Sans serif · Morgan Gilbert
Gulax
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CSSfont-family: 'Gulax', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Gulax is a free sans serif by Morgan Gilbert, from Velvetyne. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Gulax has an x-height shorter than 88%, is narrower than 76% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 85%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Tac One
Gulax on one light table with its two closest fonts, Tac One (76 out of 100) and Unitblock (74). Tac One is 52% heavier, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 14% shorter; Unitblock is 10% narrower, with an x-height 12% taller.
Gulax and Tac One laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with GulaxTac One…
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 Gulax 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
Gulax 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 Gulax, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Morgan Gilbert
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Velvetyne
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Gulax 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 Gulax comes from Velvetyne. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Velvetyne 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 Gulax, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Gulax under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Gulax, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 46.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 61.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 52%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.01 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 88% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 76% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 85% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 87% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Gulax
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Tac One76more stroke contrast · 52% heavier · x-height 14% shorter
- Unitblock74x-height 12% taller · 10% narrower
- Asimovian68x-height 15% taller · 11% wider
- Googee63x-height 24% shorter · 13% narrower · 7% lighter
- Logotype6223% narrower · x-height 15% taller · 10% lighter
- Baumans6012% lighter · 5% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Gulax →Compare side by side →Get Gulax on Velvetyne
07 / Swap
Swap Gulax without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Gulax loads, this sets Arial in its place at 91.1% of its size, so running text keeps Gulax’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Gulax Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 91.11%;
ascent-override: 82.32%;
descent-override: 27.44%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Gulax', 'Gulax Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Gulax
Answered from its licence, Velvetyne and each app’s own font list
Is Gulax free for commercial use?
Yes. Gulax 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 Gulax?
Gulax comes free from Velvetyne . 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 Gulax in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Gulax comes from Velvetyne. 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 Gulax have?
Gulax 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 Gulax?
Gulax was designed by Morgan Gilbert.
What fonts are similar to Gulax?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Tac One (76), Unitblock (74) and Asimovian (68), out of 100. Next to Gulax, Tac One is 52% heavier, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 14% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Gulax.