Sans serif · Christian Robertson
Gotho
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CSSfont-family: 'Gotho', sans-serif; font-weight: 250; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Gotho is a free sans serif by Christian Robertson, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Gotho has an x-height taller than 71%, is narrower than 95% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 0.8 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Ostrich Sans
Gotho on one light table with its two closest fonts, Ostrich Sans (100 out of 100) and Alumni Sans Pinstripe (100). Ostrich Sans is 18% heavier, with an x-height 28% taller and more stroke contrast; Alumni Sans Pinstripe is 25% lighter and 8% narrower, with an x-height 6% shorter.
Gotho and Ostrich Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with GothoOstrich Sans…
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 Gotho alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 250
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Gotho in 2 weights
2 weights, 100–250
- 100 Thin
- 250
04 / Facts
Who made Gotho, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Christian Robertson
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 2 weights, 100–250
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- Apache License 2.0
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes. Mark the files you changed.
- Sharing the files
- Yes. With its notices, even for a fee.
Gotho is under the Apache License 2.0. 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 Gotho 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 Gotho, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Gotho under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Gotho, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 35.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 16%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.81 : 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 95% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 99% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 99% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Gotho
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Ostrich Sans100x-height 28% taller · 18% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Alumni Sans Pinstripe10025% lighter · 8% narrower · x-height 6% shorter
- Bubbler One8322% wider · 39% heavier · x-height 3% shorter
- Wire One7927% narrower · 17% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Printline75167% heavier · 20% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Megrim7553% wider · x-height 10% taller · 12% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Gotho →Compare side by side →Get Gotho on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Gotho without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Pathway Gothic One37text 1.5% narrower · x-height 2.2% taller
- Economica36text 2.3% narrower · x-height 1.7% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Gotho loads, this sets Arial in its place at 71.2% of its size, so running text keeps Gotho’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Gotho Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 71.19%;
ascent-override: 130.32%;
descent-override: 34.29%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Gotho', 'Gotho Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Gotho
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Gotho free for commercial use?
Yes. Gotho is under the Apache License 2.0 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a file you change is marked as changed.
How do I download and install Gotho?
Gotho 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 WebFonts/web-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 Gotho in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Gotho 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 Gotho have?
Gotho comes in two weights: Thin (100) and 250.
Who designed Gotho?
Gotho was designed by Christian Robertson. Christian Robertson also made Roboto, Roboto Mono, Roboto Slab and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Gotho?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Ostrich Sans (100), Alumni Sans Pinstripe (100) and Bubbler One (83), out of 100. Next to Gotho, Ostrich Sans is 18% heavier, with an x-height 28% taller and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Gotho.