px Monospaced JP has an x-height 20% taller. See all 100 fonts like Fairfax.