Sans serif · AlfaBravo
Fixel
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CSSfont-family: 'Fixel', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Fixel is a free sans serif by AlfaBravo, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Fixel has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 75%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of DM Sans
Fixel on one light table with its two closest fonts, DM Sans (82 out of 100) and Rethink Sans (82). DM Sans has more stroke contrast; Rethink Sans is 9% heavier, with an x-height 5% shorter.
Fixel and DM Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with FixelDM 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 Fixel 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
Fixel in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900
- 100 Thin
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Fixel, and can you use it?
- Designer
- AlfaBravo
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
Fixel 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. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Fixel 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 Fixel, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Fixel under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Fixel, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 51.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 38%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.05 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkLighter than 75% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 82% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Fixel
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- DM Sans82more stroke contrast
- Rethink Sans82x-height 5% shorter · 9% heavier
- Nebula Sans796% wider · 10% lighter · more stroke contrast
- NT Somic79x-height 4% shorter · 7% heavier
- Special Gothic798% narrower · 12% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Work Sans786% wider · x-height 4% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Fixel →Compare side by side →Get Fixel on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Fixel without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- DM Sans82text 1.5% wider · x-height 1.1% taller
- Rethink Sans82text 0.5% wider · x-height 4.6% shorter
- NT Somic79same text width · x-height 3.9% shorter
- Excon78text 2.0% wider · same x-height
- Scoutie Sans78text 1.2% narrower · x-height 1.0% shorter
- Glide77text 2.5% narrower · x-height 2.3% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Fixel loads, this sets Arial in its place at 105.4% of its size, so running text keeps Fixel’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Fixel Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 105.37%;
ascent-override: 85.41%;
descent-override: 18.03%;
line-gap-override: 27.52%;
}
font-family: 'Fixel', 'Fixel Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Fixel
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Fixel free for commercial use?
Yes. Fixel 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 Fixel?
Fixel 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 fonts/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 Fixel in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Fixel 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 Fixel have?
Fixel comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900).
Who designed Fixel?
Fixel was designed by AlfaBravo.
What fonts are similar to Fixel?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are DM Sans (82), Rethink Sans (82) and Nebula Sans (79), out of 100. Next to Fixel, DM Sans has more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Fixel.