Sans serif · Alfredo Marco Pradil
Glacial Indifference
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CSSfont-family: 'Glacial Indifference', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Glacial Indifference is a free sans serif by Alfredo Marco Pradil, from Font Library. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Glacial Indifference has an x-height shorter than 94%, is narrower than 75% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Teachers
Glacial Indifference on one light table with its two closest fonts, Teachers (99 out of 100) and Jost (87). Teachers has nearly identical proportions; Jost is 11% heavier, with an x-height 5% taller.
Glacial Indifference and Teachers laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Glacial IndifferenceTeachers…
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 Glacial Indifference alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
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- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Glacial Indifference in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Glacial Indifference, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Alfredo Marco Pradil
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700
- From
- Font Library
- 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 “Glacial Indifference”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Glacial Indifference 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 Glacial Indifference comes from Font Library. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Font Library 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 Glacial Indifference, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Glacial Indifference under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Glacial Indifference, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 44.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.65lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.06 : 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 75% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 82% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Glacial Indifference
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Teachers99Nearly identical proportions
- Jost8711% heavier · x-height 5% taller
- Afacad Flux82x-height 5% shorter · 4% narrower
- Afacad82x-height 5% shorter · 4% narrower
- Urbanist80x-height 14% taller · 9% wider · 8% lighter
- Josefin Sans7917% heavier · 7% wider · x-height 6% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Glacial Indifference →Compare side by side →Get Glacial Indifference on Font Library
07 / Swap
Swap Glacial Indifference without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Jost87text 2.3% wider · x-height 4.6% taller
- CMU Sans Serif55text 1.5% wider · x-height 1.2% taller
- Tajawal54text 2.1% wider · x-height 3.2% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Glacial Indifference loads, this sets Arial in its place at 93.6% of its size, so running text keeps Glacial Indifference’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Glacial Indifference Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 93.58%;
ascent-override: 99.41%;
descent-override: 26.72%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Glacial Indifference', 'Glacial Indifference Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Glacial Indifference
Answered from its licence, Font Library and each app’s own font list
Is Glacial Indifference free for commercial use?
Yes. Glacial Indifference 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 “Glacial Indifference”.
How do I download and install Glacial Indifference?
Glacial Indifference comes free from Font Library . Download it from its page there 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Glacial Indifference in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Glacial Indifference comes from Font Library. 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 Glacial Indifference have?
Glacial Indifference comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700).
Who designed Glacial Indifference?
Glacial Indifference was designed by Alfredo Marco Pradil. Alfredo Marco Pradil also made Hanken Grotesk, Teachers and Open Sauce One.
What fonts are similar to Glacial Indifference?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Teachers (99), Jost (87) and Afacad Flux (82), out of 100. Next to Glacial Indifference, Teachers has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like Glacial Indifference.