Sans serif · Bastien Sozeau
Formera
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CSSfont-family: 'Formera', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Formera is a free sans serif by Bastien Sozeau, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Formera has an x-height shorter than 94%, is narrower than 86% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 76%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Chelsea Market
Formera on one light table with its two closest fonts, Chelsea Market (75 out of 100) and Winky Rough (71). Chelsea Market is 33% wider, with an x-height 34% taller and more stroke contrast; Winky Rough is 9% wider, with an x-height 16% taller and more stroke contrast.
Formera and Chelsea Market laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with FormeraChelsea Market…
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 Formera 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
Formera in 2 weights
2 weights, 300–400
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
04 / Facts
Who made Formera, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Bastien Sozeau
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 2 weights, 300–400
- 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.
Formera 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 Formera 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 Formera, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Formera under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Formera, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 43.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.66lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 43.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 48%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.02 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 94% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 86% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 76% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 86% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Formera
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Chelsea Market75x-height 34% taller · 33% wider · more stroke contrast
- Winky Rough71x-height 16% taller · 9% wider · more stroke contrast
- Walter Turncoat6624% wider · x-height 24% taller · 22% lighter
- Kirang Haerang63x-height 21% shorter · 37% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Belanosima6223% heavier · 9% wider · more stroke contrast
- Operation Napalm61x-height 57% taller · 21% wider · 36% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Formera →Compare side by side →Get Formera on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Formera without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Sankofa Display34text 2.3% wider · x-height 2.7% taller
- IM Fell DW Pica12same text width · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Dekko9text 1.8% narrower · x-height 2.1% taller
- Espresso Dolce7same text width · x-height 2.3% taller
- Single Day6text 0.9% narrower · x-height 0.8% taller
- IM Fell Double Pica4text 0.5% narrower · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Formera loads, this sets Arial in its place at 88.1% of its size, so running text keeps Formera’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Formera Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 88.07%;
ascent-override: 105.60%;
descent-override: 31.23%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Formera', 'Formera Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Formera
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Formera free for commercial use?
Yes. Formera 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 Formera?
Formera 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 Formera in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Formera 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 Formera have?
Formera comes in two weights: Light (300) and Regular (400).
Who designed Formera?
Formera was designed by Bastien Sozeau. Bastien Sozeau also made Young Serif, Beon, Libertine Super and three more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Formera?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Chelsea Market (75), Winky Rough (71) and Walter Turncoat (66), out of 100. Next to Formera, Chelsea Market is 33% wider, with an x-height 34% taller and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Formera.