Sans serif · Helsinki Type Studio
Finlandica Text
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CSSfont-family: 'Finlandica Text', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Finlandica Text is a free sans serif by Helsinki Type Studio, Niklas Ekholm, Juho Hiilivirta and Jaakko Suomalainen, on Google Fonts since 2026. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Finlandica Text has an x-height taller than 76%, is wider than 75% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 72%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Varela
Finlandica Text on one light table with its two closest fonts, Varela (77 out of 100) and Cantarell (77). Varela is 10% heavier, with an x-height 4% shorter; Cantarell is 4% narrower, with an x-height 9% shorter.
Finlandica Text and Varela laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Finlandica TextVarela…
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 Finlandica Text 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
Finlandica Text in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900, with italics · variable from 100 to 900
Variable weight, 100 to 900
- 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
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Finlandica Text, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Helsinki Type Studio, Niklas Ekholm, Juho Hiilivirta, Jaakko Suomalainen
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2026
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
Finlandica Text 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. Look under More fonts. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts 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 Finlandica Text, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Finlandica Text under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Finlandica Text, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.76lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 53.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 38%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.21 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 76% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 75% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 72% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Finlandica Text
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Finlandica Text's own familyFinlandica Headline
- Varela7710% heavier · x-height 4% shorter
- Cantarell77x-height 9% shorter · 4% narrower
- Geomini76x-height 9% taller · 4% wider
- Nunito Sans74x-height 9% shorter · 6% narrower
- Plus Jakarta Sans74Nearly identical proportions
- Mulish74x-height 6% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Finlandica Text →Compare side by side →Get Finlandica Text on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Finlandica Text without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Varela77same text width · x-height 4.2% shorter
- Plus Jakarta Sans74text 2.1% narrower · x-height 0.7% taller
- M PLUS 1p74text 1.6% wider · x-height 2.3% shorter
- Biryani72text 1.7% wider · x-height 3.9% taller
- Mluvka71same text width · x-height 0.7% taller
- Clarity City71text 0.7% narrower · x-height 2.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Finlandica Text loads, this sets Arial in its place at 108.4% of its size, so running text keeps Finlandica Text’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Finlandica Text Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 108.35%;
ascent-override: 87.68%;
descent-override: 23.07%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Finlandica Text', 'Finlandica Text Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Finlandica Text
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Finlandica Text free for commercial use?
Yes. Finlandica Text 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 Finlandica Text?
FontKind doesn’t host Finlandica Text’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Finlandica Text in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Finlandica Text isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Finlandica Text Thin and Finlandica Text Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
How many weights does Finlandica Text have?
Finlandica Text comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900.
Who designed Finlandica Text?
Finlandica Text was designed by Helsinki Type Studio, Niklas Ekholm, Juho Hiilivirta and Jaakko Suomalainen. It has been on Google Fonts since May 2026. Niklas Ekholm also made Valley Sans.
What fonts are similar to Finlandica Text?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Varela (77), Cantarell (77) and Geomini (76), out of 100. Next to Finlandica Text, Varela is 10% heavier, with an x-height 4% shorter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Finlandica Headline. See all 100 fonts like Finlandica Text.