Sans serif · David Moles
Gyrotrope
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CSSfont-family: 'Gyrotrope', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Gyrotrope is a free sans serif by David Moles, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Gyrotrope has an x-height taller than 87%, is wider than 97% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 89%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Michroma
Gyrotrope on one light table with its two closest fonts, Michroma (100 out of 100) and Panchang (84). Michroma is 8% heavier; Panchang is 13% wider, with an x-height 11% shorter.
Gyrotrope and Michroma laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with GyrotropeMichroma…
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 Gyrotrope 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 / Weights
Gyrotrope in 6 weights
6 weights, 400–900
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Gyrotrope, and can you use it?
- Designer
- David Moles
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 6 weights, 400–900
- 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 “Gyrotrope”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Gyrotrope 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 Gyrotrope 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 Gyrotrope, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Gyrotrope under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Gyrotrope, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 56.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 72.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 34%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.22 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 87% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 97% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 89% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 60% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Gyrotrope
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Michroma1008% heavier
- Panchang8413% wider · x-height 11% shorter
- Days One7681% heavier · 16% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Jura6526% narrower · x-height 16% shorter · 17% lighter
- Orbitron6312% narrower · 12% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Arcticons Sans6020% narrower · 27% heavier · x-height 12% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Gyrotrope →Compare side by side →Get Gyrotrope on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Gyrotrope without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Michroma100text 1.5% narrower · same x-height
- Bruno Ace SC25text 0.6% narrower · x-height 2.2% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Gyrotrope loads, this sets Arial in its place at 144.2% of its size, so running text keeps Gyrotrope’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Gyrotrope Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 144.24%;
ascent-override: 65.88%;
descent-override: 17.33%;
line-gap-override: 10.63%;
}
font-family: 'Gyrotrope', 'Gyrotrope Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Gyrotrope
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Gyrotrope free for commercial use?
Yes. Gyrotrope 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 “Gyrotrope”.
How do I download and install Gyrotrope?
Gyrotrope 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 fonts/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 Gyrotrope in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Gyrotrope 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 Gyrotrope have?
Gyrotrope comes in six weights, from Regular (400) to Black (900).
Who designed Gyrotrope?
Gyrotrope was designed by David Moles.
What fonts are similar to Gyrotrope?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Michroma (100), Panchang (84) and Days One (76), out of 100. Next to Gyrotrope, Michroma is 8% heavier. See all 100 fonts like Gyrotrope.