Serif · Daniel Gamage
Godia
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CSSfont-family: 'Godia', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Godia is a free serif by Daniel Gamage, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Godia has an x-height taller than 97%, is narrower than 93% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 66%. Its thickest strokes are 5.6 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Imbue
Godia on one light table with its two closest fonts, Imbue (94 out of 100) and Libre Bodoni (81). Imbue is 22% narrower, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 13% shorter; Libre Bodoni is 20% wider and 23% heavier, with an x-height 25% shorter.
Godia and Imbue laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with GodiaImbue…
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 Godia 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
Godia 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 Godia, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Daniel Gamage
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Godia”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Godia 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 Godia 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 Godia, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Godia under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Godia, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 60.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.80lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 42.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 39%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 5.56 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 97% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 93% of serifs
InkLighter than 66% of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 96% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Godia
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Imbue9422% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 13% shorter
- Libre Bodoni81x-height 25% shorter · 20% wider · 23% heavier
- Boska76x-height 19% shorter · 33% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Bodoni Moda SC7425% wider · x-height 23% shorter · 7% lighter
- Vidaloka73x-height 18% shorter · 15% wider · 22% heavier
- Bodoni Moda7125% wider · x-height 23% shorter · 7% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Godia →Compare side by side →Get Godia on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Godia without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Godia sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Godia loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 95.2% of its size, so running text keeps Godia’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Godia Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 95.21%;
ascent-override: 113.44%;
descent-override: 29.72%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Godia', 'Godia Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Godia
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Godia free for commercial use?
Yes. Godia 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 “Godia”.
How do I download and install Godia?
Godia 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 dist/otf 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 Godia in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Godia 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 Godia have?
Godia 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 Godia?
Godia was designed by Daniel Gamage.
What fonts are similar to Godia?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Imbue (94), Libre Bodoni (81) and Boska (76), out of 100. Next to Godia, Imbue is 22% narrower, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 13% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Godia.