Sans serif · Fontstage
Fresca
Find the font. Find its kind.
CSSfont-family: 'Fresca', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Fresca is a free sans serif by Fontstage, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Fresca has an x-height shorter than 81%, is narrower than 74% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 70%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Acme
Fresca on one light table with its two closest fonts, Acme (84 out of 100) and Grandstander (75). Acme is 27% heavier, with an x-height 6% taller and less stroke contrast; Grandstander is 19% wider and 11% lighter, with an x-height 20% taller.
Fresca and Acme laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with FrescaAcme…
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 Fresca 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
Fresca 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 Fresca, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Fontstage
- Kind
- Sans serif
- 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 “Fresca”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Fresca 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 Fresca, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Fresca under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Fresca, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 65.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.16 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 81% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 74% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 70% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Fresca
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Acme8427% heavier · x-height 6% taller · less stroke contrast
- Grandstander75x-height 20% taller · 19% wider · 11% lighter
- Alegreya Sans SC7329% lighter · 7% wider · x-height 3% taller
- Rally Display7022% wider · x-height 7% taller · 9% heavier
- Englebert709% narrower · x-height 7% taller
- Truculenta6915% narrower · x-height 7% taller · 14% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Fresca →Compare side by side →Get Fresca on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Fresca without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Cantora One62text 1.3% wider · x-height 3.7% taller
- Ruluko59text 0.8% wider · same x-height
- Port Lligat Sans56text 2.5% narrower · x-height 2.7% shorter
- Anaheim38text 0.9% wider · x-height 0.5% taller
- Timmana34text 1.7% narrower · x-height 2.1% shorter
- Rambla28same text width · x-height 5.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Fresca loads, this sets Arial in its place at 92.5% of its size, so running text keeps Fresca’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Fresca Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 92.55%;
ascent-override: 93.90%;
descent-override: 30.80%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Fresca', 'Fresca Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Fresca
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Fresca free for commercial use?
Yes. Fresca 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 “Fresca”.
How do I download and install Fresca?
FontKind doesn’t host Fresca’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 Fresca in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Fresca 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 Fresca in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Fresca under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Fresca in Figma?
Yes: Fresca is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Fresca have?
Fresca 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 Fresca?
Fresca was designed by Fontstage. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2011. Fontstage also made Chango, Viga, Passion One and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Fresca?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Acme (84), Grandstander (75) and Alegreya Sans SC (73), out of 100. Next to Fresca, Acme is 27% heavier, with an x-height 6% taller and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Fresca.