Sans serif · David van Gemeren
Fifteen
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CSSfont-family: 'Fifteen', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Fifteen is a free sans serif by David van Gemeren, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Fifteen has an x-height shorter than 88%, is wider than 75% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 91%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Lil Grotesk
Fifteen on one light table with its two closest fonts, Lil Grotesk (72 out of 100) and Sen (70). Lil Grotesk is 11% narrower and 8% heavier; Sen is 21% heavier, with an x-height 5% taller.
Fifteen and Lil Grotesk laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with FifteenLil Grotesk…
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 Fifteen 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
Fifteen in 7 weights
7 weights, 100–700, with italics
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Fifteen, and can you use it?
- Designer
- David van Gemeren
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 100–700, with italics
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- MIT License
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes. Keep the copyright notice.
- Sharing the files
- Yes. With the notice and licence.
Fifteen is under the MIT License. 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 Fifteen comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub 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 Fifteen, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Fifteen under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Fifteen, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 46.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 56.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.82lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 53.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 33%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 88% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 75% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 91% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Fifteen
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Lil Grotesk7211% narrower · 8% heavier
- Sen7021% heavier · x-height 5% taller
- Sulphur Point678% narrower · x-height 6% taller · 11% heavier
- Didact Gothic6613% narrower · 14% heavier
- Garcia6521% heavier · 8% narrower
- Helmet6442% heavier · 7% narrower · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Fifteen →Compare side by side →Get Fifteen on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Fifteen without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Elms Sans62text 1.9% narrower · x-height 2.9% taller
- VIVITA61text 1.2% wider · same x-height
- January58text 0.7% wider · x-height 4.6% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Fifteen loads, this sets Arial in its place at 114% of its size, so running text keeps Fifteen’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Fifteen Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 114.04%;
ascent-override: 64.30%;
descent-override: 23.39%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Fifteen', 'Fifteen Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Fifteen
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Fifteen free for commercial use?
Yes. Fifteen is under the MIT License : use it for anything, commercial work included, change it and pass it on, keeping the copyright notice and licence with the files.
How do I download and install Fifteen?
Fifteen comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its build/ttf 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 Fifteen in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Fifteen comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. 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 Fifteen have?
Fifteen comes in seven weights, from Thin (100) to Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Fifteen?
Fifteen was designed by David van Gemeren.
What fonts are similar to Fifteen?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Lil Grotesk (72), Sen (70) and Sulphur Point (67), out of 100. Next to Fifteen, Lil Grotesk is 11% narrower and 8% heavier. See all 100 fonts like Fifteen.