Sans serif · Alfredo Marco Pradil
Hanken Grotesk
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CSSfont-family: 'Hanken Grotesk', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Hanken Grotesk is a free sans serif by Alfredo Marco Pradil and Hanken Design Co., on Google Fonts since 2022. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Hanken Grotesk has an x-height shorter than 74%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Rebyte Sans Pro
Hanken Grotesk on one light table with its two closest fonts, Rebyte Sans Pro (80 out of 100) and SUSE (80). Rebyte Sans Pro is 6% wider; SUSE has nearly identical proportions.
Hanken Grotesk and Rebyte Sans Pro laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Hanken GroteskRebyte Sans Pro…
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 Hanken Grotesk 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
Hanken Grotesk in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900, with italics · variable from 100 to 900
Variable weight, 100 to 900
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Hanken Grotesk, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Alfredo Marco Pradil, Hanken Design Co.
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2022
- Character sets
- cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, 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.
Hanken Grotesk 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
- 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 Hanken Grotesk, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Hanken Grotesk under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Hanken Grotesk, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 49.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 42%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 74% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 62% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Hanken Grotesk
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Rebyte Sans Pro806% wider
- SUSE80Nearly identical proportions
- Giphurs80x-height 3% taller
- Reddit Sans78x-height 5% taller
- TikTok Sans76x-height 4% taller · 3% narrower
- Scoutie Sans76x-height 4% taller · 4% wider · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Hanken Grotesk →Compare side by side →Get Hanken Grotesk on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Hanken Grotesk without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- SUSE80text 2.6% narrower · x-height 2.4% shorter
- Reddit Sans78same text width · x-height 5.0% taller
- Scoutie Sans76text 2.3% wider · x-height 4.5% taller
- Google Sans Flex76text 0.6% wider · x-height 3.5% taller
- Overpass75text 0.5% narrower · x-height 3.6% taller
- Atkinson Hyperlegible Next74text 1.7% narrower · x-height 0.6% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Hanken Grotesk loads, this sets Arial in its place at 101.7% of its size, so running text keeps Hanken Grotesk’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Hanken Grotesk Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 101.70%;
ascent-override: 98.33%;
descent-override: 29.79%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Hanken Grotesk', 'Hanken Grotesk Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Hanken Grotesk
Of the 9,550 home pages that load Hanken Grotesk, 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
- Inter8%763 sites · 0.8× chance
- Fraunces7.6%724 sites · 16× chance
- JetBrains Mono6.8%652 sites · 14× chance
- Bricolage Grotesque6.7%641 sites · 35× chance
- Roboto5.5%528 sites · 0.3× chance
- Poppins3.8%367 sites · 0.3× chance
More than chanceSpline Sans Mono 108×Bricolage Grotesque 35×Newsreader 31×
Fonts that go with Hanken Grotesk: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →
Pair checkerHanken Grotesk + 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 other09 / Questions
Questions about Hanken Grotesk
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Hanken Grotesk free for commercial use?
Yes. Hanken Grotesk 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 Hanken Grotesk?
FontKind doesn’t host Hanken Grotesk’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 Hanken Grotesk in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Hanken Grotesk 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 Hanken Grotesk Thin and Hanken Grotesk Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Hanken Grotesk in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Hanken Grotesk under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Hanken Grotesk in Figma?
Yes: Hanken Grotesk is in Figma’s font menu with all nine weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Hanken Grotesk have?
Hanken Grotesk comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900.
Who designed Hanken Grotesk?
Hanken Grotesk was designed by Alfredo Marco Pradil and Hanken Design Co. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2022. Alfredo Marco Pradil also made Teachers, Glacial Indifference and Open Sauce One.
What fonts are similar to Hanken Grotesk?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Rebyte Sans Pro (80), SUSE (80) and Giphurs (80), out of 100. Next to Hanken Grotesk, Rebyte Sans Pro is 6% wider. See all 100 fonts like Hanken Grotesk.