Display · Alexandre Liziard and Étienne Ozeray
Gap Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Gap Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Gap Sans is a free display font by Alexandre Liziard and Étienne Ozeray, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Gap Sans has an x-height taller than 80%, is narrower than 73% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 71%. Its thickest strokes are 0.8 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Manifont Grotesk
Gap Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Manifont Grotesk (61 out of 100) and Snap-it Mono (59). Manifont Grotesk is 10% wider, with an x-height 12% shorter and more stroke contrast; Snap-it Mono is 36% lighter and 16% wider, with an x-height 15% shorter.
Gap Sans and Manifont Grotesk laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Gap SansManifont 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 Gap Sans 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
Gap Sans in 3 weights
3 weights, 400–900
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Gap Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Alexandre Liziard and Étienne Ozeray
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 3 weights, 400–900
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin
- 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.
Gap Sans 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 Gap Sans 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 Gap Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Gap Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Gap Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 60.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 81.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 44.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.84 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 80% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 73% of display faces
InkLighter than 71% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 93% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Gap Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Manifont Grotesk61x-height 12% shorter · more stroke contrast · 10% wider
- Snap-it Mono5936% lighter · 16% wider · x-height 15% shorter
- McLaren5126% wider · x-height 16% shorter · 23% heavier
- Train One4531% wider · x-height 7% shorter
- Expletus Sans39more stroke contrast · 16% wider · x-height 14% shorter
- ABeeZee3818% wider · x-height 12% shorter · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Gap Sans →Compare side by side →Get Gap Sans on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Gap Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Gap Sans sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Gap Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 91.6% of its size, so running text keeps Gap Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Gap Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 91.58%;
ascent-override: 101.30%;
descent-override: 21.32%;
line-gap-override: 2.98%;
}
font-family: 'Gap Sans', 'Gap Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Gap Sans
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Gap Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Gap Sans 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 Gap Sans?
Gap Sans 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 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 Gap Sans in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Gap Sans 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 Gap Sans have?
Gap Sans comes in three weights: Regular (400), Bold (700) and Black (900).
Who designed Gap Sans?
Gap Sans was designed by Alexandre Liziard and Étienne Ozeray.
What fonts are similar to Gap Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Manifont Grotesk (61), Snap-it Mono (59) and McLaren (51), out of 100. Next to Gap Sans, Manifont Grotesk is 10% wider, with an x-height 12% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Gap Sans.