Sans serif · Google

Google Sans

Q: Is Google Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Google Sans is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

Optical size18, default

More axes (2)More axes (1)

Optical size18, default

Grade0, default

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CSSfont-family: 'Google Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-optical-sizing: none; line-height: 1.1;

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Kripa

Google Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Kripa (82 out of 100) and Mluvka (82). Kripa is 6% wider and 13% lighter, with an x-height 7% taller; Mluvka is 6% wider, with an x-height 5% taller.

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Ink shared with Google SansKripa…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Google 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.

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03 / Weights

Google Sans in 4 weights

4 weights, 400–700, with italics · variable from 400 to 700

Variable weight, 400 to 700

400 Regular, with its italic
500 Medium, with its italic
600 Semibold, with its italic
700 Bold, with its italic

04 / Facts

Who made Google Sans, and can you use it?

Designer: Google
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 4 weights, 400–700, with italics
Variable axes: GRAD -50–200, Optical size 17–18, Weight 400–700
On Google Fonts since: 2025
Character sets: armenian, bengali, canadian-aboriginal, cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, devanagari, ethiopic, georgian, greek, greek-ext, gujarati, gurmukhi, hebrew, khmer, lao, latin, latin-ext, malayalam, oriya, sinhala, symbols, tamil, telugu, thai, 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.

Google Sans is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

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 Google Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Google Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Google Sans on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Google Sans, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Google Sans. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 51.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 71.6% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.71lowercase against capitals
Width: 50.8% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 43%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.10 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkDarker than 61% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 74% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Google Sans

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

Google Sans's own familyGoogle Sans FlexGoogle Sans Code

All 100 fonts similar to Google Sans →Compare side by side →Get Google Sans on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Google Sans without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Google Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 101.9% of its size, so running text keeps Google Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Google Sans Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 101.90%;
  ascent-override: 94.80%;
  descent-override: 28.07%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Google Sans', 'Google Sans Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Pairs

Used together with Google Sans

Of the 161,931 home pages that load Google Sans, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.

Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026

Not all of Roboto with Google Sans is design: Google’s maps and other widgets load Roboto and Google Sans into the pages they sit on.

More than chanceNanum Myeongjo 8×Concert One 5×Bitter 2.9×

Fonts that go with Google Sans: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerGoogle Sans + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other

09 / Questions

Questions about Google Sans

Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list

Is Google Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Google 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 Google Sans?

FontKind doesn’t host Google Sans’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Google Sans in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Google Sans isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Google Sans Medium and Google Sans SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Google Sans in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Google Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Google Sans in Figma?

Yes: Google Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all four weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Google Sans have?

Google Sans comes in four weights: Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 400 to 700 and optical sizes from 17 to 18, plus one axis of its own.

Who designed Google Sans?

Google Sans was designed by Google. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2025. Google also made Noto Sans, Noto Serif Japanese, Noto Serif and four more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Google Sans?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Kripa (82), Mluvka (82) and Reddit Sans (81), out of 100. Next to Google Sans, Kripa is 6% wider and 13% lighter, with an x-height 7% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Google Sans Flex and Google Sans Code. See all 100 fonts like Google Sans.