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Fascinate Inline
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CSSfont-family: 'Fascinate Inline', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Fascinate Inline is a free display font by Astigmatic, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Fascinate Inline has an x-height shorter than 62%, is wider than 74% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 93%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Limelight
Fascinate Inline on one light table with its two closest fonts, Limelight (79 out of 100) and Striper (66). Limelight is 26% lighter, with an x-height 6% taller; Striper is 38% lighter and 7% narrower.
Fascinate Inline and Limelight laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Fascinate InlineLimelight…
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 Fascinate Inline 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
Fascinate Inline 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 Fascinate Inline, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Astigmatic
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- 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, under another name. Not as “Fascinate” or “Fascinate Inline”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Fascinate Inline 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 Fascinate Inline, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Fascinate Inline under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Fascinate Inline, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 60.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 77%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 62% of display faces
WidthWider than 74% of display faces
InkDarker than 93% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Fascinate Inline
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Fascinate Inline's own familyFascinate
- Limelight7926% lighter · x-height 6% taller
- Striper6638% lighter · 7% narrower
- Typefesse6682% lighter · x-height 40% taller · 25% wider
- GTL00163x-height 40% taller · 8% narrower
- Chango6227% wider
- Modak5813% narrower · x-height 10% taller · 16% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Fascinate Inline →Compare side by side →Get Fascinate Inline on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Fascinate Inline without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Fascinate Inline loads, this sets Arial in its place at 124.2% of its size, so running text keeps Fascinate Inline’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Fascinate Inline Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 124.15%;
ascent-override: 83.57%;
descent-override: 23.25%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Fascinate Inline', 'Fascinate Inline Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Fascinate Inline
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Fascinate Inline free for commercial use?
Yes. Fascinate Inline is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Fascinate” or “Fascinate Inline”.
How do I download and install Fascinate Inline?
FontKind doesn’t host Fascinate Inline’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 Fascinate Inline in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Fascinate Inline 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 Fascinate Inline in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Fascinate Inline under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Fascinate Inline in Figma?
Yes: Fascinate Inline is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Fascinate Inline have?
Fascinate Inline 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 Fascinate Inline?
Fascinate Inline was designed by Astigmatic. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2011. Astigmatic also made Aclonica, Parisienne, Righteous and 53 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Fascinate Inline?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Limelight (79), Striper (66) and Typefesse (66), out of 100. Next to Fascinate Inline, Limelight is 26% lighter, with an x-height 6% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Fascinate. See all 100 fonts like Fascinate Inline.