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GB Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'GB Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
GB Sans is a free sans serif, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, GB Sans has an x-height taller than 93%, is narrower than 76% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Timmana
GB Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Timmana (100 out of 100) and Racing Sans One (67). Timmana is 49% heavier, with an x-height 22% shorter and more stroke contrast; Racing Sans One is 85% heavier, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 29% shorter.
GB Sans and Timmana laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with GB SansTimmana…
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 GB 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
GB Sans 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
Can you use GB Sans?
- Designer
- Not listed
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- 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, under another name. Not as “GB Sans”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
GB 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 GB 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 GB Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists GB Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
GB Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 60.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 60.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.02 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 93% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 76% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 86% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to GB Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Timmana10049% heavier · x-height 22% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Racing Sans One67more stroke contrast · 85% heavier · x-height 29% shorter
- Contrail One6233% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Allan5624% narrower · x-height 16% shorter · 23% heavier
- Gurajada54x-height 46% shorter · 31% narrower · 43% heavier
- Fugaz One5384% heavier · 22% wider · x-height 20% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to GB Sans →Compare side by side →Get GB Sans on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap GB Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like GB Sans sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until GB Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 90% of its size, so running text keeps GB Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'GB Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 90.04%;
ascent-override: 89.96%;
descent-override: 10.11%;
line-gap-override: 10.00%;
}
font-family: 'GB Sans', 'GB Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about GB Sans
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is GB Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. GB Sans 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 “GB Sans”.
How do I download and install GB Sans?
GB Sans comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file. 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 GB Sans in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and GB 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 GB Sans have?
GB Sans comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
What fonts are similar to GB Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Timmana (100), Racing Sans One (67) and Contrail One (62), out of 100. Next to GB Sans, Timmana is 49% heavier, with an x-height 22% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like GB Sans.