Sans serif · Andreas Larsen
Gidole
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CSSfont-family: 'Gidole', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Gidole is a free sans serif by Andreas Larsen, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Gidole has an x-height taller than 71%, is narrower than 69% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 82%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Supreme
Gidole on one light table with its two closest fonts, Supreme (84 out of 100) and Finlandica Headline (82). Supreme is 4% wider and 8% heavier, with an x-height 8% shorter; Finlandica Headline is 3% narrower, with an x-height 6% shorter.
Gidole and Supreme laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with GidoleSupreme…
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 Gidole 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
Gidole 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 Gidole, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Andreas Larsen
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- cyrillic, greek, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Gidole 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 Gidole, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Gidole under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Gidole, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.76lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 37%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.12 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 71% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 69% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 82% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 67% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Gidole
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Supreme84x-height 8% shorter · 4% wider · 8% heavier
- Finlandica Headline82x-height 6% shorter · 3% narrower
- Carrois Gothic SC8013% wider · x-height 6% taller · 9% lighter
- Reddit Sans Condensed7920% heavier · 5% narrower
- Carrois Gothic79more stroke contrast · 7% heavier
- Roboto Condensed7728% heavier · 7% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Gidole →Compare side by side →Get Gidole on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Gidole without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Carrois Gothic79text 1.9% wider · x-height 2.2% taller
- Roboto Flex77text 2.2% wider · x-height 2.8% shorter
- Tuffy75text 2.4% narrower · x-height 0.8% shorter
- Barlow72same text width · x-height 4.2% shorter
- Asap Sharp70text 2.8% wider · x-height 1.0% shorter
- Cooper Hewitt66same text width · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Gidole loads, this sets Arial in its place at 97.7% of its size, so running text keeps Gidole’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Gidole Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 97.67%;
ascent-override: 97.98%;
descent-override: 27.99%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Gidole', 'Gidole Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Gidole
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Gidole free for commercial use?
Yes. Gidole 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 Gidole?
FontKind doesn’t host Gidole’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 Gidole in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Gidole 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 Gidole in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Gidole under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Gidole in Figma?
Yes: Gidole is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Gidole have?
Gidole 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 Gidole?
Gidole was designed by Andreas Larsen. It has been on Google Fonts since March 2025.
What fonts are similar to Gidole?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Supreme (84), Finlandica Headline (82) and Carrois Gothic SC (80), out of 100. Next to Gidole, Supreme is 4% wider and 8% heavier, with an x-height 8% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Gidole.